PENDANG – The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has so far paid RM1.3 million in compensation benefits for 764 accident cases involving food delivery riders nationwide.
Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Awang Hashim said the payments covered temporary and permanent disability benefits, medical expenses, dependent as well as funeral benefits.
“As such, the ministry is urging individuals who are self-employed as food delivery workers to contribute to Socso so that their welfare and that of their families are guaranteed through the provision of these benefits,” he told reporters at Kg Sukamari here, today.
Earlier, Awang presented temporary disability benefits to food deliveryman Hussain Mohamad Danial, 25, who was involved in an accident while on his way to pick up customers’ orders in June last year.
Elaborating, Awang said the process of getting the related claims for delivery workers after they contribute to Socso would take between two or three months, if all the required documents are in order.
In addition, he said the ministry has targeted for at least 30% of the 2.38 million people who are self-employed nationwide to make contributions to Socso this year, explaining that so far, 15.03% or 358,214 self-employed individuals are Socso contributors.
Meanwhile, he said over 12,000 complaints on employers have been recorded by the ministry through the “Working For Workers” application since it was launched in May last year.
“Of the number, 60% of the complaints have been resolved by the ministry while the rest are being investigated for action to be taken,” he said, adding that investigations into complaints by flood victims who were terminated due to absence from work were ongoing. – Bernama, January 16, 2022
