No claim for compensation shall be given due course unless said claim is filed with the System within three (3) years from the time the cause of action accrued.
Labor Code · Employees Compensation and State · Chapter VIII – Provisions Common to Income Benefits
Prescriptive Period
Formerly Article 201 before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.
No claim for compensation shall be given due course unless said claim is filed with the System within three (3) years from the time the cause of action accrued.
As amended by Sec. 5 of P.D. No. 1921 (1984).
Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.