5/19/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly In spite of the 74th Maritime Session of the ILO, 1988 MOA of the SSS-DOLE, 2010 POEA-SEC, and 2006 MLC, the mandatory coverage of social security of seafarers was not faithfully complied with. The discussion of the Technical Working Group of the Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises Joint with the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development (TWG) is enlightening: The Presiding Officer. ... Sa sea-based po, ano ang arrangement natin with regard to the SSS contributions? Mr. Bautista. Actually, for sea-based po, it is mandatory. We have this arrangement with the employer that the licensed manning agency is the one collecting the premium or the contribution of the employer and at the same time deducting from the remittance to the family of the seafarers the specific share of the seafarer. So[,] that is the arrangement po. The Presiding Officer. Yes po. Ms. Banawis. Just to add to that, Madam Chair. The reason why it is compulsory for the sea-based workers is because there was an agreement between DOLE and SSS in 1988 where they agreed that the social security for sea-based workers shall be compulsory. So that agreement was witnessed by the POEA and the associations of manning agencies, Madam Chair. Ms. See. Madam Chair. The Presiding Officer. Yes, from the SSS, please. Ms. See. Yes. In addition to that, we have a standard employment contract which is signed by the principal, the manning agency and the seafarer. And in that standard employment contract, it already provides mandatory coverage of SSS and it is also espoused in the maritime labor convention which the Philippine government has ratified. So[,] in terms of legal basis, we have mandatory provision for social security of seafarers.[46] xxxx The Presiding Officer. Thank you. In practice po, paano siya? https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66432 16/28