Socso: Laid-off workers eligible for RM600 claims for three months from 2018


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 05 Dec 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: Starting next year, workers who have been laid off will qualify for an interim benefit in the form of a cash allowance of RM600 per month for a maximum of three months under the Employment Insurance System (EIS).

Social Security Organisation (Socso) chief executive officer Datuk Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said the Government had allocated RM122mil to Socso to implement the EIS.

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