Article 62Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 62

LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

stipulation to the contrary shall be null and void. The

retention or deduction of any amount from any benefit

granted under this Act for the payment of fees for such

services

is

prohibited:

Provided ,

however ,

That

any

member of the Philippine Bar who appears as counsel in

any case heard by the Commission shall be entitled to

attorneys' fees not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the

benefits awarded by the Commission, which fees shall

not be payable before the actual payment of the benefits,

and any stipulation to the contrary shall be null and void.

Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall be

punished by a fine of not less than Five hundred pesos

(P500.00) nor more than Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00),

or imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor

more than one (1) year, or both, at the discretion of the

court.

SECTION 18. Employee's Contributions . - (a) Beginning

as of the last day of the calendar month when an

employee's compulsory coverage takes effect and every

month thereafter during his employment, the employer

shall deduct and withhold from such employee's monthly

salary, wage, compensation or earnings, the employee's

contribution in an amount corresponding to his salary,

wage, compensation or earnings during the month in

accordance with the following schedule:

SALARY

BRACKET

RANGE OF

COMPENSATION

MONTHLY

SALARY

CREDIT

MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION

EMPLOYER

EMPLOYEE

TOTAL

I

1,000.00 -

1,249.99

1000

50.70

33.30

84.00

II

1,250.00 -

1,749.99

1500

76.00

50.00

126.00

III

1,750.00 -

2,249.99

2000

101.30

66.70

168.00

IV

2,250.00 -

2,749.99

2500

126.70

83.30

210.00

V

2,750.00 -

3,249.99

3000

152.00

100.00

252.00

VI

3,250.00 -

3,749.99

3500

177.30

116.70

294.00

VII

3,750.00 -

4,249.99

4000

202.70

133.30

336.00

VIII

4,250.00 -

4,749.99

4500

228.00

150.00

378.00

IX

4,750.00 -

5,249.99

5000

253.30

166.70

420.00

X

5,250.00 -

5,749.99

5500

278.70

183.70

462.40

XI

5,750.00 -

6,249.99

6000

304.00

200.00

504.00

XII

6,250.00 -

6,749.99

6500

329.30

216.78

546.00

XIII

6,750.00 -

7,249.99

7000

354.70

233.30

588.00

XIV

7,250.00 -

7,749.99

7500

380.00

250.00

630.00

XV

7,750.00 -

8.249.99

8000

403.30

266.70

672.00

XVI

8,250.00 -

8,749.99

8500

430.70

283.30

714.00

XVII

8,750.00 -

OVER

9000

456.00

300.00

756.00

The foregoing schedule of contribution shall also apply to

self-employed and voluntary members.

The

maximum

monthly

salary

credit

shall

be Nine

thousand pesos (P9,000.00) effective January Nineteen

hundred and ninety six (1996); Provided , That it shall be

increased by One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) every year

thereafter until it shall have reached Twelve thousand

pesos (P12,000.00) by Nineteen hundred and ninety nine

(1999):

Provided ,

further ,

That

the

minimum

and

maximum monthly salary credits as well as the rate of

contributions may be fixed from time to time by the

Commission through rules and regulations taking into

consideration actuarial calculations and rate of benefits,

subject

to

the

approval

of

the

President

of

the

Philippines.

SECTION 19. Employer's Contributions . - (a) Beginning

as of the last day of the month when an employee's

compulsory

coverage

takes

effect and every month

thereafter during his employment, his employer shall pay,

with respect to such covered employee, the employer's

contribution in accordance with the schedule indicated in

Section

Eighteen

of

this

Act.

Notwithstanding

any

contract to the contrary, an employer shall not deduct,

directly

or

indirectly, from the compensation of his

employees covered by the SSS or otherwise recover from

them the employer's contributions with respect to such

employees.

(b) The remittance of such contributions by the employer

shall be supported by a quarterly collection list to be

submitted to the SSS at the end of each calendar quarter

indicating the correct ID number of the employer, the

correct names and the SSS numbers of the employees

and the total contributions paid for their account during

the quarter.

SECTION

19-A.

Contributions

of

the Self-Employed

Member.

-

The

contributions

to

the

SSS

of

the

self-employed

member

shall

be

determined

in

accordance with Section Eighteen of this Act: Provided ,

That the monthly earnings declared by the self-employed

member at the time of his registration with the SSS shall

be considered as his monthly compensation and he shall

pay both the employer and the employee contributions:

Provided , further , That the contributions of self-employed

persons earning One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) monthly

or below may be reduced by the Commission.

"The monthly earnings declared by the self-employed

member at the time of his registration shall remain the

basis of his monthly salary credit, unless he makes

another declaration of his monthly earnings, in which

case such latest declaration becomes the new basis of his

monthly salary credit.

SECTION

20.

Government

Contribution .

-

As

the

contribution of the Government to the operation of the

SSS, Congress shall annually appropriate out of any funds

in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the

necessary sum or sums to meet the estimated expenses

of the SSS for each ensuing year. In addition to this

contribution, Congress shall appropriate from time to

time such sum or sums as may be needed to assure the

maintenance of an adequate working balance of the

funds

of

the

SSS

as

disclosed

by suitable periodic

actuarial studies to be made of the operations of the SSS.

SECTION 21. Government Guarantee . - The benefits

prescribed in this Act shall not be diminished and to

guarantee said benefits the Government of the Republic

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