SSS eyes contribution hike for extended maternity leave

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1425264" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The Social Security System (SSS) needs to raise members&#x27; contribution rate to support additional benefits under a proposal to increase the number of paid maternity leaves, an official said Thursday. </p><p>The House of Representatives earlier this week approved on third and final reading a bill increasing the number of days of maternity leave to 100 from the current 60 days for normal delivery and 78 days for caesarian operation. </p><p>In the first half of 2018 alone, the SSS released some P3.3 billion in maternity benefit payment, said Louie Sebastian, the agency&#x27;s assistant vice president for media affairs. <br/> <br/>This amount would spike by about 52 percent if bill extending paid maternity leaves is passed into law, she told radio DZMM. </p><p>Lawmakers, she said, should increase membership contribution to 11.3 percent from the current 11 percent to raise funds for additional maternity benefit payment. </p><p>Failure to do so will force SSS to use money meant for investments, which will shorten the agency&#x27;s fund life by a year to 2031, Sebastian warned. </p><p>The House of Representatives&#x27; proposed maternity leave extension is 20 days short of the Senate&#x27;s version of the bill, which proposes 120 days of maternity leave, and an additional 30 days for solo working mothers. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/09/04/20180904-maternity-benefits.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/06/17/senate-oks-120-day-maternity-leave-bill">Senate OKs 120-day maternity leave bill</a></li></ul><p>The House and the Senate still have to reconcile their versions of the bill before it can be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law.</p>

<p>The Social Security System (SSS) needs to raise members' contribution rate to support additional benefits under a proposal to increase the number of paid maternity leaves, an official said Thursday. </p>

The Social Security System (SSS) needs to raise members' contribution rate to support additional benefits under a proposal to increase the number of paid maternity leaves, an official said Thursday.

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SSS eyes contribution hike for extended maternity leave

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Published Sep 06, 2018 01:52 PM PHT

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