The Social Security System (SSS) defines an employer as any person—natural or juridical; domestic or foreign—who carries on in the Philippines any services of another person who is under his or her orders as regards the employment, except those which...
Following the recent contribution rate adjustments, the Social Security System (SSS) is directed to use technology to improve its delivery of service to its members and reduce overhead expenses, at the same time. Social Security Commission Chairperson and Finance Secretary...
Members of the Social Security System (SSS) who are employed, self-employed, voluntary, or overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has an option to save more today so that they can enjoy additional benefits in their retirement age through the Personal Equity and...
The additional benefits provided under the Expanded Maternity Leave Law, the fund life of the Social Security System (SSS) will shorten by one year. SSS Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary Edgar Cruz said in a press briefing that the...
The Social Security System (SSS) has tapped Globe’s GCash as an additional partner to collect members’ contributions for its Personal Equity and Savings Option (PESO) Fund. According to SSS Acting President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora Cruz-Ignacio said that the...
Starting in April 2019, the contribution rates for members of the Social Security System (SSS) will increase from its current rate of 11 percent to 12 percent. SSS Commissioner and Officer-in-Charge Aurora Ignacio stated that the increase in contribution rate...
To provide its more than 1.2 million pensioners with easier access to financial assistance, the Social Security System (SSS) relaxes the rules on applying for pension loans. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Dooc said that under the SSS...
Members of the Social Security System (SSS) who are about to lose their jobs may claim involuntary separation benefits from the state-run pension fund. The unemployment insurance is among the provisions of the Republic Act No. 11199, otherwise known as...
Members of the state-run pension fund Social Security System (SSS) should expect an increase in their contributions after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the SSS Rationalization Act. With the purpose of improving SSS’s investing capacity and generating more revenue...
Individually-paying members of the Social Security System (SSS) may take advantage of a faster processing of their contributions once they updated their contact information with the agency. In a statement, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Dooc urged self-employed...
If you are working in the private sector in the Philippines, then you are entitled to become a member of the Social Security System (SSS). In fact, employers are required to enroll their employees (including household workers or the so-called...
The Unified Multi-purpose Identification card was launched by the state-run Social Security System (SSS) to give their members an ID that can be used for several transactions and purposes. Emmanuel Dooc, the president and chief executive officer of SSS, confirmed...
The state-run social insurance program for non-government employees also known as Social Security System (SSS) has collected a massive amount of P98.3 billion from its members' contributions for the first 3 quarters of the year, from January to September. This...