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Book IV — Health, Safety & Social Welfare

Article 172

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

ELI5— what this means for you

The State Insurance Fund will pay compensation for work-related injury or death UNLESS the disability or death was caused by the employee's own intoxication, self-harm, or gross negligence.

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