Around 3,800 job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) workers in the central and regional offices of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority will now have access to the social security protection provided by the Social Security System.
These as the two state-run agencies sealed a partnership arrangement under the KaSSSangga Collect Program, the SSS said April 24.
Some 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.
SSS president and chief executive officer Robert Joseph Montes De Claro and Tesda director-general Jose Francisco Benitez inked the agreement April 22 at the Tesda Central Office in Taguig City.
The partnership will facilitate the registration to SSS and payment of contributions for eligibility to various benefits and loan programs of SSS.
The KaSSSangga Collect Program is designed to extend social security coverage to workers in the government under JO and COS arrangement.
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. ||
