SSS (SOCIALSECURITY SYSTEM)
 WHAT IS SSS AND ITS
BACKGROUND?
The Philippine Social Security
System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguru
han ng Kapanatagang
Panlipunan) 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 Social Security
Act of 1954. This law was later
amended by Republic Act No.
8282 in 1997.
Government employees,
meanwhile, are covered under a
separate state-pension fund
managed by the Government
Service Insurance
System (GSIS).
Former President Manuel A.
Roxas who first proposed a bill in
Congress, seeking the
establishment of a social security
system for wage earners and low-
salaried employees.
President Elpidio Quirino created
a Social Security Commission, his
first official act as president. Rep.
Floro Crisologo, Senators
Cipriano Primicias and Manuel
Briones introduced bills to the
Congress that were eventually
enacted as Republic Act 1161, or
the Social Security Act of 1954.
The law was also called the Social
Security Law (SS Law).
On May 1, 1997, President Fidel
V. Ramos, signed RA 8282, Social
Security Act of 1997, an act which
further strengthen the SSS. This
act provides better benefit
packages, expansion of coverage,
flexibility in investments, stiffer
penalties for violators of the law,
condonation of penalties of
delinquent employers, and the
establishment of a voluntary
provident fund for members.
THE SSS MANDATE
DECLARATION OF POLICY
"It is the policy of the State to
establish, develop, promote and
perfect a sound and viable tax-
exempt social security system
suitable to the needs of the people
throughout the Philippines which
shall promote social justice and
provide meaningful protection to
members and their beneficiaries
against the hazards of disability,
sickness, maternity, old age,
death and other contingencies
resulting in loss of income or
financial burden. Toward this end,
the State shall endeavor to extend
social security protection to
workers and their beneficiaries."
(Section 2, RA 8282)
STATEMENT OF MISSION
To manage a sound and viable
social security system which shall
promote social justice and provide
meaningful protection to members
and their families against the
hazards of disability, sickness,
maternity, old age, death and
other contingencies resulting in
loss of income or financial burden.
 STATEMENT OF VISION o Non-Working Spouse of SSS
Members
A viable social security institution
providing universal and equitable EMPLOYERS
social protection through world-
class service. 1. An employer, or any person
who uses the services of
STATEMENT OF CORPORATE another person in business,
VALUES trade, industry or any
undertaking.
The SSS aims to institutionalize a
corporate culture that instills the A social, civic, professional,
core values of trust, charitable and other non-
empowerment and teamwork. profit organization which hire
the services of employees
MEMBERS
are considered "employers."
As a worker in the private sector,
2. A foreign government,
a self-employed or a voluntary
international organization or
member or as an Overseas
its wholly-owned
Filipino Worker, you can be
instrumentality such as
assured of social protection. SSS
embassy in the Philippines,
is committed to provide you and
may enter into an
your beneficiaries with prompt,
administrative agreement
convenient, reliable and
with the SSS for the
meaningful social protection
coverage of its Filipino
services now and in the future so
employees.
that you shall receive the benefits
due in times of death, disability,
old-age, sickness and maternity.

There are two types of HOW TO REGISTER

coverages under the SS
Program:
1. Compulsory Coverage
o Employers
o Employees
o Self-Employed Persons
2. Voluntary Coverage
o Separated Members
o Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFWs)
Registration shall be done
through Employer
Registration (SS Form R-
1) and Employment Report
(SS Form R-1A).
Single Proprietorship
The owner or, in his absence,
his legal spouse or, in their
absence, any representative
with Special Power of Attorney
(SPA) of a single
proprietorship business
should accomplish and submit License to Transact Business
the SSS Forms R-1 and R-1A in the Philippines.
with the photocopy of an
Authority to Operate from
appropriate government Manning Agency with
office/s (e. g. Registration of Foreign Principal
Business Name, Business
Permit, or any proof of A manning agency with
business operations). foreign principal should
accomplish the SS Forms R-1
and R-1A signed by its
Partnerships President, Chairman or
Corporate Secretary and
Any of the partners should submit these forms with the
accomplish and submit the SS photocopy of the approved
Forms R-1 and R-1A with the Articles of Incorporation and
photocopy of the Agency Agreement between
approved Articles of the manning agency and
Partnership. foreign principal.

Corporations, including
non-stock/non-profit Cooperative
corporations
A cooperative should
A corporation should accomplish the SS Forms R-1
accomplish the SS Forms R-1 and R-1A signed by its
and R-1A signed by its President/Chairman and
President, Chairman or submit this form with the
Corporate Secretary and photocopy of the approved
submit these forms with the Articles of
photocopy of the approved Cooperation/Certificate of
Articles of Incorporation. Registration from the
Cooperative Development
Authority (CDA).
Foreign-owned
Corporations Manpower Service
Cooperative
A foreign-owned corporation
should accomplish the SS A manpower service
Forms R-1 and R-1A signed cooperative should
by the designated Philippine accomplish the SS Forms R-1
representative as shown in the and R-1A signed by its
SEC registration and submit Chairman or Corporate
these forms with the Secretary and submit these
photocopy of the approved forms with the photocopy of
Articles of Incorporation and the approved Articles of
 Cooperation from the o Approved Application for
Cooperative Development Business Retirement from the
Authority (CDA) and Municipal/City Treasurer's
accreditation from the Office
Department of Labor and
Employment, if a manpower In the absence of the above,
cooperative. any two (2) of the following:

The original copy of the  Certification of Non-

documents mentioned above Operation of Business from
must be presented upon the Municipal/City Treasurer's
registration for authentication Office or Bureau of Internal
purposes. Revenue (BIR)
 Lease
Aside from the documents Contract/Joint Affidavit of
mentioned above, the Termination of Lease Contract
employer is required to  Contribution Collection List
submit, with the SS Forms R- (SS Form R-3) showing the
1 and R-1A, the following: separation of its
employee/s, duly received
 Specimen Signature Card by the SSS within the first
(SS Form L-501); ten (10) days of the month
 Sketch of business after the applicable quarter
address/location; and  Certification of Cancellation
 Validated Miscellaneous of Registration from the
Payment Return (SS Form R- Department of Trade &
6) or SS Form R-6 with Industry (DTI)
Special Bank Receipt (SBR)  Certification of Cancellation
as proof of payment for the of Franchise from the Land
Employer Registration Plate Transportation &
Franchising Regulatory
MEMBER DATA AMENDMENTS Board (LTFRB)
 Certification from the
Changes in employer's Philippine Contractors
membership data records Accreditation Board
should be reported (PCAB)
immediately to the nearest  Death Certificate registered
SSS Office by accomplishing with the Local Civil
an Employer Data Change Registrar or issued by the
Request (SS Form R- Philippine Consul, in case
8)supported by appropriate of death of the owner
document/s showing the
effectivity date, as follows: o Partnership/Corporation/C
ooperative
For Termination/Dissolution  Certificate of Filing of
Articles of
 Single Proprietorship (SP) Dissolution/Cancellation of
 Registration issued by the
Securities & Exchange
Commission
(SEC)/Cooperative
Development Authority
(CDA)
In the absence of the
above, any two (2) of the
following:
 Audited Financial
Statements and Income
Tax Return (ITR) showing
non-operation/no earnings
for the applicable period/s
filed with the SEC or the
BIR within the prescribed
period
 Board Resolution
approving the termination
of business operation
adopted immediately after
the date of
termination/dissolution and
duly acknowledged
received by regulatory
agencies (e.g. BIR, SEC,
etc.)
