SSO to pay Covid-hit employees 50% of wages for 3 months

By THE NATION

 

 

The Social Security Office will compensate employees who are forced to stop working due to the fresh Covid-19 outbreak at 50 per cent of their daily wages for a maximum 90 days.

 

The compensation is available to employees under the social security scheme who cannot work, either because they have to self-quarantine or because their employer has to suspend operations due to a government order, said SSO secretary-general Thossaphol Kritwongwiman.

 

“The Cabinet approved the office’s proposal on December 22 and the new labour regulations were announced in the Royal Gazette on Wednesday [December 30],” he added.

 

The newly announced regulations also reduce monthly contributions to the Social Security Fund made by employers and employees from 5 per cent to 3 per cent for January to March, to help alleviate their financial burden during the outbreak. “Meanwhile, insurers under Section 39 will contribute Bt278 monthly instead of Bt432 during said period,” said Thossaphol.

 

Section 39 covers workers who have quit but continue to contribute to the fund.

 

The SSO said that during the first Covid-19 lockdown, 1.26 million people applied for similar compensation totalling over Bt3 billion.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400535

 

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This is not possible. I was reading just on this forum that Thai government doesn't do anything for its people...

48 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

either because they have to self-quarantine or because their employer has to suspend operations due to a government order

So, basically does not help anyone suffering from lack of 40,000,000 tourists. 

17 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

This is not possible. I was reading just on this forum that Thai government doesn't do anything for its people...

Maybe this is part of his "lets go halves scheme" ?

No opportunity for the employers to scam anything from this I guess? Dead employees, retired employees, illegal alien employees.....most government giveaways include loopholes so that the mega wealthy can get even richer.

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The compensation is available to employees under the social security scheme

 

What percentage of the workforce does that cover?

Most, I believe, are not covered by SSO. 
Thailand's compensation is sort of like:
Tier 1:  Super Extra Special People

Tier 2: Extra Special People
Tier 3:  The majority of the commoners

On 12/31/2020 at 7:02 PM, tomazbodner said:

This is not possible. I was reading just on this forum that Thai government doesn't do anything for its people...

Taking money from people who pay into an Insurance and then giving it to somebody else is pretty easy .... so what exactly does the Government do other than using the Social Security System for what it's made for ?