Socso For Foreign Workers In Malaysia
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Socso for foreign workers in malaysia. Mozilla firefox and google chrome. However he said the foreign workers would not be covered by the invalidity pension scheme under act 4. Beginning jan 1 2019 employers must make socso contributions for their foreign workers and this involves the 1 8 million foreign workers that we have in the country however employers will be.
Employers can go to any of socso 54 offices in the country including sabah and sarawak to. For existing foreign workers in malaysia who have valid foreign workers compensation scheme fwcs they have to be registered with socso by their employers a day after the expiration of fwcs subject to the end of the cooling off period for fwcs on 31 december 2019. Disclaimer socso is not responsible for any damage or loss caused by using the information in this website.
2 under the employment injury scheme foreign workers including expatriates are eligible for medical benefits temporary permanent disablement benefits. The socso ei scheme is effective from 1 january 2019. Website updated on 2 october 2020.
Existing foreign workers in malaysia who are currently covered under the foreign workers compensation scheme fwcs must be registered with socso by their employers a day after the expiration of their respective fwcs subject to the end of the cooling off period for fwcs on 31 december 2019. Employers must submit supporting documents such as a photocopy of the front page of the passport containing employee details valid working permit or entry permit or equivalent documents for socso table 2019 use. The cabinet s decision to place social security protection of foreign workers is in line with the equality of treatment.
Effective 1 january 2019 employers in malaysia who hire foreign workers including expatriates with valid documents must register their employees under social security organisation socso and contribute to the employment injury scheme eis as reported by the star online. Foreign workers are eligible to be registered with socso if they possess valid working permits or equivalent documents issued by the immigration department of malaysia.