SSS, TESDA partner for JOs, COS – BusinessWorld Online
THE Social Security System (SSS) has partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to provide its Job Order (JO) and Contract of Service (COS) workers social security coverage.
Under the partnership, 3,800 of TESDA’s JO and COS workers will have access to the social security protection under the KaSSSangga Collect Program, SSS said in a statement on Thursday.
“Meanwhile, 4,300 regular employees of TESDA may also join the program as voluntary members to continue their contributions to SSS from previous private sector employment or self-employment,” the agency added.
The agreement that will facilitate the registration to SSS and payment of contributions for eligibility to the various benefits and loan programs of the agency was signed on April 22.
“SSS shall issue an Agency Reference Number to TESDA with which a contribution collection list can be uploaded to generate a Payment Reference Number which shall be used when remitting through SSS or through SSS-accredited collecting partners online or over the counter,” the SSS said.
The KaSSSanga Collect Program provides social security coverage to government workers under JO and COS arrangements in local government units, national government agencies, state colleges and universities, and local water districts. — Aaron Michael C. Sy
