With SSS offices in MECQ areas operating at half capacity, members are urged to make use of its online and drop box services.
Only 50 percent of branch employees during this period are assigned to physically report for work, while the rest will use alternative work arrangements
THE Social Security System (SSS) is encouraging its members to make full use of its online services and drop box systems.
In an advisory issued on April 15, SSS said its offices in Metro Manila and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, Quirino, and Abra, as well as Santiago City, Isabela, will operate on a “skeletal workforce” system.
The following areas have been placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until April 30.
Only 50 percent of branch employees during this period are assigned to physically report for work, while the rest will use alternative work arrangements.
SSS branches in MECQ areas will be open on weekdays only from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Branch transactions are limited to the following:
•Appointments set with the branch,
•Submission of documents through the drop box (for transactions that are not available online),
•Pick-up of Unified Multi-purpose Identification (UMID) Cards and subsequent educational loan checks,
•Compliance with the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners’ Program (only for those with suspended pensions), and
•Use of teller services.
Selected SSS branches will continuously implement the number coding system.
The prescribed transaction days of members, claimants, and employers are based on the 10th digit of their social security (SS) or employer (ER) ID—1 and 2 every Monday, 3 and 4 every Tuesday, 5 and 6 every Wednesday, 7 and 8 every Thursday, and 9 and 0 every Friday.
The SSS encourages the transacting public to use the pension fund’s online service channels such as the My.SSS Portal of the SSS website at www.sss.gov.ph, SSS Mobile App, and Text-SSS at 2600.
Information about the mandatory online transactions and other online services are posted on the SSS’ Facebook page.
Branches not affected by the MECQ declaration will follow the regular working hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 p.m. (ONT)
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