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The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng Kapanatagang Panlipunan) is a state-run, social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954.
Social security includes different kinds of benefits (maternity, unemployment, disability, sickness, old age, etc.) [1] A social pension is a stream of payments from the state to an individual that starts when someone retires and continues to be paid until death. [2] This type of pension represents the non-contributory part of the pension ...
Unified Multi-Purpose ID. The Unified Multi-Purpose ID ( UMID) is a Philippine identity card that was introduced in 2010. [2] The card was developed as a single card for the relations between several government-related agencies. The agency responsible for implementation is the Social Security System (SSS), and also the Government Service ...
The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as the Pag-IBIG (Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan, Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya at Gobyerno) Fund, is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development of the Philippines responsible for the administration of the national savings program and affordable shelter financing for Filipinos.
Disability [ edit] Disability is defined as " (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more psychological, physiological or anatomical function of an individual or activities of such individual; (2) a record of such an impairment; or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment." [1]
Social security benefits According to RA 1161, as amended by RA 8282, "The Social Security Program provides a package of benefits in the event of death, disability, sickness, maternity, and old age. Basically, the Social Security System (SSS) provides for a replacement of income lost on account of the aforementioned contingencies."
In the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation ( GOCC ), sometimes with an "and/or", [1] is a state-owned enterprise that conducts both commercial and non-commercial activity. Examples of the latter would be the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a social security system for government employees.
Issues considered to determine if a worker is covered under either Social Security and Medicare in the United States, or the social security system in a foreign country include where the worker resides and whether the employment in a foreign country is short-term or long-term. As of August 2017, the U.S. has 26 active totalization agreements.