Steps on How To File for SSS Sickness Benefit Claim for Members
HOW TO FILE FOR SSS SICKNESS BENEFIT CLAIM – You can check the guide here in applying for the Social Security System Sickness Benefit claim.
A lot of companies and business in the private sector in the Philippines mandate an SSS membership from their employees. A membership to the Social Security System widens the resources of the workers through the loans and benefit offers provided by the state-run social insurance agency.
The benefit offers of the SSS attend to situations such as pregnancy, disability, sickness, unemployment, separation from work, etc. Let us talk about the SSS Sickness Benefit claim that members of the state-run entity may qualify for.
Under the Sickness Benefit, members of the SSS who have been under a home or hospital confinement for at least four (4) days due to sickness or injury may file for a claim. The money can help augment the missing part on the next salary of the member following deductions due to absence from work.
The SSS Sickness Benefit offer gives members the chance to recover from the sickness or injury without worrying about falling short in the budget. Before checking the steps on how to file for SSS Sickness Benefit claim, it is important to know the prescriptive period set by the state entity for filing:
- For Home Confinement, “SBA Form must be submitted to SSS within five (5) calendar days after the start date of confinement”.
- For Hospital Confinement, “SBA Form must be submitted to SSS within one (1) year from the date of hospital discharge”.
How to file for SSS Sickness Benefit claim? Here are the steps that you may consider in filing for the claim to the Social Security System:
- Step 1 — Qualifications. Make sure you have paid at least three (3) months of contributions within the 12-month period and was under a home/hospital confinement for at least four (4) days due to sickness/injury.
- Step 2 — Requirements. Gather the requirements needed in filing for a SSS Sickness Benefit claim. Make sure you have the complete set of documents needed depending if you will fill your claim personally or it will be done by an authorized member.
- Step 3 — Submit your documents. Go to SSS and submit your documentary requirements. Again, make sure to file your claim application within the prescriptive period set by the state-run social insurance agency to avoid reduction or denial of the sickness benefit grant.
