Eight employers in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, have been ordered by the Social Security System to remit the monthly premium contributions, worth P1.2-million, of 31 employees.
The Oct. 12 Run After Contributions Evaders (RACE) campaign was led by SSS Visayas West 1 Division head Lilani Benedian, who gave delinquent employers from various sectors a non-extendible 15 calendar days to coordinate with their assigned accounts officers in SSS Victorias branch to settle their obligation. Otherwise, appropriate legal actions will be filed against them, she said.
“Our treatment to these employers is not as violators of the SS Law but as our social security provider partners, who need immediate assistance. SSS is reaching out to them by introducing condonation programs that offer flexible payment terms,” Benedian said.
The RACE campaign is a nationwide operation of SSS, which aims to ensure the continuous compliance of all employers with their statutory obligations under Republic Act No. 11199, or the Social Security Act of 2018.
Under the law, employers are mandated to register their businesses on the first day of operation; report employees on their first day of employment; deduct from the employees’ monthly salaries their share of Social Security (SS) and Employees’ Compensation (EC) contributions; and remit these, including the employer’s share, to the SSS on or before the prescribed deadline.
“We are encouraging all employers who are already behind in their contribution remittances to avail of our newly-launched penalty condonation programs for business employers and household employers, as well as the Pandemic Relief and Restructuring Program-Enhanced Installment Payment Program (PRRP 3) which will run only until Nov. 21 this year, Benedian said in a statement, adding that through these programs, they may settle their delinquencies without penalty.
The new penalty condonation program, launched Oct. 4, aims to aid SSS members in paying their past-due loans, and qualified to avail are those with outstanding salary loans, including the salary loan early renewal program, calamity, emergency, and restructured loan.
Members may pay their consolidated loan through a one-time payment within 30 calendar days after receiving the approval notice, or they may opt to pay through installment. ||