 SS Form R-3 showing the
separation of its
employee/s, duly received
by the SSS within the first
ten (10) days of the month
after the applicable quarter
 Notification of business
termination duly received
by the SEC or the BIR
within the prescribed period
For Temporary
Suspension
Any two (2) of the following
documents, whichever is
applicable:
 Notification of suspension
of operation duly received
by the BIR within the
prescribed period
 Audited Financial
Statements and ITR
showing non-operation/no
earnings for the applicable
period/s filed with the SEC
or the BIR within the
prescribed period
 Board Resolution
approving the suspension
of business operation
adopted within the
prescribed period and duly
acknowledged received by
regulatory agencies (e.g.
BIR, SEC, etc.)
o SS Form R-3 showing the
separation of its
employee/s, duly received
by the SSS within the first
ten (10) days of the month
after the applicable quarter
o Certification from the Fire
Department/concerned unit
of the municipality/city, in
case of destruction of
corporate facilities due to
fire/fortuitous event
o Notice of Strike duly
received by the Department
of Labor & Employment
(DOLE) with a Certification
that there was no
operation/employees
during the strike
o Lease Contract/Joint
Affidavit of Termination of
Lease Contract
o Certificate of Non-Renewal
of Business License from
the Municipal/City
Treasurer's Office
 For Resumption of or
Operation Business License
 Deed of Donation, subject
 Newly accomplished to compliance with the
Employment Report (SS requirements thereto
Form R-1A) reporting for  General Information Sheet
coverage newly hired/re- duly received by the SEC
hired employee/s  Minutes of General
Assembly (for
For Merger cooperatives)

 Certificate of Filing of For Change of Legal

Articles of Merger issued by Personality
the SEC
 Certificate of Filing of Articles
For Amendment of or Amended Articles of
Date of Coverage (DOC) Partnership/Incorporation/Co
operation issued by
All of the following: the SEC/CDA

 SS Forms R-1/R-1A For Change of Business

(superseding initial Name/Nature of Business
submission)
 Affidavit of employee/s Any of the following, whichever is
attesting to the actual date applicable:
of his/their employment, if
still employed with the  Certificate of Registration of
employer Business Name from the DTI
 Certification from the  Certificate of Filing of Amended
following government Articles of
agencies: Partnership/Incorporation/Co
o Municipal/City Treasurer's operation issued by the
Office SEC/CDA
o BIR
For Change of Business
For Change of Address
Ownership/Corporate Officers
 Proof of billing;
Any of the following,  Deed of Sale of Property/lease
whichever is applicable contract; or
 Barangay certificate evidencing
 Deed of Sale/Assignment transfer to the new address
duly signed by concerned
parties with the new The SSS Form R-8 should be duly
Owner's DTI Registration notarized except for changes in
business address, e-mail address
and telephone or fax number, and
should be signed by the following
officers:
Single Proprietorship - Owner or, in
his absence, the legal spouse
Partnership - Managing Partner
Corporation - President/General
Manager or Chairman or Corporate
Secretary
Cooperative - Chairman or
Corporate Secretary
In case of resumption of operation,
the employer should accomplish
and submit SS Form R-1A
reporting newly hired or rehired
employee/s within thirty (30)
calendar days from date of
hiring/re-hiring.
EMPLOYEES
1. A private sector employee,
whether permanent,
temporary or provisional,
who is not over 60 years old.
2. A household-helper earning
at least P1,000 a month is
compulsorily covered
starting Sept. 1, 1993.
A household-helper is any
person who renders
domestic or household
services exclusively to a
household employer such as
maid, gardener, cook,
governess, and other similar
occupations, who is not a
member of the family of the
household employer (HR) or
his/her spouse.
3. A Filipino seafarer upon
actual deployment by the
manning agency which,
together with the foreign ship
owner, act as employers.
4. An employee of a foreign
government, international
organization or their wholly-
owned instrumentality based
in the Philippines, which
entered into an
administrative agreement
with the SSS for the
coverage of its Filipino
workers.
HOW TO REGISTER?
A person registering with the
SSS for the first time as a
prospective employee should
accomplish Personal Record
(SS Form E-1) and submit it
with the original/certified true
copy and photocopy of any of
the primary or any two (2) of
the secondary documents,
one of which with photo and
date of birth, acceptable in
securing SS number.
Primary Documents
(only ONE is required):
 Birth Certificate
 Baptismal Certificate
 Passport
 Driver's License
 Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) Card
 Seaman's Book
Secondary Documents (in
the absence of primary
documents, submit TWO of
the following):
 Alien Certificate of
Registration
 ATM card with the
cardholder's name
 ATM card and certification
from the issuing bank that the
account number belongs to
the cardholder, if the card
does not bear the cardholder's
name
 Bank Account Passbook
 Birth/Baptismal Certificate of
children
 Certificate from:
o Office of the
Southern/Northern Cultural
Communities
o Office of Muslim Affairs
 Certificate
Licensure/Qualification
Document/Seafarer's ID &
Record Book from the
Maritime Industry Authority
 Certificate of Naturalization
issued by the Bureau of
Immigration
 Company ID
 Company Representative
Authorization Card issued by
SSS
 Credit Card
 Fisherman's Card issued by
the Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
 GSIS Card/Certificate
Membership
 Health or Medical Card
 ID card issued by Local
Government Units (e.g.
Barangay/Municipality/City)
 ID card issued by professional
organizations recognized by
the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC)
 Life Insurance Policy
 Marriage contract
 Membership card issued by
private companies
 NBI Clearance
 Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA) card
 Pag-Ibig Member's Data Form
 Permit to carry firearms issued
by the Firearms & Explosives
Unit of the Philippine National
Police (PNP)
 PHIC Member's Data Record
 Police Clearance
 Postal ID card
 School ID
 Seafarer's Registration
Certificate issued by the
Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration
of (POEA)
 Senior Citizen Card
 Tax Identification Number
(TIN) Card
 Temporary license and
Student Permit issued by the
Land Transportation Office
(LTO)
 Transcript of School Records
 Voter's Identification
Card/Affidavit
However, surviving spouses
and guardians aged 60 and
above securing an SS number
for the Annual Confirmation of
of Pensioners (ACOP) program,
may be allowed to submit any
two of the above-mentioned
secondary documents with
recent photo and age.
A married person should also
submit a marriage contract
upon registration. If with
reported legitimate children,
the birth or baptismal
certificate/s of child/ren; if with
reported legitimated child/ren,
birth certificate with annotation
 "legitimated;" if with reported
legally adopted child/ren,
decree of adoption. If
reporting illegitimate children,
birth or baptismal certificate(s)
of children. In the absence of
both, any of the following
stating the relationship to the
reported
dependent/beneficiary:
a. School Record
b. Insurance Policy
c. Statement before a court
The original or certified true
copies of the documents
should be presented to the
SSS for
authentication purposes.
