PETALING JAYA: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has allocated over RM313mil for the implementation of multiple national social protection and active labour market programmes this year.
Following the announcement of the revised Budget 2023, Socso chief executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to carrying out initiatives to strengthen the local labour market.
“An allocation of RM100mil has been set aside to benefit more than 540,000 self-employed Malaysians,” he said in a statement yesterday.
For the Childcare Grant for Women Returning to Work, a one-month grant equivalent to 80% of the insured monthly salary is provided to a total of 136,800 women post-maternity, involving RM292mil a year.
“A total of RM25mil for 338,000 housewives from poor households has also been allocated for one year under the Housewives Social Safety Scheme (SKSSR).
KerjayaTVET will provide a RM600 incentive for a three-month period to employers hiring technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates through a RM44mil fund, with some 17,000 such graduates to benefit via MYFutureJobs.
The Bina Kerjaya programme will provide a RM500 allowance for a three-month period for gig riders actively undergoing skills training in order to secure stable jobs in the formal sector.
A fee payment subsidy will also be given to gig workers who are undergoing micro-credential courses at both public and private universities.
The Daya Kerjaya programme, which has a budget of RM72 million, is also expected to benefit 40,000 people.
