March 29, 2024
PAY YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS — Six employers were summoned by the Social Security System La Trinidad branch to settle their accumulated contribution delinquencies worth P700,000 during the Run after Contribution Evaders campaign on March 23.  SSS has been exerting efforts to go after delinquent employers. — Contributed photo

Social Security System President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Macasaet said the total member savings collection from the Workers’ Investment and Savings Program (WISP) reached P35.84 billion from 4.9 million SSS members in its second year of implementation.
Macasaet said savings collection under the WISP has more than doubled since the start of the program in 2021.
“From January to December 2021, we initially collected P15.48B. In 2022, the savings collection grew by 31 percent to P20.4B which brought the total WISP contributions to P35.84B,” Macasaet said.
Moreover, members contributing to the WISP also grew to 4.9 million contributing members, up by 33 percent from 3.7 million members in 2021.
WISP is a mandatory provident fund scheme managed by SSS that serves as another savings for private sector workers and other individual paying members which was launched in January 2021. It promotes the principle of work, save, invest and prosper so that members can have a better retirement package aside from their regular SSS benefit.
WISP is one of the key provisions under Republic Act 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018. It is a safe, convenient, principal-protected, and tax-free individual retirement savings plan which will supplement a member’s savings from their regular social security program.
“Under the WISP, each contributing member will have an account wherein SSS will place their contributions and investment earnings. Not only are they saving for their retirement, but their contributions are also earning through the program,” Macasaet added.
Qualified are private-sector employees, self-employed individuals, overseas workers, and voluntary members who have no final claim and have contributions in the regular SSS program, and have a monthly salary credit that exceeds P20,000.
Members pay their WISP contributions together with their regular SSS contributions.
Aside from serving as a savings scheme, the SSS chief said the program also functions as an investment vehicle for SSS members. The SSS pools the contributions collected from the program and invests them in the capital markets. Earnings realized from the WISP will be distributed proportionately based on the member’s contributions.
Members can check their WISP contribution online through their My.SSS account. They can log in on their online account. Go to the inquiry tab and click on contributions to view their contributions in the WISP as well as their contributions in the regular social security program and WISP plus. – Press release