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Flexi Fund is a voluntary savings program offered by SSS. [24] Launched in 2001, it is a provident fund that is invested in fixed income securities and whose returns are determined by SSS' short-term placements or 91-day Treasury bills. [25] [26] It is open to overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who are not older than 60 years old. [27]
The unemployment benefit of the SSS also covers the kasambahay (housemaids) as well as Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs; Filipino migrant workers).Claimants should have made 36 monthly contributions to the SSS, 12 months of which should be in the 18-month period immediately preceding the month of involuntary separation.
SSS investment income during Teodoro’s term enabled the fund to increase benefits several times over despite a slow increase in contribution rates. Moreover, SSS fund placements in various government banking institutions had yielded high returns, which helped spur economic growth and fund public infrastructure projects.
For 2025, you’ll be able to increase your annual contribution to your 401(k), 403(b), governmental 457 plans, and the federal government's Thrift Savings Plan to $23,500, up from $23,000.
Excess funds are used by the government for non-Social Security purposes, creating the obligations to the Social Security Administration and thus program recipients. However, Congress could cut these obligations by altering the law. Trust Fund obligations are considered "intra-governmental" debt, a component of the "public" or "national" debt.
Employers pay a contribution on top of the pre-tax income of their employees, which together with the employee contribution, fund the scheme. The maximum unemployment benefit is (as of March 2009) 57.4% of €162 per day (Social security contributions ceiling in 2011), or €6900 per month. [ 28 ]
On top of these amounts, workers aged 50 and older can add up to $7,500 more annually as a catch-up contribution in 2025, the same amount as 2024. Starting in 2025, the catch-up contribution for ...
The unfunded obligation is the difference between the future cost of the Social Security program (based on several demographic assumptions such as mortality, work force participation, immigration, and age expectancy) and total assets in the Trust Fund given the expected contribution rate through the current scheduled payroll tax.