Many want Socso to offer private sector employees more benefits


JOHOREANS generally welcome the Federal Government’s proposal to change the Social Security Organisation (Socso) into a pension-like scheme to better cover private sector workers.

Property development employee Suria Mohd Sidin, 35, said Socso’s function could be expanded to cover the contributor in case of an accident or death.

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