malaysiangPUTRAJAYA, The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is committed to ensuring that all of its 54 offices nationwide are ready to implement government initiatives under Budget 2023, in strengthening the country’s social protection and empowering the local labour market.
Its chief executive, Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said through Budget 2023, Socso has been allocated more than RM313 million to implement five national social protection initiatives and five active labour market programmes this year.
“Social security protection initiatives announced in Budget 2023 are the Self-Employment Social Security Scheme (SKSPS) matching grant, Housewives Social Security Scheme (SKSSR) contribution grant, post-COVID-19 health screening programme, childcare grant for women returning to the workforce and additional protection through the LINDUNG+.
“As for the labour market empowerment initiative, it covers, among other things, the employment transition programme for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates and school leavers; informal gig riders career building programme; extension of targeted employee employment incentive and the development of MYFutureJobs satellite centres in Urban Transformation Centres (UTC) nationwide,” he said.
He said that, under the self-employed contribution matching initiative, Socso will expand the government’s contribution matching assistance, with 80 per cent funding of the SKSPS contribution plan for three new sectors, namely sports, education and agents.
“Full contribution funding continues for volunteers in the public sector such as Civil Defence Force volunteers, community rehabilitation workers, volunteer firefighters, houses of worship employees and the People’s Volunteer Corps (RELA), as well as contract civil servants.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency
