{"id":3763,"date":"2020-05-02T07:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T23:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2020-05-02T07:20:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T23:20:21","slug":"employment-retention-programme-still-in-operation-socso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3763","title":{"rendered":"Employment Retention Programme still in operation – Socso"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 – The Social Security Organisation (Socso) today said\u00a0that the Employment Retention Programme\u00a0(ERP)\u00a0was still operating\u00a0and assures all those who have applied for it as at\u00a0April 27\u00a0will continue to get the financial assistance that has been approved.<\/p>\n

Socso in a statement today clarified that the message on Twitter which has been in circulation, suggesting insufficient of funds for the ERP, was an unauthorised tweet that does not describe the actual progress of the programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs at today, Socso has received 27,222 applications from employers, involving\u00a0230,652 workers and the allocation of RM120 million accounts for one month\u2019s\u00a0financial assistance to 200,000 workers under the programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCurrently, Socso is processing the applications based on the conditions set and disbursing the provisions based on the qualifying conditions,\u201d the statement said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On March 16, the government had announced the ERP under the Economic Stimulus Package to reduce the burden of employers affected economically during the COVID-19 pandemic\u00a0and the Movement Control Order imposed to contain the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the government has allocated RM120 million for the programme (RM60 million is from the government and RM60 million is from Socso’s Employment Insurance Scheme).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe financial assistance\u00a0of RM600 a month aims to assist workers who were issued unpaid leave upon consent and the assistance is paid through the employers,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday, a tweet went viral that the Employment Retention Programme was effectively closed on April 22 and applications submitted after that date will not be processed.<\/p>\n

– BERNAMA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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