During this time, its online channels such as the SSS website, My.SSS Portal, and SSS Mobile App, including online payment channels, will be temporarily unavailable.
The Social Security System (SSS) has asked the transacting public to use its online channels after announcing that it is reducing its operational capacity to 50 percent in all its branches and offices located in areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) from March 22 to 31, 2021.
SSS said transactions through the agency’s electronic channels accounted for 75 percent of the total in 2020, up from around 35 percent in the previous year.
SSS members only need to enroll their PayMaya accounts through the My.SSS member portal by entering their PayMaya-registered mobile number under the “Account Number” field at the Bank Enrollment portion of the portal.
Government agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Social Security System (SSS) have announced a final extension for tax filing and membership dues, respectively, until June 15, 2020.
One of the agencies with an outdated online infrastructure is SSS, making the state pension firm unable to respond to the requests from members wanting to get financial assistance from the government.
Makati City representative Luis Campos Jr. made the statement as the SSS website entered its second week down, adding the future of public transactions is clearly electronic and online – not over-the-counter in brick-and-mortar agency branches.
Eligible employees under the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program will be able to receive the cash assistance straight to their PayMaya accounts once disbursements commence in May.
Individual members of the SSS as self-employed, voluntary, and OFWs can now pay their contributions through the SSS mobile app using their PayMaya account.
