SSS

The Social Security System is a state-run social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954. This law was later amended by Republic Act No. 8282 in 1997. Government employees, meanwhile, are primarily covered under a separate state-run pension fund by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) - they can also join the SSS at their own cost.