PETALING JAYA: The Socso insured salary ceiling for workers has been raised from RM5,000 to RM6,000 effective Tuesday (Oct 1).
In a post on Instagram, Socso said that starting from Tuesday, all workers employed under a service contract or apprenticeship must be registered and contributing to Socso subject to a ceiling based on the worker's salary of RM6,000.00 per month.
This comes following amendments made to the Employee Social Security Act 1969 and the Employment Insurance System Act 2017.
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In February, Human Resources Minister Steven Sim had said that the ministry would table amendments to the two Acts to raise the Socso insured salary ceiling for workers from RM5,000 to RM6,000.
The amendments were approved by Parliament in July.
