Socso For Foreign Workers

Beginning jan 1 2019 employers must make socso contributions for their foreign workers and this involves the 1 8 million foreign workers that we have in the country however employers will be.

Socso for foreign workers. All foreign workers in the country including maids will soon be included into the social security organisation socso scheme says human resources minister m. Employers can go to any of socso 54 offices in the country including sabah and sarawak to. Ngos welcome socso protection for foreign workers. Employers who hire foreign workers will be strictly monitored to ensure that their foreign workers would also be protected under the social security organisation socso scheme effective.

There are presently some 1 9 million legal foreign workers in the country. Effective 1 january 2019 employers in malaysia who hire foreign workers including expatriates with valid documents must register their employees under social security organisation socso and contribute to the employment injury scheme eis as reported by the star online. The cabinet s decision to place social security protection of foreign workers is in line with the equality of treatment. Existing foreign workers in malaysia who are currently covered under the foreign workers compensation scheme fwcs must be registered with socso by their employers a day after the expiration of their respective fwcs subject to the end of the cooling off period for fwcs on 31 december 2019.

Kami memohon maaf di atas sebarang kesulitan. Melissa darlyne chow october 26 2018 9 26 am. However he said the foreign workers would not be covered by the invalidity pension scheme under act 4. Employee contribution rate is based on the employee s wages overtime commissions service charge annual leave emoluments sick leave maternity leave public holidays incentives meal allowance cost of living and housing allowance and so forth.

How is the mode of payment and contribution to socso determined.