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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has disbursed a total of RM11.11mil to beneficiaries of eligible contributors who died of Covid-19 so far.
Published on: Saturday, June 05, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: The Human Resources Ministry, through the Social Security Organisation (Socso), has extended its social security protection coverage to domestic workers, effective June 1.
Socso Chief Executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said this extension, under the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 and the Employees’ Insurance System Act 2017 (Act 800), will enable domestic workers who were not previously covered by social security coverage to now receive the same protection as workers in other sectors.
He said domestic workers are individuals employed to manage related work for private residences.
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Generally, he added, domestic work was considered a precarious profession exposed to mishaps due to employment conditions, including long working hours, inadequate social security protection and a wide job scope.