Member Data Amendments
Changes in a member's
record should be reported
immediately to the nearest
SSS office by
accomplishing Member's
Data Amendment Form (SS
Form E-4) and submit with the
original/certified true copy and
photocopy of the following:
1. Marriage certificate for change
of civil status;
2. Birth or baptismal certificate of
child/ren for new/ additional
child/ren;
3. Birth or baptismal certificate or
passport for correction of
name and date of birth.
In the absence of the above-
mentioned documents for
correction of name and date of
birth, submit a Certificate of
Loss or Non-availability of the
birth certificate from the Local
Civil Registrar of the place
where the member was born
and the Parish where the
member was baptized and
any two (2) of the following
secondary documents that
show the name and date of
birth of the member:
 Record of Employment
 GSIS Member's Record
 Certification from the National
Archive
 Alien Certificate of
Registration (ACR)
 Birth Certificate of children
 Certificate of Naturalization
issued by the Bureau of
Immigration
 Marriage contract
 Driver's license issued by LTO
 School records
 Voter's ID card or Affidavit
duly authenticated by
COMELEC
 TIN card
 Life Insurance Policy
 NBI Clearance
 Pag-Ibig Member's Data Form
 PHIC Member's Record
 Permit to carry firearms issued
by the Fire & Explosives Unit,
Camp Crame
 Certification from the Office of
the Cultural Minorities (Aetas,
Negritoes, Mangyans,
Manobos, etc.)
If for correction of name to a
totally different name, submit
 a Joint Affidavit of two (2)
persons who have personal
knowledge for the use of the
two different names by the
member and attest to the fact
that the two names belong to
one and the same person,
aside from the above-
mentioned documents.
For Muslim members, a
certificate from the Sharia
Court, if necessary, should
always be attached to the
supporting documents for the
following member's data
change requests:
1. Marriage certificate for change
of civil status;
2. Certificate of divorce for
divorce
3. Certificate of conversion to
Islam for conversion
The original or certified true
copies of the documents
should be presented for
authentication purposes
SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS
A self-employed person,
regardless of trade, business
or occupation, with an income
of at least P1,000 a month and
not over 60 years old, should
register with the SSS.
Included, but not limited to the
following are self-employed
persons:
1. self-employed professionals;
2. partners, single proprietors of
businesses and board
directors of corporations duly
registered with appropriate
government agencies;
3. actors, actresses, directors,
scriptwriters and news
correspondents who do not
fall within the definition of the
term "employee;"
4. professional athletes,
coaches, trainers and jockeys;
5. farmers and fisherfolks; and
6. workers in the informal sector
such as market and ambulant
vendors, public utility transport
drivers, tourism industry-
related workers, and others
similarly situated.
HOW TO REGISTER?
A self-employed person
should accomplish and
submit Self-Employed Data
Record (SS Form RS-1). If
he/she has no existing SS
number, SS Form RS-1
should be submitted with the
original/certified true copy and
photocopy of any of the
primary or any two (2) of the
secondary documents
acceptable in securing SS
number.
A self-employed person who
has employee/s should also
register as an employer and
secure an employer number
by proper accomplishment
and submission of Employer
Registration (SS Form R-
1) and Employment Report
(SS Form R-1A).
SEPERATED MEMBERS
 A member who is separated
from employment or ceased to
be a self-employed/overseas
Filipino worker/non-working
spouse may opt to become a
Voluntary Member and
continue paying SSS
contributions on his/her own
account.
HOW TO REGISTER?
An unemployed SSS member
who has no previous SS
record of coverage or
contributions cannot just start
paying contiributions as a
Voluntary Member for the sole
purpose of qualifying for an
SS ID Card or SSS benefits.
Such contributions shall be
deemed invalid and duly
returned/refunded. Voluntary
Membership is solely for
previously employed/self-
employed/OFW members.
A member who is separated
from employment or ceased to
be self-employed/overseas
Filipino worker/non-working
spouse may continue paying
SSS contributions using the
previously assigned SS
number
through Contributions
Payment Return (SS Form
RS-5) where he/she should
put a check mark on the box
for Voluntary (Separated)
Member. Posting of said
payment will change the
membership status from
covered employee, self-
employed, OFW, or non-
working spouse to a voluntary
paying member.
NON-WOKING SPOUSE
A person legally married to
a currently employed and
actively paying SSS member
who devotes full time in the
management of household
and family affairs may be
covered on a voluntary basis
as a Non-Working Spouse,
provided there is the approval
of the working spouse.
The Non-Working Spouse
should have never been a
member of the SSS and
his/her contributions shall be
based on 50 percent of the
working spouse's last posted
monthly salary credit, but in no
case shall it be lower than
P1,000
HOW TO REGISTER?
A non-working spouse should
accomplish and submit Non-
Working Spouse Record
(SS Form NW-1), duly signed
by the working spouse, with
the copy of their marriage
certificate. If he/she has no
existing SS number, SS Form
NW-1 should be submitted
with the original/certified true
copy and photocopy of any of
the primary or any one (1) of
the secondary documents
acceptable in securing SS
number.
OFWs
 A Filipino recruited in the
Philippines by a foreign-based
employer for employment
abroad; having a source of
income in a foreign country;
and permanent resident in a
foreign country
HOW TO REGISTER?
An OFW with existing SS
number can continue paying
contributions through SS
Form RS-5 where he/she
should put a check mark on
the box for Overseas Worker
and indicate his/her correct
SS number. Posting of said
payment will change the
membership status to OFW.
An OFW who has not been
issued an SS number should
accomplish and
submit Overseas Worker
Record (SS Form OW-1) with
the original/certified true copy
and photocopy of any of the
primary or any two (2) of the
secondary documents
acceptable in securing SS
number.
EFFECTIVITY
 Employers
Effectivity of Coverage as an SSS
employer-member starts on the
first day the employer hires their
first employee/s.
The employer is given 30
days from the date of employment
of employee to report the person
for coverage to the SSS thru
the Employment Report (SS Form
R-1A).
 Employees
Effectivity of Coverage as an SSS
employee-member starts on the
first day of employment
 Self-Employed
Effectivity of Coverage as an SSS
self-employed member starts
upon payment of the first valid
contribution, in case of initial
coverage
 Voluntary (Separated Members)
Effectivity of Coverage as an SSS
voluntary separated-member is on
the month the person resumed
payment of contribution
 Non-working Spouse
Effectivity of Coverage as an SSS
Non Working Spouse member is
upon first payment of contribution.
 OFWs
Effectivity of Coverage as an SSS
OFW-member starts upon first
payment of contribution, in case of
initial coverage
The Social Security Commission in its
Resolution No. 972-s.2010 dated 08
December 2010 approved
the Collection Agency
Agreement (Cooperatives), as well as
 the Guidelines on Accreditation of
Cooperatives as Collecting Agents of the
Social Security System, to provide a
mechanism whereby self-employed and
voluntary members of the SSS may pay
their obligations to the SSS through the
cooperative in which they are also
members.
