Back in April, when the threat of the infamous Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is at its peak, the Social Security System (SSS) released their form of financial assistance to employees of small businesses in the country. The SBWS or the Small Business Wage Subsidy is the program offered to small business employees as a form […]
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SSS COVID-19 Calamity Loan Program to be Launched on the 24th of April
With the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until the end of the month, Filipino workers and employees grew more worried. The quarantine started back around the 16th or the 17th of March and it was supposedly due on the 15th of April; it was then extended because no cure has been set out […]
SSS Extended Contribution Payments Until 1st of June
Due to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), a multitude of workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) were not able to go and attend work. Because of this, a lot of the employees had their work suspended; and with this, a lot of our government agencies positively responded. For one, the housing state or the […]
SSS Members, Urged to Pay Loans and Contributions Online
The Social Security System (SSS) has announced that they are recommending the use of their online facility. To comply with the “ease of doing business transactions,” SSS members are urged to pay their SSS loans and monthly contribution premiums online. SSS members can access the online SSS facility by accessing https://sss.gov.ph > Member Login. Read: […]
SSS Maternity Benefits Could Reach 70,000 Per Member
As we all know, the Social Security System (SSS) of the Philippines is existent to provide assistance to working members of the society. It could be to aid the people in poverty, those who need temporary financial assistance, soon-to-be-mothers, those who are sick, the usual types of people who need financial aid. In terms of […]
The New and Updated SSS Contribution Table to be Effective in April 2019
Since the news broke out about the Social Security System (SSS) increasing to a 12 percent contribution, a lot of people responded, wondering how the contribution table will look like. No worries, the Social Security System did not leave us hanging. In their Official Facebook Page, they informed every private sector worker on how the […]
A Rise to 12% in the SSS Contribution Rate to be Effective in April
In previous posts, we expressed the thoughts and the plans of the government in hiking the Social Security System (SSS) contribution rate. As a matter of fact, this has been emphasized on and has been in the books for quite some time now because they were not sure how impacting the changes will be. Read: […]
