Guide on SSS Unemployment Benefit 2024 Filing of Claim
SSS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT 2024 – You can check the details here on how to file for an Unemployment Claim to the Social Security System.
In the Philippines, one of the best decisions you can actually do is to maintain an updated account to the Social Security System. More popularly called SSS, it is a giant in the field of social insurance and it has millions of members across the nation.
There are also several overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are SSS members. The state-run social insurance institution has set several SSS loans as well as benefit offers for members with qualified accounts. It aims to provide a safety net for members in times of unemployment, calamity, maternity, sickness, disability, and other financially-challenging situations.
One of the benefits of the Social Security System is the Unemployment Benefit. One of the fears of countless individuals most especially breadwinners is losing their job. Their employment may be the sole source for the finances for the food, tuition of the kids, utility bills, etc.
The amount that a member may get under the SSS Unemployment Benefit offer may vary but the state-run social insurance institution maintain a two-month limit. There is an easy process in filing for a claim but you have to make sure that the job loss is not due to any of the following grounds:
- Gross and habitual neglect of duties
- Willful disobedience of legal orders from the employer or company
- Commission of crime or offense
- Voluntary resignation
- Serious misconduct or violation of the company’s rules and regulations
- Willful breach of trust or commission of dishonesty
Here are the steps in filing for an SSS Unemployment Benefit claim:
Step 1 — Check the SSS Unemployment Benefit qualifications. Here are the eligibility criteria set by the state-run social insurance institution under the loan offer:
- an active member of the Social Security System before the involuntary separation from work
- 18 years old and above upon the filing of claim but not over 60 years old
- with at least 36 monthly contributions posted
- not received any other SSS benefit
- no unsettled SSS Unemployment Benefit within the last three (3) years before the date of the current unemployment started
Step 2 — Prepare the requirements. Make sure to have all the documentary requirements for SSS Unemployment Benefit application.
Step 3 — File your claim to SSS. Go to a branch of the Social Security System nearest to you and submit your documents.