1. Who may be accredited?
To be an accredited collecting agent, the
cooperative must possess the following
qualifications:
 The cooperative is categorized as a
Primary Cooperative regardless of
the character of its business
activities which may be credit,
consumers, producers, marketing,
service, or multipurpose
cooperative.
 It must be duly registered with the
Cooperative Development
Authority.
 It must be in existence for at
least three (3) years immediately
preceding the date of submission of
its application for accreditation.
 It must be registered with the SSS
as an employer and regularly
paying as such.
 Its operations must pass the
financial evaluation criteria.
2. How shall the cooperative apply for
accreditation?
The cooperative shall submit an
accomplished Application for
Accreditation together with the
necessary documentary requirements to
SSS Branch office having territorial
jurisdiction over its operations.
3. What are the documentation required
to apply for accreditation?
 Articles of Cooperation
 By-laws
 Economic survey (which is a
general statement describing the
structure, purpose, economic
feasibility of the proposed
cooperative, area of operation, size
of membership and other pertinent
data)
 Certificate of Registration with the
Cooperative Development
Authority
 Favorable endorsement, issued not
earlier than six (6) months prior to
the filing of the application, from the
proper government agency in case
of a cooperative engaged in the
specific activities
 List of names and addresses of the
present members of its Board
Directors
 The Board Resolution, duly
certified by the cooperative
secretary, approving the Collection
Agency Agreement (CAA) and
particularly naming the officers as
the authorized signatory thereto
 The CAA signed by the person duly
authorized by the cooperative's
Board of Directors and Secretary's
Certificate attesting to such
authority
 Audited Financial Statements for
the last three (3) years
 Names and addresses of
accountable officers to be bonded,
and the estimated amount of
coverage of the bond
 Proposed nature of the bond to
secure its performance under the
CAA and the estimated amount of
coverage of the bond
  List of all of the cooperative's
creditors and their addresses, and
the corresponding nature, amount
and terms of obligations
 Certificate of Compliance issued by
the SSS for the current year
 List of members who are self-
employed or voluntary members of
the SSS and their corresponding
SS number and individual
statement allowing the cooperative
to collect and remit their
contributions to the SSS.
4. Whose contributions can the
cooperative collect as accredited
collecting agent of the SSS?
The authority of the cooperative to collect
shall be limited to its members who are
Self-employed and Voluntary Members
of the SSS and who have agreed in
writing to avail of its services under the
terms and conditions set in the Collection
Agency Agreement (CAA).
5. What are the SSS payments to be
collected?
The cooperative is allowed to collect from
its members the following:
 Social Security Contributions;
 Educational, Salary, Calamity, and Stock
Investment loan amortization;
 Housing loan amortization; and
 Miscellaneous payments.
6. What is a Performance Security?
It is a cash bond or a surety bond to
secure the cooperative's performance of
its duties and obligations under the CAA,
in the amount based on its estimated
average monthly collection and
remittances to be determined by the
SSS. The cooperative shall submit
a Performance Security upon receipt of
the Notice of Approval of application for
accreditation.
The Performance Security shall -
 be renewable annually;
 callable upon demand;
 contain clauses and conditions
answering for the liability of the
cooperative for any violation of the CAA;
 answer for failure on the part of the
cooperative to remit to SSS or to any of
its Depository banks all SSS payments
and amortization paid through and still
remaining with the cooperative despite
the termination of the CAA;
 provide that the Bonding Company shall
be liable to the SSS to the extent of the
Performance Security posted, in case the
cooperative fails, refuses or defaults in
the performance of any of its obligations
under the CAA; and
 contain a condition that, except in the
cash bond, for the purposes of CALL
notice by the SSS to the cooperative is
considered as notice to the Bonding
Company.
The cooperative must also have at least
two (2) duly bonded accountable officers,
namely, a cashier or treasurer, and
another responsible officer to be
determined by the cooperative.
7. When shall the cooperative start to
receive payments to the SSS from its
members?
Upon posting of the
required Performance Security and upon
receipt thereof by the SSS of the
instruments, the cooperative shall start
receiving payments to the SSS from its
members.
 A member may entrust his contribution to
any person authorized by the cooperative
to do so, and the latter shall acknowledge BENEFITS
the receipt thereof and issue the Official
Receipt that the cooperative uses in its  Covered employees are entitled
regular business transactions, and shall to a package of benefits under
remit the same on such date as specified the Social
in the CAA to any SSS Depository Bank Security and Employees'
or branch teller, with the name of the Compensation (EC) Programs
organization indicated in the in the event of death, disability,
Miscellaneous Payment Form (SS Form sickness, maternity and old
R-6). age. Self-employed and
voluntary members also get the
8. How much is the service fee? same benefits as covered
employees, except those
The SSS shall, within fifteen (15) days benefits under the EC program.
after receipt of the Billing, pay the
cooperative a fixed amount of Six Basically, the SSS provides for
Pesos (P6.00) Service Fee for every a replacement of income lost on
transaction; Provided, that the Service account of the aforementioned
Fee is not due on Miscellaneous contingencies. The benefits
Payments in the amount LESS than the under the Social Security
Minimum Monthly Contribution; Program are:
Provided, further, that no demand shall
be valid except upon submission of the  Sickness-A daily cash
required Collection List in the proper form allowance paid for the
and on such date as required; Provided, number of days a
finally, that the SSS shall pay the member is unable to
cooperative a Penalty in the amount work due to sickness or
equivalent to 3% per annum for any delay injury.
in the payment of the Service Fee.
 Maternity-A daily cash
9. How shall a cooperative prepare and allowance granted to a
submit the Collection Lists? female member who is
unable to work due to
The cooperative shall prepare and childbirth or miscarriage.
submit on a monthly basis the
corresponding Cooperative Collection  Disability-A cash benefit
List (CCL) indicating the correct names, granted – either as a
SS numbers of the members and the monthly pension or a
amount paid to the SSS branch where lump sum amount – to a
application for accreditation was filed, member who becomes
together with the validated SS Form R-6 permanently disabled,
or SS Form R-6 with Special Bank either partially or totally.
Receipt. The CCL shall be submitted in
 Retirement-A cash
electronic device.
benefit granted – either
 as a monthly pension or a
lump sum amount – to a
member who can no
longer work due to old
age.
 Death-A cash benefit
granted – either as a
monthly pension or a
lump sum amount – to
SICKNESS
Qualifying Conditions
The member is unable to work due to
sickness or injury and is confined
either in a hospital or at home for at
least four (4) days;
• He/she has paid at least three (3)
months of contributions within the 12-
month period immediately before the
semester of sickness or injury;
• He/she has used up all company sick
leaves with pay for the current year
and has duly notified his/her
employer; or
• He/she must notify the SSS directly
by filing a sickness benefit application
if he/she is separated from
employment, a self-employed or
voluntary member, including
overseas Filipino worker (OFW)-
member.
