Socso targets 500,000 housewives for insurance scheme

 

Socso is encouraging housewives to become contributors to a special social security insurance scheme aimed at them.

MELAKA: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) aims to have about 500,000 housewives contributing to a special social security scheme by the end of this year.

A Socso official, Rahmat Ismail, said as many as 174,000 housewives have contributed under the scheme, which provides domestic disaster and disability protection coverage, since the scheme was launched on Dec 1 last year.

“Contributors under this scheme who are housewives, not necessarily full-time housewives but those who work either in the private or government sector, can contribute as long as they are Malaysian citizens, female, aged 55 and below,” he said.

He said the housewives are covered 24 hours a day, and are eligible for medical benefits, and temporary and permanent disability benefits, in addition to a pension and permanent service allowance.

“Contributors can also undergo physiotherapy at Socso rehabilitation centres,” he told reporters here today.

Rahmat said the contribution can be made by housewives themselves, or by their husbands, or financed by their employers with a contribution value of RM120 for a period of 12 months, which is paid in advance.

Malaysia is the first country in Southeast Asia to offer this scheme for housewives, through Socso, while in the world, we are the fourth country. - FMT