SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora Ignacio said that the sickness benefit is a daily cash allowance paid for the number of days that a member cannot work due to sickness or injury.
Good news for members of the Social Security System (SSS) who are unable to work due to Covid-19: the state pensioner said it will not provide “sickness benefits” for them.
In a press release Monday (January 24), SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora Ignacio said that the sickness benefit is a daily cash allowance paid for the number of days that a member cannot work due to sickness or injury.
Under the program, a member must have paid at least three monthly contributions within the last 12 months prior to the semester of sickness or injury, may be confined either in a hospital or at home for at least four days, has used up all his current company sick leaves for the current year and has notified his employer regarding his sickness or injury.
Employed, self-employed, voluntary, and overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members could avail of the sickness benefit which is granted up to a maximum of 120 days in one calendar year to qualified members.
Members must present a positive Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test result to qualify for the benefits.
The daily cash allowance is equivalent to 90 percent of the member’s average daily salary credit (ADSC).
“We are aware that many of our members are getting sick right now. Some of them even got infected by the current Omicron variant. We want to assure them that SSS is providing them with sickness benefit to augment their lost income,” Ignacio said.
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