Disability Scheme News Today

A carer has issued an impassioned plea for better treatment, revealing that she is never offered respite care. 

A Kerry councillor has had to contact the community welfare officer to help people pay for housing adaptations.Listowel councillor Tom Barry raised the issue at...

Talk is of 'moderating' not winding back growth, he says

A wide range of events were hosted across the Derry City and Strabane District Council area last week to celebrate the seventh annual Disability Awareness Week ...

If a person insured under SOCSO wants to claim benefits for COVID-19, the claim is still eligible for consideration, but limited to jobs that are exposed to biological agents and are in the presence of infection among healthcare workers.

The Social Security Organisation (Socso) will process benefit claims related to Covid-19 cases under the Occupational Diseases category effective April 1

The amount of assistance provided under the government’s social protection initiatives including Perlindungan Tenang products, mySalam and i-Saraan will be increased, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz told the Dewan Rakyat Friday

KUALA LUMPUR: Local and foreign domestic helpers are set to benefit from the government’s expansion of social security protection, with approximately 100,000 workers in this segment slated to be covered. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan, who announced this, said the Cabinet has approved the proposal to expand the social security coverage to domestic helpers under the Employees Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) and Employment Insurance System Act 2017 (Act 800). “The governmen...

KUALA LUMPUR: The social security coverage has been extended to benefit 100,000 local and foreign domestic helpers, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. The Human Resources Minister said the Cabinet recently had approved the proposal to extend the social security coverage to domestic helpers under the Employees Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) and Employment Insurance System Act 2017. "The government hopes to enforce this expansion through these regulations that is expected to be implemented on June...