State-owned Social Security System (SSS) is reminding employers and individual members not to miss their contribution payments to enjoy the pension fund’s benefit programs.
Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and CEO said that payment of contributions is one of the requirements to avail of social security benefit programs such as sickness, maternity, unemployment, retirement, disability, death, and funeral, as well as loan privileges.
“During this period of uncertainty, SSS remains to be one of the most trusted government institutions that helps private sector workers against the adverse effects of the pandemic,” Ignacio said in a statement on Monday, Jan. 31.
“In times of contingencies such as sickness or unemployment, they can get financial assistance from the SSS,” she added.
SSS has reminded employers and members that the payment deadline for December 2021 contributions of regular employers is on Jan. 31.
The October to December 2021 contributions of household employers; self-employed, voluntary, non-working spouse (SE/V/NWS) members; and Land-based Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) members is also on Jan. 31.
The reminder is being made so that employers can avoid the penalties of late payments and for individual members to not miss their contribution payments, the SSS chief said.
The payment schedule follows SSS Circular No. 2019-012, which stated that the deadline of remittance of regular employers is every last day of the month following the applicable month.
Meanwhile, for household employers and SE/V/NWS members, it is every last day of the month following the applicable month or calendar quarter, as the case may be.
As for Land-based OFW members, they can pay their SS contributions for the applicable months of January to September of a given year until Dec. 31 of the same year, while for the applicable months of October to December of a given year, they are allowed to pay until Jan. 31 of the succeeding year.
Moreover, if the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, payments will still be accepted on the next working day.
“With the rise in COVID-19 cases, we continue to encourage our members and employers to use our online and alternative payment channels to pay their SSS contributions for their safety and convenience,” Ignacio concluded.
One option for SE/V/NWS and OFW members to pay their SS contributions online is through the SSS Mobile App, where they can use their PayMaya Account, GCash Account, Credit/Debit Card, or Bank of the Philippine Islands Account.
Information about SSS online and alternative payment channels can be found in the Knowledgebase Section of the uSSSap Tayo Portal.