AMMAN —
An informed government source was quoted by Al-Rai daily as saying that the
Social Security Corporation’s (SSC) board of directors could be expected to
address the government to withdraw the amended SSC draft law.
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The unnamed
source told the newspaper that the amendments to the law are currently being
considered by the government, pointing out that only the government has the
power to return the law to the SSC or pass the amendments on to the
legislature.
According to the
source, the board is considering reviewing the proposed amendments, and if it
finds it necessary to withdraw them, it must give the government its reasons
for doing so.
The SSC board
approved the latest version of the amendments at the end of August, and sent
them to the Council of Ministers in early September, where it was expected that
they would be adopted and come into effect at beginning of next year.
Out of the 110
articles of the law, 47 were amended.
Meanwhile, the
SSC has issued new instructions regarding withdrawal from the savings fund,
according to spokesperson Shaman Majali.
According to
Al-Ghad News, Majali said on Wednesday that before being allowed to withdraw from
the fund, the new regulations stipulate the need for 60 subscriptions, over
five years, instead of 36 subscriptions over three years, as used to be the
case.
The amendments
also set caps on the amounts allowed to be withdrawn, making them JD1,000 instead
of JD3,000, and on the distribution of these amounts: instead of 75 percent for
educational purposes and 60 percent for treatment purposes, now it will be 50
percent for each.
Majali said that
the new rules will come into effect at the start of 2023.
He added the
savings fund and access to unemployment insurance will only be applicable to
the private sector.
According to Majali, the
Cabinet has not yet taken any decision pertaining to the amended SSC draft law.
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