By Rey Anthony Chiu
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) — The Social Security System (SSS) has tagged 14 establishments in Bohol and Cebu that have been remiss in settling their contribution delinquencies.
During the Relief Afforded to Challenged Employers (RACE) campaign, the SSS team gave a 15-day ultimatum to seven delinquent employers each in Cebu and Bohol who have been remiss in paying their contributions from 2016 onwards.
The simultaneous RACE operations aim to remind erring business owners to ensure that they’ve met their obligation to remit their employees contributions so their workers can enjoy the benefits available to them.
“The SSS recognizes that many establishments are still on their way up and have not fully recovered yet, so we come in to offer them easy installment terms for their delinquencies,” explained SSS vice president for the Visayas, Atty. Alberto Montalbo, who led the RACE team in Bohol.
The SSS RACE team visiting an establishment in Bohol to remind them of their obligation to remit their employees’ contributions. All visited employers of these establishments received Notices of Violations and a 15-day ultimatum to settle their delinquent payments. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
“All they need to do is go immediately to the nearest SSS branch office and choose the terms of payments for their defaulted remittances and penalties,” he added.
In Bohol, the delinquent contribution payments totaled to P1,146,108, broken down as P700,422 in principal amount and P445,686.24 in penalties.
Of the seven establishments that SSS tagged in Bohol, the delinquencies affected 30 employees who had been religiously paying their share of the security benefits that they were supposed to avail of.
SSS accounts officer Jon Ace Aparicio said all the establishments had received notices of violations prior to the visit.
Montalbo reminded employers with still unsettled accounts at the SSS to start settling their delinquencies, especially in submitting their collected contributions from their employees. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
