Sharjah24: His Excellency Mohammed Obaid Rashid Al Shamsi, Director General of the Sharjah Social Security Fund (SSSF), confirmed that the fund is proceeding in accordance with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, in consolidating his pioneering experience by playing the role in securing a decent life for insured citizens and members of their families in order to achieve financial stability for them.
He pointed out that the Sharjah Social Security Fund, in light of those wise directives from the Ruler of Sharjah, is working to provide quality services through the Fund's performance system in order to enhance the directions of the Government of Sharjah and lay the foundations of the Fund in facilitating the insured's access to the rights stipulated in the Social Security Law.
Al Shamsi pointed out that the Fund always seeks to develop its operations and permanent communication with subscribers and retirees from the Government of Sharjah, to develop processes and procedures, and to make the Fund's services more advanced in line with the directions of the Ruler.
Al Shamsi pointed out that the Sharjah Social Security Fund is working to disburse the insurance rights and the long-term insurance benefit according to the years of subscription.
He addressed in this regard that there are basic elements to determine the disbursement of insurance rights, including the subscription period. This was regulated by Article No. (23) of the Social Security Law in the Emirate of Sharjah. The pension is calculated at 60% of the contribution period calculated in the Fund for those who spent 15 years in their workplace and are entitled to a pension of 100 % of those who have spent 35 years in their workplace.
He stressed that the subscription period is one of the important elements that have an important role in calculating the disbursement of insurance rights, especially the long-term insurance benefit, which is the pension, where the pension is paid at 100% in case that the insured reaches the contribution period of 35 years.
He explained that the cases in which the pension is paid regardless of the period are represented in either death, total disability, or medical unfitness for service, and this is proven by the Higher Medical Committee for Retirement.
In addition to entitlement to the pension at 100% when the service of the insured ends due to total disability as a result of a work injury, and the service of the insured ends due to death as a result of a work injury.
Al Shamsi pointed out that in this case the death of the insured or the pensioner, the beneficiaries have the right to receive shares of his pension, whether they are citizens or non-citizens, and those who meet the eligibility conditions are the husband and wife, children, parents, brothers and sisters, and children of the son.
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