Amount of Benefit
• The amount of the member’s
daily Sickness Benefit
allowance is equivalent to
ninety percent (90%) of his/her
average daily salary credit
(ADSC).
the beneficiaries of a
deceased member.
 Funeral-A cash benefit
given to paid
contributions and CYS.
whoever paid for the
burial expenses of the
deceased member.
• The Sickness Benefit is granted
up to a maximum of 120 days in
one calendar year.
MATERNITY
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
The member has paid at least three (3)
months of contributions within the 12-
month period immediately before the
semester of her childbirth or
miscarriage;
• If employed, she must has given
notification of her pregnancy through
her employer; or
• She must directly notify the SSS if
she is separated from employment, a
self-employed or voluntary member,
including OFW-member.
AMOUNT BENEFIT
• The amount of the daily
Maternity Benefit allowance is
equivalent to one hundred
percent (100%) of her ADSC,
multiplied by 60 days in case of
normal
delivery/miscarriage/ectopic
pregnancy without
operation/hydatidiform mole
(H-mole), or by 78 days for
caesarean section
delivery/ectopic pregnancy
with operation.
 • The Maternity Benefit is granted
up to the first four (4) deliveries
or miscarriages only
DISABILITY
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
The member has paid at least one (1)
month contribution before the
semester of disability.
• To qualify for a monthly disability
pension, he/she must have paid at
least 36 monthly contributions prior to
the semester of disability.
• If with less than 36 monthly
contributions, he/she is granted a
lump sum amount.
AMOUNT BENEFIT
• If qualified, the member is
granted a monthly Disability
Pension, plus a P500 monthly
Supplemental Allowance.
• The lowest monthly Disability
Pension is P1,000 if the member
has less than ten (10) credited
years of service (CYS); P1,200 if
with at least ten (10) CYS; and
P2,400 if with at least twenty
(20) CYS.
RETIREMENT
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
The member is at least 60 years old
(optional retirement), separated from
employment or has ceased to be self-
employed; and has paid at least 120
monthly contributions prior to the
semester of retirement; or
• The member is 65 years old
(mandatory retirement), whether
employed or not; and has paid at least
120 monthly contributions prior to the
semester of retirement.
• To qualify for a monthly retirement
pension, the member must have paid
at least 120 monthly contributions
prior to the semester of retirement.
• If with less than 120 monthly
contributions, he/she may be granted
a lump sum amount, but will also be
given the option to continue paying
contributions to complete the 120
months to become eligible for
monthly pension.
AMOUNT OF BENEFIT
• If qualified, the member is
granted a monthly Retirement
Pension, plus a 13th Month
Pension payable every
• December. The retiree has the
option to receive the first
eighteen (18) months pension
in lump sum, discounted at a
preferential rate of interest to be
determined by the SSS.
• This option can be exercised
only upon filing of the first
retirement claim, and the
Dependent’s Pension and 13th
Month Pension are excluded
from the advanced eighteen
(18) months pension. If the
member has dependent minor
children, they are given a
Dependent’s Pension
equivalent to ten percent (10%)
of the member’s monthly
pension or P250, whichever is
higher. Only five (5) minor
 children, beginning from the
youngest, are entitled to
Dependent’s Pension. No
substitution is allowed.
• The lowest monthly Retirement
Pension is P1,200 if the member
has 120 monthly contributions
or at least ten (10) CYS; or
P2,400 if with at least twenty
(20) CYS
DEATH
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
The member is at least 60 years old
(optional retirement), separated from
employment or has ceased to be self-
employed; and has paid at least 120
monthly contributions prior to the
semester of retirement; or
• The member is 65 years old
(mandatory retirement), whether
employed or not; and has paid at least
120 monthly contributions prior to the
semester of retirement.
• To qualify for a monthly retirement
pension, the member must have paid
at least 120 monthly contributions
prior to the semester of retirement.
• If with less than 120 monthly
contributions, he/she may be granted
a lump sum amount, but will also be
given the option to continue paying
contributions to complete the 120
months to become eligible for
monthly pension.
AMOUNT OF BENEFIT
• If qualified, the member is
granted a monthly Retirement
Pension, plus a 13th Month
Pension payable every
• December. The retiree has the
option to receive the first
eighteen (18) months pension
in lump sum, discounted at a
preferential rate of interest to be
determined by the SSS.
• This option can be exercised
only upon filing of the first
retirement claim, and the
Dependent’s Pension and 13th
Month Pension are excluded
from the advanced eighteen
(18) months pension. If the
member has dependent minor
children, they are given a
Dependent’s Pension
equivalent to ten percent (10%)
of the member’s monthly
pension or P250, whichever is
higher. Only five (5) minor
children, beginning from the
youngest, are entitled to
Dependent’s Pension. No
substitution is allowed.
• The lowest monthly Retirement
Pension is P1,200 if the member
has 120 monthly contributions
or at least ten (10) CYS; or
P2,400 if with at least twenty
(20) CYS
FUNERAL
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
The employee-member was reported
for coverage by his/her employer;
• A self-employed member/OFW/non-
working spouse who had at least one
(1) contribution payment;
• A voluntary member who was
previously covered either as
employed/ self-employed/OFW and
had at least one (1) contribution
payment.
AMOUNT OF BENEFIT
• The Funeral benefit is a variable
amount ranging from a short-term credit needs.
minimum of P20,000 to a
maximum of P40,000,
depending on the member’s A
cash benefit given to paid
contributions and CYS.
EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION (EC)
PROGRAM
QUALIFYING CONDITION
 Cash Benefit for temporary
sickness or disability,
permanent partial or total
disability, and death
 Medical Services, Appliances,
and Supplies
 Rehabilitation Services
AMOUNT OF BENEFITS
 The EC Program aims to assist
those who suffer from work-
connected sickness or injury
resulting in disability or death.
Starting June 1984, the benefits
under the EC Program may be
enjoyed simultaneously with
benefits under the Social
Security Program, thus,
allowing double compensation
for covered members who
suffer work-related
contingencies. All SSS-
registered employers and their
employees are compulsorily
covered under the EC Program
and need not register again
under the EC.
SSS LOAN (Salary)
A cash loan granted to an
employed, currently- paying self-
employed or voluntary member. It
is intended to meet the member’s
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
 An employed, currently-paying
self-employed or voluntary
member who has six (6) posted
monthly contributions within
the last twelve (12) months prior
to the month of filing of loan
application.
 For one-month loan, the
member must have 36 posted
monthly contributions prior to
the month of filing of
application.
 For two-month loan, the
member must have 72 posted
monthly contributions prior to
the month of filing of loan
application.
 If employed, the member’s
employer must be updated in
the payment of contribution and
loan remittances. The member
must also be updated in the
payment of other loans with
SSS
AMOUNT OF BENEFITS
 A one-month loan is equivalent
to the average of member’s last
twelve (12) monthly salary
credits (MSCs), or the amount
applied for, whichever is lower.
 A two-month loan is equivalent
to twice the average of the
member’s last twelve (12 )
MSCs posted, rounded to the
next higher MSC, or the amount
applied for, whichever is lower.
