What SOCSO Covers
You want to know what this scheme covers compared with support after job loss.
SOCSO is a name often confused with the scheme that actually helps after job loss, so it is worth being clear about what it does and does not cover.
What It Means
SOCSO, the Social Security Organisation scheme, provides protection connected to workplace injury, occupational disease, and long-term incapacity, funded through contributions made while you are employed.
It is not the scheme built around losing your job itself. That separate role belongs to the Employment Insurance System, administered by the same overall body, PERKESO.1
Why It Matters To You
Workers sometimes assume SOCSO will step in financially after a dismissal or retrenchment, then find that the relevant support actually sits under a different scheme with its own application process.
Knowing the right scheme early saves time, especially since the Employment Insurance System claim also carries its own 60-day window from your termination date.
How Is This Different From EIS
If your situation involves an injury or a medical condition connected to your work, SOCSO is the relevant scheme to look into, separate from any dismissal dispute.
If it is simply that your job ended, read about EIS for the income support scheme that actually applies, and PERKESO for the body that runs both.
For the fairness of the dismissal itself, check your separate window on the deadline calculator.
Telling us whether your situation involves an injury, a long-term condition, or simply losing your job helps us point you to the right scheme.
Common questions
Does SOCSO pay me if I am dismissed?
SOCSO is built around workplace injury and long-term incapacity, not job loss itself. Income support after losing a job sits under the separate Employment Insurance System scheme instead.
Are SOCSO and EIS contributions the same thing?
They are related but distinct schemes, both administered by the same body, PERKESO. Your payslip may show contributions to each separately rather than as one combined deduction.
Sources
- The Employment Insurance System, a separate scheme administered by the same body as SOCSO, gives temporary financial help to employees who lose their jobs involuntarily, with a claim lodged within 60 days of termination. malaysia.gov.my, Employment Insurance Scheme (EIS)
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Telling us whether your situation involves an injury, a long-term condition, or simply losing your job helps us point you to the right scheme.