EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 14

: The main purpose is to grant an across-the-board 10% pension increase to all Social Security System (SSS) and Employees' Compensation (EC) pensioners and to provide supplemental pensions to SSS permanent partial disability pensioners.
: All surviving SSS and EC pensioners as of August 31, 1992 are entitled to the 10% across-the-board pension increase.
: The pension increase and supplemental pensions took effect on September 1, 1992.
: SSS permanent partial disability pensioners are entitled to a monthly supplemental pension of three hundred pesos (P300).
: Yes, under Executive Order No. 400, which took effect on May 1, 1990, SSS permanent total disability pensioners already receive a monthly supplemental pension of P300 as financial assistance.
: No, actuarial studies showed that the SSS and EC funds can finance these benefits without increasing contribution rates or impairing fund viability.
: The supplemental pension is intended to help cover additional expenses similar to those incurred by permanent total disability pensioners, such as costs for regular medication and necessary aids and appliances.
: Yes, the 10% pension increase applies across-the-board to all surviving SSS and EC pensioners as of the specified date.