Myanmar Government will provide social security benefits for insured workers from factories and workshops which are temporarily suspended for inspections

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population will provide social security benefits for insured workers from factories and workshops which are temporarily suspended for inspections.

“We’ll pay 40 percent of the social security fees to them as benefits,” the ministry announced in statement on April 28.

As such, owners of the suspended factories and workshops should apply for social security benefits for their registered insured workers at their township social security offices, the statement said.

In Myanmar, there are about 1.3 million insured workers who regularly pay social security fees.

On April 20, the government ordered factories not to reopen after the long Thingyan holiday break before being inspected by the health ministry to ensure compliance with COVID-19 safety measures.

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