The Social Security System (SSS) Southern Mindanao called out delinquent employers in the region to address their delinquencies, otherwise, legal charges will be filed against them.
This was the reminder of SSS Southern Mindanao division head Rizalito Alberto De Leon during the Kapehan sa Dabaw held on Monday morning, July 22, at the Annex of SM City Davao.
“We are reminding all delinquent employers to visit the nearest SSS office and address your delinquencies,” De Leon announced.
Although there had been no reported employers convicted due to its delinquencies, De Leon said SSS will strongly chase after delinquent employers.
.As of June 30, SSS Southern Mindanao have filed 78 cases against delinquent employers for not registering, reporting and remitting.
“A delinquent employer might be charged with P20,000 and could suffer 6 years and 1 day to 12 years imprisonment,” he added.
De Leon bared that as of June 28 this year, they have recorded a total of 3,283 delinquent employers in Davao City out of the 3,980 delinquent employers in the entire Davao Region.
“30 percent of the total employment registered in the region are delinquent employers,” De Leon said.
The SSS official, meanwhile, explained that employers should pay the premium, otherwise, their employees will suffer for lack of contribution.
On another note, SSS Southern Mindanao must collect a 1.7 billion premium contributions annually. As of June 30, SSS Southern Mindanao have reached above 5 percent of the annual target.
De Leon also explained the agency may collect P75,589,000 from these 3,283 delinquent employers in Davao City, and may have collected more than P90,000,000 from the 3,980 delinquent employers in the entire region.
He advised employees to ask their employers about their remittance before leaving the company.
“Make use of the website to verify your contributions, loan status, among other concerns,” he said.
