SSS Maternity Benefits Facts Which You May Not Be Aware Of
On SSS
1. The Social Security System Pay only up to the first four
deliveries. The Fifth child or delivery will no longer be
paid by the SSS.
2. You can not claim SSS maternity benefit and SSS sickness
benefit at the same time.
3. For those who are employed, it is the employer and not the
SSS who will pay the SSS maternity benefits. The Employer
in turn will reimburse from the SSS what it paid the
employee.
4. The woman employee must notify her employer of the fact or
her pregnancy. Those who no longer work or who are self
employed must notify the SSS directly.
5. Not only those who work is entitled to maternity benefit
but also those who no longer work provided she paid 3
months of contribution within the twelve month period
immediately preceding the semester of her childbirth.
6. The Employer will be liable to pay SSS the benefits due the
employee plus damages in case he fails to pay contribution
of fail to notify the SSS.
7. The pregnant employee is entitle to a maternity leave of
60 days. These 60 days period maybe extended at the
request of the women employee. But the woman employee can
not just request for extension for the sake of just
extending. The reason for a request to extend must be due
to illness medically certified to arise out of her
pregnancy or delivery.
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