PERKESO enrolment among self-employed workers remains low

GEORGE TOWN: Only about 10% of the country’s 3.26 million self-employed individuals are actively contributing to the Social Security Organisation (PERKESO) under the Self-Employed Social Security Scheme (Skim Lindung Kendiri).

PERKESO chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Moham­med Azman Aziz Moham­med (pic) said that as of Jan 23 this year, only 325,008 self-emplo­yed persons were registered as contributors nationwide, including 15,021 in Penang.