Climate Change Commission's job order, contract of service workers to receive SSS benefits
The Social Security System (SSS) and Climate Change Commission (CCC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement allowing the latter's job order and contract of service employees entitled to SSS benefits.

In an announcement by SSS, the said CCC government employees will receive sickness, maternity, disability, retirement, funeral, and death benefits through the state-run pension fund's KaltaSSS-Collect Program.
"Under the program, contract of service and job order workers will be classified as self-employed members of SSS. Government contract of service and job order workers are not covered by the Government Service Insurance System due to their employment status," SSS added.
The CCC will serve as an authorized Coverage and Collection Partner of SSS and will take charge of the collection and remittance of the monthly contributions of its job order and contract of service workers through a salary-deduction scheme, SSS said in the statement.

Moreover, these employees may avail loans offered by SSS such as salary loan, calamity loan, and others.
SSS said that they will also be given additional coverage from the Employees' Compensation Program for work-related contingencies.
"We salute CCC for taking time to give their job order workers the social security protection that they really deserve. We hope that other government agencies will be further inspired to imitate the effort of CCC’s leadership in securing the future of each of its employees and ensure that they have something to lean on in time of emergencies," said SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Michael G. Regino.
The ceremonial signing was held on July 14 at the SSS Main Branch in East Avenue, Diliman, it was witnessed by Regino, SSS Cooperatives and Informal Sector Department Concurrent Acting Head Carlo C. Villacorta, CCC Secretary Robert E.A. Borje, and CCC Strategic Partnership Division Chief Alexis D. Lapiz.