25 Feb 2021 / 20:44 H.
PUTRAJAYA: All self-employed bus drivers are required to register and contribute to the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) Self-Employment Social Security Scheme (SKSPS).
Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (
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“If a bus driver fails to do so, he or she can be fined up to RM10,000 or jailed for a maximum of two years or both,“ he said.
Saravanan said as of yesterday, a total of 81,331 self-employed active contributors were found registered under the SKSPS, including 1,346 bus drivers.
KUALA TERENGGANU (Feb 14): There is only a moderate level of awareness of contributing to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) among self-employed workers in Terengganu.
Terengganu Sosco director Farihah Che Husin said that as of last year, only 3,924 self-employed workers from various sectors had contributed under Socso’s Self-Employment Social Security Scheme (SKSPS) and he estimated that there were about 25,000 people who are self-employed in the state.
“What’s more, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were laid off and had to be self-employed, such as being food deliverers and so on. So, we hope they contribute immediately in order to have protection in the event of any untoward incident while they are on the job,” she told reporters at the Self-Employment Scheme Registration Programme (SPS), here, today.
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DURING this difficult time, people are doing their best to make ends meet while trying to save for a rainy day.
Unfortunately, the current economic environment, which is influenced by supply and demand, such as rising food prices, is not helping to ease their burden.
One way to go about this in the near term is for government to provide additional cash assistance.
A survey conducted by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) in the fourth quarter of last year (4Q’20) and reported in a daily, shows that around 65% of respondents expressed their worries over expectations of inflationary pressures, especially among rural folk.
The First Objective - Combating the Covid-19 outbreak
The first objective consists of four initiatives that directly
relate to healthcare matters, namely:
An outline of the Covid-19 vaccination programme to be
implemented by the Government, for which a sum of RM3 billion has
been allocated;
Strengthening the National Healthcare Sector through
the recruitment of an additional 3,500 healthcare personnel;
Enhancing cooperation between the public and private
healthcare sectors to alleviate the strain on the public healthcare
system; and
Stepping up the testing of employees.
The Second Objective - Safeguarding the
Rakyat s
Welfare
The second objective consists of eight initiatives that seek to
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The decision was to enable part-timers or freelancers to continue their activities to generate income for themselves, he added.
“For businesses involving delivery of goods under categories Lori Pembawa A and Lori Pembawa C, they must have the operator licence, ” he said.
Dr Wee said there was a need for the Transport Ministry (MOT) to study the use of private vehicles for goods delivery by entrepreneurs whose sources of income, particularly those involved in the gig economy, had been compromised due to the pandemic to enable them to sustain their side income and business activities and their families.
“I instructed the MOT and its agencies to study this matter and develop appropriate regulations so that their business activities can thrive in a regulated environment.