IT'S A DEAL. Regional Director Ma. Zenaida Angara-Campita (center) of the Department of Labor and Employment in Bicol (DOLE-5), and Social Security System Vice President Elenita Samblero (right) sign on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023) a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that allows SSS coverage for DOLE-5 job order and contractual workers as self-employed members. Jeanette Mapa, SSS-Legazpi spokesperson, said regular employees who are existing members may also opt to continue paying contributions as voluntary members. (Photo courtesy of DOLE-5) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 194 job order (JO) and contractual workers of the Department of Labor and Employment in Bicol (DOLE-5) will now be covered by the Social Security System. Jeanette Mapa, SSS-Legazpi spokesperson, said in an interview on Wednesday that the coverage will be under the KaltaSSS-Collect Program made possible by a memorandum of agreement (MOA) inked by the two agencies on Monday. "The KaltaSSS-Collect Program offers an automatic sal
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The Social Security System (SSS) said nearly 200 job order and contract of service workers will get social security coverage after SSS and the Philippine
LEGAZPI CITY - At least 107 job order (JO) and contractual workers of the Department of Trade Industry in Bicol (DTI-5) will now be covered by the Social Security System. Jeanette Mapa, SSS-Legazpi spokesperson, said in an interview on Wednesday that the coverage will be under the KaltaSSS-Collect Program and is covered by a memorandum of agreement (MOA) recently inked by the two agencies. "The KaltaSSS-Collect Program offers an automatic salary-deduction scheme of the monthly SSS contribution of the covered JOs and contractual workers will be registered as self-employed members of the SSS while their respective employers, such as national government agencies, state colleges, and universities, local water districts, and LGUs (local government units), will be responsible (for) remitting their monthly contributions to SSS through a salary deduction scheme," Mapa said. She said the JOs and contractual workers may now enjoy social security protection, including sickness, maternit
COTABATO CITY - Starting this year, all contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are already covered by the state social pension fund. Orly Mabinay, Social Security System (SSS) - Cotabato branch manager, said Tuesday that more than 2,000 contractual and job order workers in the region's various offices are now covered by the SSS. This came about after BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim and SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Igancio signed a joint memorandum agreement in December 2021 for the program. Under the agreement, Mabinay said all contractual and job orders workers are automatically enrolled to the SSS and will get social protection through the KaltaSSS Collect Program of the country's social security office. Under the KaltaSSS-Collect Program, participating agencies and groups will serve as collecting partners of the pension fund upon signing of the memorandum of agreement with S