SOCSO is the social security contributions for the employee. All employees who earn a salary of less than RM2000 must contribute to this scheme. Contributions are based on the employee’s salary and are derived from the table supplied by the Government.

To facilitate this, SOCSO supplies two categories:

• Once an employee has started contributing to SOCSO, he/she must continue to contribute until retirement. This includes the employer’s contribution as well.

• If an employee has never contributed to SOCSO before but would like to start, he/she can do so :

• If the employee‘s age is 50 years or above, only the employer is required to contribute to the fund, and not the employee.