AMMAN — Director-General of Social
Security Corporation (SSC) Hazem Al-Rahahleh said the mandating reason for the
new social security bill is to address loopholes, tackle demographic variables
and stimulate youth employment in the labor market to realize a blanket
insurance umbrella, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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Addressing a meeting organized by Amman Chamber of
Commerce (ACC) Saturday evening to discuss the draft law’s proposed amendments,
he said SSC moved over last three years to “interactive institutional” media,
which contributed to raising awareness of SSC’s beneficiaries about the
importance of social protection and their rights in this regard.
SSC embraced an “open and frank” approach aimed to
provide accurate data with transparency and clarity on its regulations and
activities, he noted.
Presenting the key features of the proposed
amendments, he said the new articles focus on early retirement, which will be
applied only to SSC’s beneficiaries who have less than 84 subscriptions at the
end of 2022.
Amendments related to calculating the average wage
will be applied to beneficiaries with less than 120 subscriptions at the end of
2022, he noted, adding that 90 percent of SSC’s subscribers will not be
affected by the new mechanism.
If the law is approved, the social solidarity
account will start providing support for education costs from 2023-2024
academic year, he explained.
Additionally, he said, the number of SSC’s optional
subscribers amount to some 86,000, with a growth rate of 25 percent, which is
the “highest” since the corporation’s establishment.
Noting health insurance as main driver to make the proposed
amendments, he said this aspect includes insured workers in private sector institutions
and medically uninsured retirees, adding that the 4 percent deduction of the
wage or pension goes to paying expenses for treatment in private sector
hospitals and 1 percent to treat cancer patients at King Hussein Cancer Center.
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