Social Security System

SSS 10:01 AM, Jan 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Dear EDMANDO DIOLOLA JR.,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Dec 04, 2023 04:53:34 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Unemployment benefit.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved.

Yes, unemployment benefit is granted thru a one-time payment, and the claim must be filed within a year from the date of involuntary separation.

It is a cash benefit granted to covered employees, including kasambahays and OFWs (sea-based and land-based) who are involuntarily separated from employment (e.g. due to retrenchment or downsizing, closure or cessation of operation, installation of labor-saving devices, redundancy, etc.)

For other details and concerns, you may visit and register in our uSSSap Tayo CRMS Portal at https://crms.sss.gov.ph.

We also want to take this opportunity to remind you to be vigilant and refrain from displaying personal data on public platforms as this may be used in fraudulent activities.

We would also greatly appreciate it if you would take some time to answer our survey to further improve our performance: https://forms.gle/kBfPhnK7DGmNeBAA8.

Thank you very much and stay safe.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to SSS President and CEO Rolando Ledesma Macasaet at opceo@sss.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

SSS
FOI Receiving Officer