This is a fucking give away to delinquent employers! There must be a better way, Condone the workers who probably knew too late that their employers were not paying their share but the company officers must be held accountable. This cannot simply be a freebie to the companies (dare I say of probably the congress people/politician themselves who also have companies.).
Arroyo urged to sign SSS condonation bill into law
10/15/2009 | 01:04 PM
A lawmaker on Thursday urged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to immediately sign into law a measure seeking a one-time amnesty for penalties on unpaid employers’ remittances to the Social Security System (SSS).
In a statement, Quezon Rep. Lorenzo Tanada III said the bill, which the House ratified on Wednesday, should be immediately signed into law to help ensure that ordinary and privately employed individuals can avail of SSS benefits in light of the devastations caused by tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng” over the past few weeks.
“In the light of Ondoy and Pepeng which brought devastation to a lot of areas in the country, it is important that the benefits of SSS members such as calamity, housing, and other loan packages, be made available. That can only happen if payments are now considered up-to-date. This bill hopes to do that,” said Tanada, principal author of the House version of the measure.
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