SSS to get P400-K from delinquent employers in western Pangasinan

RACE CAMPAIGN -- Social Security System Alaminos City branch head Alvin Altre (left), SSS Luzon Central legal department lawyer Einstein Eugenio (middle) and SSS Alaminos City senior analyst Gerardo Tabra speak at press conference Sept. 29. The SSS Alaminos held raids against delinquent employers as part of their Run After Contribution Evaders campaign. -- PIA Pangasinan

By Hilda Austria 

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Social Security System (SSS) Alaminos City branch is set to collect around P400,000 from 10 employers subjected to a Run After Contribution Evaders (RACE) raid on Sept. 29.
    At a press conference, SSS Alaminos City branch head Jose Alvin Altre said seven of the employers were delinquents in paying the contributions of their employees, while the three other employers did not register their workers.
    He said 41 employees were affected by the delinquency among the employers.
    “These employees are affected in such a way that their employers delinquency might result in the disapproval of their application for some services of SSS,” he said.
    The orders to comply within 15 days were served to the eight employers, while the two remaining establishments were closed Friday. Nonetheless, the notices will be served to them in the coming days, Altre said, adding that their cases will be forwarded with the legal department after 15 days.
    He added that these employers have been the subject of repeated demands to comply but failed to respond, turning them into subjects of the RACE raid.
    “They were even given demand letter but they did not comply,” he said.
    He reminded the employers who are in the different industries including resorts, gasoline stations, food, retail, and merchandise, among others, that they have statutory obligation and the violation of the SSS law has consequences.
    “May kaukulang criminal aspect maliban sa pagbabayad, may kaakibat na pagkakulong penalty kapag mapatunayang guilty sila up to 12 years of imprisonment (It has criminal aspect aside from the payment to be collected from them, it has a penalty of imprisonment of up to 12 years if they are found guilty),” he said. -- PNA