The Social Security Corporation (SSC) has urged all employees in both public and private sectors, who work in hazardous occupations and are considering resigning for early retirement benefits, to first verify the accuracy of their job classification as hazardous or not.
The SSC emphasized the importance of not submitting a resignation letter until confirming that their occupation aligns with the concept of hazardous professions and verifying their subscription periods.
Individuals working in occupations covered by the hazardous professions law are called upon to visit the relevant Social Security branches affiliated with their workplaces and provide job titles and job descriptions to confirm their classification.
In a statement on Sunday, the SSC confirmed that this measure aims to protect workers from losing their employment after resignation if it does not meet the conditions for obtaining early retirement benefits within the hazardous professions law.
The SSC clarified that the Social Security Law considers occupations officially adopted as hazardous eligible for early retirement benefits, provided that the insured individual has reached the age of 45 and has a subscription period of no less than 216 monthly subscriptions for males and 180 for females.
It is also a requirement that the establishment in which the individual works contributes 1% of their salary, in addition to insurance contributions, for a period of no less than 60 months during the last ten years preceding the entitlement to early retirement benefits.
Interested individuals can check the hazardous professions approved by the SSC through its official website and urged those interested in obtaining information to follow updates and visit www.ssc.gov.jo.
The statement concluded by emphasizing that these steps are part of the implementation of occupational safety and health conditions and standards to ensure that eligible workers benefit from their rights.
