The Human Resources Ministry plans to extend the personal and family protection scheme through Social Security Organisation (Sosco) contributions to farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen.
Its deputy minister, Datuk Mahfuz Omar said currently, only certain groups had the opportunity to contribute to the scheme. He said it would also be compulsory for taxi, Grab and bus drivers to make Socso contributions, starting next month.
“This is because this group is at high risk of getting involved in accidents while at work,” he said after handing aid to Mohd Nor Daud, 64, whose son Mohamad Izzuddin, 31, drowned at the Kemubu pump house, here, on June 11.
Mahfuz said the ministry wanted the groups concerned, including their families, to get the same benefits in the event of an accident, especially involving the loss of lives. He said they were given the choice of four contribution categories, from the lowest at RM13 to the highest at RM452 monthly.
Mahfuz said the amounts were not a burden compared with the benefits they could receive, including lifelong fixed monthly aid. Mohd Nor said he did not expect to receive the RM332 monthly aid following his son’s death. He said Mohamad, a lorry driver, was the fourth of six children, and was supposed to get married in November.
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