Practice question
A member has two concurrent compensable contingencies, including unemployment, and demands automatic full payment of both despite the statutory concurrence rule. No separate exception is established. Which is best?
- Every concurrent benefit must automatically be added without limit.
- Apply the rule that only the highest benefit is paid, subject to Commission rules.
- The member may disregard the statute’s concurrence proviso.
- The employer alone may rewrite all SSS benefits.
- Concurrency automatically eliminates every possible benefit.
Legal references
- RA 11199, Section 14-B, unemployment or involuntary separation benefit: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/86333
- SSS official unemployment benefit eligibility and conditions: https://www.sss.gov.ph/unemployment-benefit
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