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Order No. 5 (Series of 2001).
INCREASING
THE CASH BENEFIT UNDER THE SUGAR WORKERS DEATH BENEFIT PROGRAM
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DEPARTMENT
ORDER NO. 5
(Series of 2001)
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INCREASING
THE CASH BENEFIT UNDER THE SUGAR WORKERS DEATH BENEFIT PROGRAM
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Pursuant to Republic
Act No. 6982 or the Sugar Amelioration Act of 1991 and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations, the five percent (5%) portion of the lien
collected
from every picul of raw sugar produced shall be allocated for the Sugar
Workers Death Benefit Fund (SWDBF). The said fund shall be utilized to
defray the cost of funeral and related expenses payable to the
beneficiaries
of the deceased covered sugar worker.
The Sugar Tripartite
Council (STC) recognizing the current high cost of funeral and related
expenses, and after thorough assessment of the current SWDBF balance,
projected
fun collections and disbursement as presented bye the Bureau of Rural
Workers,
has established the viability of upgrading the benefit and has
therefore
endorsed the grant of an increase in the death benefit.
IN VIEW THEREOF,
it is hereby ordered that the death benefit intended for sugar workers
shall be increased from P6,000.00 to P7,000.00. Application of the
increase
in death benefit shall be paid the death benefit equivalent to
P7,000.00
per claim.
Issued
this 14th day of June 2001, at Manila, Philippines.
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PATRICIA A.
SANTO TOMAS
Secretary
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