 The loan shall be charged an
interest rate of ten percent
(10%) per annum until fully
paid, based on diminishing
principal balance, and shall be
amortized over a period of 24
months.
 If the loan is not fully paid at the
end of the term, interest shall
continue to be charged on the
outstanding principal balance
until fully paid.
 In case of default, the
arrearages/unpaid loan shall be
deducted from the member’s
short-term benefit claims (e.g.,
sickness/maternity), if any, or
from his/her final benefit claim
(e.g., death, retirement, total
disability).
 The loan can be renewed after
payment of at least fifty percent
(50%) of the original loan
amount and at least fifty
percent (50%) of the loan term
has lapsed.
RA 8282
Section 1. Republic Act No. 1161,
as amended, otherwise known as
the "Social Security Law", is
hereby furtheramended to read as
follows:
"SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act
shall be known as the "AN
ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
THEREBY AMENDING FOR THIS
PURPOSE, REPUBLIC ACT NO.
1161, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL
SECURITY LAW."
"SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It
is the policy of the Republic of the
Philippines to establish, develop,
promote and perfect a sound and
viable tax-exempt social security
service suitable to the needs of the
people throughout the Philippines
which shall promote social justice
and provide meaningful protection
to members and their beneficiaries
against the hazards of disability,
sickness, maternity, old age,
death, and other contingencies
resulting in loss of income or
financial burden. Towards this end,
the State shall endeavor to extend
social security protection to
workers and their beneficiaries.
SEC. 8. Terms Defined. - For purposes
of this Act, the following terms shall,
unless the context indicates
otherwise, have the following
meanings:
"(a) SSS - The Social Security System
created by this Act.
"(b) Commission - The Social Security
Commission as herein created.
"(c) Employer- Any person, natural or
juridical, domestic or foreign, who
carries on in the Philippines any trade,
business, industry, undertaking, or
activity of any kind and uses the
services of another person who is
under his orders as regards the
employment, except the Government
and any of its political subdivisions,
branches or instrumentalities,
including corporations owned or
controlled by the
Government: Provided, That a self-
employed person shall be both
employee and employer at the same
time.
"(d) Employee - Any person who
performs services for an employer in
which either or both mental or
physical efforts are used and who
receives compensation for such
services, where there is an employer-
employee relationship: Provided, That
a self-employed person shall be both
employee and employer at the same
time.
"(e) Dependents - The dependents
shall be the following:
"(1) The legal spouse entitled by law
to receive support from the member;
"(2) The legitimate, legitimated or
legally adopted, and illegitimate child
who is unmarried, not gainfully
employed, and has not reached
twenty-one (21) years of age, or if over
twenty-one (21) years of age, he is
congenitally or while still a minor has
been permanently incapacitated and
incapable of self-support, physically
or mentally; and
"(3) The parent who is receiving
regular support from the member”
"(f) Compensation - All actual
remuneration for employment,
including the mandated cost-of-living
allowance, as well as the cash value of
any remuneration paid in any medium
other than cash except that part of the
remuneration in excess of the
maximum salary credit
as Provided under Section Eighteen
of this Act.
"(g) Monthly salary credit - The
compensation base for contributions
and benefits as indicated in the
schedule in Section Eighteen of this
Act.
"(h) Monthly - The period from one end
of the last payroll period of the
preceding month to the end of the last
payroll period of the current month if
compensation is on hourly, daily or
weekly basis; if on any other basis,
'monthly' shall mean a period of one
(1) month.
"(i) Contribution - The amount paid to
the SSS by and on behalf of the
members in accordance with Section
Eighteen of this Act
(j) Employment - Any service
performed by an employee for his
employer except:
"(1) Employment purely casual and
not for the purpose of occupation or
business of the employer;
"(2) Service performed on or in
connection with an alien vessel by an
employee if he is employed when
such vessel is outside the Philippines;
"(3) Service performed in the employ
of the Philippine Government or
instrumentality or agency thereof;
"(4) Service performed in the employ
of a foreign government or
international organization, or their
wholly-owned
instrumentality: Provided, however,
That this exemption notwithstanding,
any foreign government, international
organization or their wholly-owned
instrumentality employing workers in
the Philippines or employing Filipinos
outside of the Philippines, may enter
into an agreement with the Philippine
Government for the inclusion of such
employees in the SSS except those
already covered by their respective
civil service retirement
systems: Provided, further, That the
terms of such agreement shall
conform with the provisions of this
Act on coverage and amount of
payment of contributions and
benefits: Provided, finally, That the
provisions of this Act shall be
supplementary to any such
agreement; and
"(5) Such other services performed by
temporary and other employees which
may be excluded by regulation of the
Commission. Employees of bona fide
independent contractors shall not be
deemed employees of the employer
engaging the service of said
contractors
"(k) Beneficiaries - The dependent
spouse until he or she remarries, the
dependent legitimate, legitimated or
legally adopted, and illegitimate
children, who shall be the primary
beneficiaries of the
member: Provided, That the
dependent illegitimate children shall
be entitled to fifty percent (50%) of the
share of the legitimate, legitimated or
legally adopted
children: Provided, further, That in the
absence of the dependent legitimate,
legitimated children of the member,
his/her dependent illegitimate
children shall be entitled to one
hundred percent (100%) of the
benefits. In their absence, the
dependent parents who shall be the
secondary beneficiaries of the
member. In the absence of all the
foregoing, any other person
designated by the member as his/her
secondary beneficiary.
"(l) Contingency - The retirement,
death, disability, injury or sickness
and maternity of the member.
"(m) Average monthly salary credit -
The result obtained by dividing the
sum of the last sixty (60) monthly
salary credits immediately preceding
the semester of contingency by sixty
(60), or the result obtained by dividing
the sum of all the monthly salary
credits paid prior to the semester of
contingency by the number of
monthly contributions paid in the
same period, whichever is
greater: Provided, That the injury or
sickness which caused the disability
shall be deemed as the permanent
disability for the purpose of
computing the average monthly salary
credit.
"(n) Average daily salary credit- The
result obtained by dividing the sum of
the six (6) highest monthly salary
credits in the twelve-month period
immediately preceding the semester
of contingency by one hundred eighty
(180).
"(o) Semester - A period of two (2)
consecutive quarters ending in the
quarter of contingency.
"(p) Quarter - A period of three (3)
consecutive calendar months ending
on the last day of March, June,
September and December.
"(q) Credited years of service - For a
member covered prior to January
nineteen hundred and eighty five
(1985) minus the calendar year of
coverage plus the number of calendar
years in which six (6) or more
contributions have been paid from
January nineteen hundred and eighty
five (1985) up to the calendar year
containing the semester prior to the
contingency. For a member covered in
or after January nineteen hundred and
eighty five (1985), the number of
calendar years in which six (6) or more
contributions have been paid from the
year of coverage up to the calendar
year containing the semester prior to
the contingency: Provided, That the
Commission may provide for a
different number of contributions in a
calendar year for it to be considered
as a credited year of service.
