‘Part-time workers told to ensure employers contribute to Socso’

IPOH: Employees including part-time workers must ensure their employers contribute towards Social Security Organisation (Socso), said Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran.

He said the move must be taken to ensure they were protected in the event of accident at work.

He said any employer who failed to register their companies and workers with Socso could be firmly acted against under Section 93 of the Employees Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4).

“All employers in the country must register (workers) and all workers must be protected.

“The overall objective of Socso is to cover all the people in this country.

“Grass cutters, part-time workers too must be protected, not only full-time (workers),’’ he told reporters after visiting the families of six victims who were killed in a two-storey shop-lot fire at the Puncak Jelapang Maju industrial area here yesterday. — Bernama