Guide on SSS Unemployment Benefit 2023 — How To Apply
SSS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT 2023 – Detailed below is the process in filing an Unemployment Benefit claim to the Social Security System.
Members of the Social Security System, more popularly called SSS, will not be left with no option at all in times of losing their job. They can turn to the state-run social insurance agency which has several benefit offers that could aid them for the mean time.
One of the benefits offered by the SSS, one of the biggest state-run social insurance institutions in the Philippines with millions of members, is the SSS Unemployment Benefit 2023. It was crafted as a ready response for the qualified members in times of job loss due to a factor that is not within the member-employee’s control.
The amount that a member will receive under the Unemployment Benefit offer is under the assessment of the state-run social insurance agency. However, be reminded that the joblessness must not be due to any of the following grounds for disqualification from the benefit offer cited below:
- Serious misconduct or violation of the company’s rules and regulations
- Willful disobedience of legal orders from the employer or company
- Gross and habitual neglect of duties
- Voluntary resignation
- Willful breach of trust or commission of dishonesty
- Commission of crime or offense
The process in filing a claim for the Unemployment Benefit offer is easy. Here is a guide to ensure a smooth flow of the filing of claim:
Are you qualified? Determine if you are qualified to file a claim for the SSS Unemployment Benefit 2023 by checking on the eligibility requirements under the offer which are listed as follows:
- an active member of the Social Security System before the involuntary separation from work
- at least 18 years of age but not over 60 years old
- has posted at least 36 monthly contributions within the last 12 months prior to losing job
- has not received any other SSS benefit
- has no unsettled SSS Unemployment Benefit within the last three (3) years before the date of the current unemployment started
Prepare your requirements. The Social Security System has also set a list of the documentary requirements for SSS Unemployment Benefit 2023 claim application. Make sure to prepare all the documents needed in original copies as even those you are required to be submitted in photocopies may need to be presented along with their original copies.
Wait for the SSS update. The Social Security System (SSS) will update you once your claim application has been approved. The releasing of the money will be through your preferred mode of disbursement.
