RICHARD: Perkeso will ensure MH370 passengers fulfill the requirement.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Perkeso) will start processing payment to the next-of-kin of 12 crew members and nine Freescale Semiconductor Malaysia Sdn Bhd staff who were onboard Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, based on their eligibility.
Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said under the Perkeso scheme, the next-of-kin will receive RM1,500 as funeral expenses and a maximum of RM2,655 under the Employment Injury Scheme and Invalidity Pension Scheme, depending on the nature of business of the respective individual.
"Perkeso will ensure MH370 passengers fulfill the requirement. Under the Employee’s Social Security Act 1969, “employment injury” means a personal injury to an employee caused by accident or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his or her employment," he said in a statement today.
Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said under the Perkeso scheme, the next-of-kin will receive RM1,500 as funeral expenses and a maximum of RM2,655 under the Employment Injury Scheme and Invalidity Pension Scheme, depending on the nature of business of the respective individual.
"Perkeso will ensure MH370 passengers fulfill the requirement. Under the Employee’s Social Security Act 1969, “employment injury” means a personal injury to an employee caused by accident or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his or her employment," he said in a statement today.
