Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

April 25, 2023 Dear Danilo David, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 24, 2023 06:43:24 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for SSS unemployment benifit. Response to Request LOCAL EMPLOYEES who are INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED/PERMANENTLY TERMINATED due to any of, but not limited to, the following reasons may qualify for the electronic certification of DOLE as part of the processing of Unemployment Benefit Claim through the SSS Website: • Installation of labor-saving devices; • Redundancy; • Retrenchment or downsizing; • Closure or cessation of operation; • Disease/Illness of the employee whose continued employment is prohibited by law or is prejudicial to his or her co-employees' health; • Economic downturn • Natural or human-induced calamities/disasters; and • Other analogous cases as may be determined by DOLE and SSS. Applicants shall file his/her application for the Electronic Certification of Involuntary Separation DOLE FIELD/PROVINCIAL OFFICE WHERE THE EMPLOYER/COMPANY IS LOCATED via EMAIL: Aurora - [email protected] Bataan - [email protected] Bulacan - [email protected] Nueva Ecija - [email protected] Pampanga - [email protected] Clark - [email protected] Tarlac - [email protected] Zambales - [email protected] Upon application, applicants must submit the following: 1. Transaction Number provided in the SSS e-mail notification together with the screenshot of the e-mail notification. 2. One (1) valid identification document with signature and photo 3. Copy of Notice of Termination of Employment issued by the employer or duly notarized Affidavit of Termination of Employment, in the absence of Notice of Termination of Employment, and 4. Certificate of Pending Case and/or Police Report, if applicable DOLE shall evaluate your application based on the existing guidelines which includes the verification and confirmation of details indicated in the supporting documents submitted against the Establishment Report submitted by the employer/company to respective DOLE Offices. Below is the link to the existing guidelines, for your reference: DOLE-SSS Joint Memorandum Circular 001-2021 - Guidelines on the Enhanced Online Filing of SSS Unemployment Benefit Claims LINK: https://bit.ly/3nMf9Xn Thank you and regards. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Maria Rima Hernandez FOI Receiving Officer