Some bullet points on the Cambodian National Social Security Fund
By Chea Sophal
- More than 380 companies accepted to play the game (join NSSF)
- 100 illegal textile sweatshops are still not listed on the registers of the Ministry of Commerce, their fate is not sorted yet either are forced to join or not.
- Three hospitals are listed with the Fund: Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh, and the provincial hospital centres of Kandal and Kampong Speu.
- By 2009 onwards. the network will progressively extend to: Siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Cham, Svay Rieng and Preah Sihanouk.
- Since the establishment of the system in November 2008, 350 work-related accidents have been reported, of which 20 serious cases and three cases of death, thus proving the usefulness of the service, on both sides, employers and trade unions.
- If patients wish to be admitted to a non-referral hospital - and same goes for external consultations and the purchase of medicines prescribed as part of care linked with their work-related accident - they will have to advance payment themselves and then present an invoice to the NSSF in order to obtain the reimbursement of the 70% of their out-of-the-pocket expenses.
- Private companies who do not conform to these new obligations face sanctions, in theory: along the lines of the day-fine system, the fine will be ten days per worker, with a basis of 8,000 riels (2 dollars) per day, i.e. USD20 per person, when the average annual social contribution per employee only amounts to 7.60 dollars. But until now, no company has been punished.
- After the launching of the social insurance system for work-related accidents, the NSSF hopes to bring two other projects to the surface: a health insurance system in 2010 and 2012, a pension fund.
By Chea Sophal
- More than 380 companies accepted to play the game (join NSSF)
- 100 illegal textile sweatshops are still not listed on the registers of the Ministry of Commerce, their fate is not sorted yet either are forced to join or not.
- Three hospitals are listed with the Fund: Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh, and the provincial hospital centres of Kandal and Kampong Speu.
- By 2009 onwards. the network will progressively extend to: Siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Cham, Svay Rieng and Preah Sihanouk.
- Since the establishment of the system in November 2008, 350 work-related accidents have been reported, of which 20 serious cases and three cases of death, thus proving the usefulness of the service, on both sides, employers and trade unions.
- If patients wish to be admitted to a non-referral hospital - and same goes for external consultations and the purchase of medicines prescribed as part of care linked with their work-related accident - they will have to advance payment themselves and then present an invoice to the NSSF in order to obtain the reimbursement of the 70% of their out-of-the-pocket expenses.
- Private companies who do not conform to these new obligations face sanctions, in theory: along the lines of the day-fine system, the fine will be ten days per worker, with a basis of 8,000 riels (2 dollars) per day, i.e. USD20 per person, when the average annual social contribution per employee only amounts to 7.60 dollars. But until now, no company has been punished.
- After the launching of the social insurance system for work-related accidents, the NSSF hopes to bring two other projects to the surface: a health insurance system in 2010 and 2012, a pension fund.
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