Social Security Law amendments seek ‘equality, solidarity’ — SSC

Social Security Law amendments seek ‘equality, solidarity’ — SSC

Ammon News - Based on previous experiences, the social security system showed some gaps requiring urgent solutions, Al Rai Arabic daily quoted Director General of the Social Security Corporation (SSC) Hazem Rahahleh as saying on Tuesday .

In a meeting organised by Middle East University to present amendments to the Social Security Law, Rahahleh stressed that the SSC seeks to draft a law “that can guarantee social equality and solidarity”.

Concerning early retirement, the proposed amendments will not include those with a 10-year tenure. The amendments raise the early retirement age to 55 for males and 52 for females, Rahahleh said, adding that “early retirement has become a challenge” for the corporation, according to SSC actuarial studies.

Early retirement has become “an occurrence that negatively affects employment and the national economy”, as many competent and experienced individuals are leaving their jobs. This also leads to a decrease in their retirement salaries.

Among the proposed amendments is the voluntary inclusion of the people from the Gaza Strip and the children of Jordanian mothers and non-Jordanian fathers, he noted.

Inflation will have an inverse relationship with early retirement salaries, Rahahleh said, highlighting that 100 per cent of annual bonuses will be given to those