"(r) Member - The worker who is
covered under Section Nine and
Section Nine-A of this Act.
"(s) Self-employed - Any person
whose income is not derived from
employment, as defined under this
Act, as well as those workers
enumerated in Section Nine-A hereof.
"(t) Net earnings - Net income before
income taxes plus non-cash charges
such as depreciation and depletion
appearing in the regular financial
statement of the issuing or assuming
institution.
"(u) Fixed charges - Recurring
expense such as amortization of debt
discount or rentals for leased
properties, including interest on
funded and unfunded debt.
"SEC. 9. Coverage. - (a) Coverage in
the SSS shall be compulsory upon all
employees not over sixty (60) years of
age and their employers: Provided,
That in the case of domestic helpers,
their monthly income shall not be less
than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00)
a month: Provided, further, That any
benefit already earned by the
employees under private benefit plans
existing at the time of the approval of
this Act shall not be discontinued,
reduced or otherwise
impaired: Provided, further, That
private plans which are existing and in
force at the time of compulsory
coverage shall be integrated with the
plan of the SSS in such a way where
the employer's contribution to his
private plan is more than that required
of him in this Act, he shall pay to the
SSS only the contribution required of
him and he shall continue his
contribution to such private plan less
his contribution to the SSS so that the
employer's total contribution to his
benefit plan and to the SSS shall be
the same as his contribution to his
private benefit plan before the
compulsory
coverage: Provided, further, That any
changes, adjustments, modifications,
eliminations or improvements in the
benefits to be available under the
remaining private plan, which may be
necessary to adopt by reason of the
reduced contributions thereto as a
result of the integration, shall be
subject to agreements between the
employers and employees
concerned: Provided, further, That
the private benefit plan which the
employer shall continue for his
employees shall remain under the
employer's management and control
unless there is an existing agreement
to the contrary: Provided, finally, That
nothing in this Act shall be construed
as a limitation on the right of
employers and employees to agree on
and adopt benefits which are over and
above those Provided under this Act.
"(b) Spouses who devote full time to
managing the household and family
affairs, unless they are also engaged
in other vocation or employment
which is subject to mandatory
coverage, may be covered by the SSS
on a voluntary basis.
"(c) Filipinos recruited by foreign-
based employers for employment
abroad may be covered by the SSS on
a voluntary basis
"SEC. 10. Effective Date of Coverage.
- Compulsory coverage of the
employer shall take effect on the first
day of his operation and that of the
employee on the day of his
employment: Provided, That the
compulsory coverage of the self-
employed person shall take effect
upon his registration with the SSS.
"SEC. 11. Effect of Separation from
Employment. - When an employee
under compulsory coverage is
separated from employment, his
employer's contribution on his
account and his obligation to pay
contributions arising from that
employment shall cease at the end of
the month of separation, but said
employee shall be credited with all
contributions paid on his behalf and
entitled to benefits according to the
provisions of this Act. He may,
however, continue to pay the total
contributions to maintain his right to
full benefit.
SEC. 12-A. Dependents' Pension. -
Where monthly pension is payable on
account of death, permanent total
disability or retirement, dependents'
pension equivalent to ten percent
(10%) of the monthly pension or Two
hundred fifty pesos (P250.00),
whichever is higher, shall also be paid
for each dependent child conceived
on or before the date of the
contingency but not exceeding five
(5), beginning with the youngest and
without substitution: Provided, That
where there are legitimate or
illegitimate children, the former shall
be preferred.
SEC. 12-B. Retirement Benefits. - (a) A
member who has paid at least one
hundred twenty (120) monthly
contributions prior to the semester of
retirement and who: (1) has reached
the age of sixty (60) years and is
already separated from employment
or has ceased to be self-employed; or
(2) has reached the age of sixty-five
(65) years, shall be entitled for as long
as he lives to the monthly
pension: Provided, That he shall have
the option to receive his first eighteen
(18) monthly pensions in lump sum
discounted at a preferential rate of
interest to be determined by the SSS.
(b) A covered member who is sixty
(60) years old at retirement and who
does not qualify for pension benefits
under paragraph (a) above, shall be
entitled to a lump sum benefit equal to
the total contributions paid by him
and on his behalf: Provided, That he is
separated from employment and is
not continuing payment of
contributions to the SSS on his own.
"(c) The monthly pension shall be
suspended upon the reemployment or
resumption of self-employment of a
retired member who is less than sixty-
five (65) years old. He shall again be
subject to Section Eighteen and his
employer to Section Nineteen of this
Act.
"(d) Upon the death of the retired
member, his primary beneficiaries as
of the date of his retirement shall be
entitled to receive the monthly
pension: Provided, That if he has no
primary beneficiaries and he dies
within sixty (60) months from the start
of his monthly pension, his secondary
beneficiaries shall be entitled to a
lump sum benefit equivalent to the
total monthly pensions corresponding
to the balance of the five-year
guaranteed period, excluding the
dependents' pension.
"(e) The monthly pension of a member
who retires after reaching age sixty
(60) shall be the higher of either: (1)
the monthly pension computed at the
earliest time he could have retired had
he been separated from employment
or ceased to be self-employed plus all
adjustments thereto; or (2) the
monthly pension computed at the time
when he actually retires.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
According to Article 282 of the Labor
Code, an employer can terminate an
employee for just causes, which could
be any of the following:
• serious misconduct or willful
disobedience by the employee
of the lawful orders of his
employer or representative in
connection with his work;
• gross and habitual neglect by
the employee of his duties;
• fraud or willful breach by the
employee of the trust reposed
in him by his employer or duly
authorized representatives;
• commission of a crime or
offense by the employee
against the person of his
employer or any immediate
member of his family or his duly
authorized representatives; and
• other similar causes.
Employers can also terminate an
employee based on authorized causes
like business and health reasons. Art.
283 of the Labor Code states that an
employee can be terminated due to
business reasons such as:
• installation of labor-saving
devices;
• redundancy;
• retrenchment (reduction of
costs) to prevent losses; or
• the closing or cessation of
operation.
For termination of employment based
on health reasons, employers are
allowed to terminate employees found
suffering from any disease and whose
continued employment is prohibited
by law or is prejudicial to his health as
well as to the health of his co-workers
(Art. 284, Labor Code). The employer
must obtain from a competent public
health authority a certification that the
employee’s disease is of such a
nature and at such a stage that it can
no longer be cured within a period of
six (6) months even with medical
attention.
TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT notice. If due process is not accorded
TERMINATION to the employee before termination of
the employment or the termination
There are two types of itself is declared illegal, the employee
employment termination by the is entitled to receive reinstatement
parties in the Philippines: termination and full backwages (Art. 279, Labor
by employer and voluntary Code). If reinstatement is no longer
resignation or termination by possible where the dismissal was
employee. Employers can dismiss an unjust, separation pay may be
employee based on just and granted.
authorized causes. Just causes are
based on acts attributable to an Dismissals based on just
employee’s own wrongful actions or causes involve the two-notice rule:
negligence while authorized causes
refer to lawful grounds for termination 1. A written notice,
which do not arise from fault or commonly referred to as
negligence of the employee. a notice to explain
specifying the grounds
Voluntary resignation is defined for termination and
as a voluntary act committed by giving the employee
employees who knowingly dissociate ample opportunity to
themselves from their employment for explain their side;
personal reasons. It does not cover
instances where employees are 2. A hearing or conference
forced to resign with the use of to allow the employee to
threats, intimidation, coercion, respond to the charge/s,
manipulation, or where dismissal is present evidence, or
imposed as a penalty for an offense. rebut the evidence
Forced or coerced resignation is presented against them;
illegal and considered “constructive” and
dismissal – a dismissal in disguise.
