The International Labor Organization (ILO) will provide the Philippine Social Security System (SSS) a grant equivalent to three months’ worth of SSS contributions for about 6,160 workers who will be hired under an Emergency Employment Program in provinces devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) last year.

Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month, the emergency workers will be paid the prevailing minimum wage and shall be registered as self-employed SSS members. The SSS will ensure that the ILO grant goes into their SSS contributions. In addition, the ILO will also cover the cost of the workers’ contributions to Philhealth.

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