THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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'Millions to benefit' from new Social Security Act

'Millions to benefit' from new Social Security Act

The newly passed fourth edition of the Social Security Act will provide additional benefits to almost 14 million subscribers, the government has said.

Those benefits cover healthcare, childbirth, unemployment and death, deputy government spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday. The new law will come into effect on October 20.
The Act will provide secured welfare to all levels of workers under the Social Security Office scheme, Sansern said.
The added benefits for healthcare include someone being harmed by a medical service receiving initial expense aid while compensation will now be paid to people with a chronic illness or a disability who die before their contributions reached the required amount. All disabled people will now receive lifelong benefits instead of only those became disabled after March 31, 1995, when the SSO extended the disability benefit for life.
The Bt13,000 allowance for the birth of a child is now paid out on an unlimited basis and there is a 90-day maternity leave allowance.
The Bt400-per-month child support allowance for the first six years of a child’s life is now available for up to three children at the same time.
Unemployment benefits now cover a temporary suspension of a business due to unavoidable incidents such as flooding, compared to the previous coverage of only when someone is laid off or quits. 
Sansern said a committee had been established under the new law that aimed to ensure measures carried out under it were done transparently while the committee members were required to declare their assets and debts to the National Anti-Corruption Commission. 
 
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