3. A notice of decision
DUE PROCESS IN TERMINATION indicating the
EMPLOYMENT justification for
termination as well as the
Due process in the context of corresponding sanctions
employment termination is the right of (if any) after due
an employee to be notified of the consideration of all
reason for his or her dismissal and, in evidence.
case of just causes, to be provided the
opportunity to defend himself or Due Process for Authorized Causes
herself.
Dismissals based on authorized
The due process is different for both causes involve the following:
authorized and just causes. Just
cause involves a two-notice rule while 1. Submission of a written
authorized cause requires a 30-day notice of dismissal to the
 employee specifying the incumbent members of the
grounds for dismissal at Workmen’s Compensation
least 30 days before the Commission, including its Chairman
date of termination; and and any commissioner deemed retired
as of December 31, 1975, as well as
2. A copy of the notice the present employees and officials of
which shall be provided the Bureau of Workmen’s
to the Regional Office of Compensation, Workmen’s
the Department of Labor Compensation Commission and the
and Employment (DOLE) Workmen’s Compensation Units shall
where the employer is continue up to that date. Thereafter,
located. said offices shall be considered
abolished and all officials and
ARTICLE 296 personnel thereof shall be transferred
Termination of the workmen’s to and mandatorily absorbed by the
compensation program Department of Labor, subject to
Presidential Decree No. 6, Letters of
The Bureau of Workmen’s Instructions Nos. 14 and 14-A and the
Compensation, Workmen’s Civil Service Law and rules.
Compensation Commission, and
Workmen’s Compensation Units in Such amount as may be necessary to
the regional offices of the Department cover the operational expenses of the
of Labor shall continue to exercise the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation
functions and the respective and the Workmen’s Compensation
jurisdictions over workmen’s Units, including the salaries of
compensation cases vested upon incumbent personnel for the period up
them by Act No. 3428, as amended, to March 31, 1976 shall be
otherwise known as the Workmen’s appropriated from the unprogrammed
Compensation Act until March 31, funds of the Department of Labor.
1976. Likewise, the term of office of
 LIST OF ACCREDITED PARTNER-AGENTS
as of November 2016
Start of Type of SSS Branch Area/s of
Partner Agent
Implementation Agreement Concerned Operation
1. Deepwell
Non-collection
Sumulong Irrigators Nov-2012 Cabanatuan Luzon Central
& 50% Subsidy
Association, Inc.
2. Dao Multi- Collection &
Feb-2013 Antique Antique
Purpose Coop. Non-collection
3. Baug CARP
Collection & Mindanao,
Beneficiaries Multi- Nov-2013 Butuan
Non-collection North
Purpose Coop.
4. Simbag sa Pag-
Collection &
Asenso, Inc. Dec-2013 Legaspi Bicol
Non-collection
(SEDP, Inc)
5. Nueva Segovia
Consortium of Collection &
Dec-2013 Vigan Luzon
Cooperatives Non-collection
(NSCC)
6. Center for
Agriculture & Collection &
Jan-2014 San Pablo Nationwide
Development Non-collection
(CARD), Inc.
7. CARD Bank, Inc. Jan-2014 Non-collection San Pablo Nationwide
8. CARD SME
Jan-2014 Non-collection San Pablo Nationwide
Bank, Inc.
9. Gata Daku Multi- Collection &
Jan-2014 Ozamis Mindanao
Purpose Coop. Non-collection
10. Kasagana-Ka
Fairview /
Development May-2014 Non-collection Luzon, NCR
Batasan
Center, Inc.
11. Ahon Sa Hirap Luzon, NCR &
Jul-2014 Non-collection Cubao
Inc. (ASHI) Antique
12. Baguio
Vegetable Retailers Collection & Benguet, La
Jul-2014 Baguio
Savings & Credit Non-collection Union
Coop. (BAVESCO)
13. Department of
Agriculture -
Oct-2014 Full Subsidy Diliman Nationwide
Agricultural Training
Institute (DA-ATI)
14. Tubungan Collection &
Dec-2014 Iloilo Molo Iloilo
Employees Non-collection
Development Coop.
(TEDCO)
15. Alicia
Neighborhood Collection &
Jan-2015 Ipil Mindanao
Multi-Purpose Non-collection
Coop.
16. Guadalupe
Collection &
Community Multi- Jan-2015 Cebu Cebu Province
Non-collection
Purpose Coop.
17. Pinoy Lingap
Damayan Credit Jan-2015 Collection Virac Virac
Coop.
18. Pintuyan
National Vocational
Feb-2015 Collection Maasin Leyte
School Multi-
Purpose Coop.
19. Sacred Heart Collection &
Feb-2015 Candon Luzon
Savings Coop. Non-collection
20. Sta. Cruz
Savings and Collection &
Feb-2015 Candon Luzon
Development Coop. Non-collection
(SACDECO)
21. Alalay sa
Kaunlaran, Inc. Collection &
Apr-2015 Cabanatuan Luzon
Multi-Purpose Non-collection
Coop.
22. Maragusan
Growers Multi- Compostela
Collection &
Purpose Jul-2015 Tagum Valley, Davao
Non-collection
Cooperative del Norte
(MAGROW MPC)
23. Most Holy
Collection &
Rosary Multi- Feb-2016 San Mateo Luzon, NCR
Non-collection
Purpose Coop.
24. New Society
Multi-Purpose Mar-2016 Collection La Union La Union
Coop.
25. Alilem Multi- Collection &
Jul-2016 Candon Luzon North 1
Purpose Coop. Non-collection
26. St. Elizabeth
Community
Collection &
Development Jul-2016 Iloilo Central Visayas
Non-collection
Program, Inc.
(SECDEP)
27. Patnongon
Collection &
Multi-Purpose Aug-2016 Antique Antique
Non-collection
Coop.
28. Novaliches
Collection &
Development Coop. Aug-2016 Novaliches NCR
Non-collection
Inc. (NOVADECI)
29. Serviamus Collection &
Sep-2016 Iligan Mindanao
Foundation Inc. Non-collection
30. Abra Diocesan
Teachers and
Collection &
Employees /1 Tuguegarao Ilocos Norte
Non-collection
Cooperative
(ADTEMCO)
31. Barbaza Multi-
Collection &
Purpose /1 Antique, NCR
Non-collection
Cooperative
32. Tabuk Multi-
purpose /2 Collection Kalinga
Cooperative
/1 Has yet to submit performance security bond
/2 Has yet to submit performance security bond