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The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng mga Naglilingkod sa Pribado) [4] is a state-run social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954.
The unemployment benefit of the SSS also covers the kasambahay (housemaids) as well as Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs; Filipino migrant workers).Claimants should have made 36 monthly contributions to the SSS, 12 months of which should be in the 18-month period immediately preceding the month of involuntary separation.
The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as the Pag-IBIG Fund (acronym of its Filipino name: Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya at Gobyerno [a]), is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development of the Philippines responsible for the administration of the national savings program and affordable ...
Contribution And Benefit Base; Go Ahead and Lift the Cap, article by economist John Miller on raising the SSWB, Dollars & Sense magazine, March/April 2008; Over 50 Programs; The Evolution of Social Security's Taxable Maximum, See Table 1: Tax max levels, level-setting mechanisms, and policy rationales, 1937–2011
Social Security is funded primarily through payroll taxes called the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) or Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA). Wage and salary earnings from covered employment, up to an amount determined by law (see tax rate table), are subject to the Social Security payroll tax.
Created by Commonwealth Act No. 186 and Republic Act No. 8291 (GSIS Act of 1997), GSIS is a social insurance institution that provides a defined benefit scheme. It insures its members against the occurrence of certain contingencies in exchange for their monthly premium contributions.
SSS investment income during Teodoro’s term enabled the fund to increase benefits several times over despite a slow increase in contribution rates. Moreover, SSS fund placements in various government banking institutions had yielded high returns, which helped spur economic growth and fund public infrastructure projects.
A Change.org petition was made by a group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to scrap the agency's directive to increase the mandatory contribution collection to 3%. [15] The petition refers to PhilHealth Circular 2020-0014, [16] dated April 2, 2020, in which the current OFW salaries are affected especially in the ongoing pandemic. [15]