The Social Security System (SSS) said Tuesday more than 2,000 job order (JO) workers of the provincial local government (PLGU) of Batanes will now have social security protection under the KaSSSangga Collect Program (KCP).
SSS president and chief executive Rolando Ledesma Macasaet and Batanes Governor Marilou Cayco signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that allows the provincial government’s JO workers to get social security coverage from SSS under the KCP.
“This only shows SSS is committed to its mandate of expanding social security protection and services to all working Filipinos up to the last mile provinces in the Philippines like Batanes,” Macasaet said.
Macasaet said that under the KCP, PLGU’s JO workers would be registered as SSS self-employed members. PLGU Batanes will serve as the SSS collecting partner, who will collect the contributions of the JO workers through a salary deduction scheme and remit them to the SSS.
“The timely remittance of monthly premiums will ensure that JO workers are qualified to avail of SSS benefits and loan privileges in times of emergencies,” Macasaet said.
He said the JO workers, as self-employed members, could avail of SSS benefits like sickness, maternity, disability, retirement, death and funeral. “They can also avail of loan privileges such as salary and calamity loans,” he said.
