SSS and GSIS to release Christmas bonus/cash gift to pensioners on December 1

Date Posted: November 27, 2017
State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will start releasing on December 1 more than Php 2.7 billion in Christmas cash gift to its old-age and disability pensioners.

Pensioners whose 2016 Christmas cash gift was above Php10,000 will be granted an amount equivalent to one-month current pension up to a maximum of Php12,600. Those whose 2016 cash gift was Php10,000 and below are entitled to receive an amount equivalent to one-month pension, but not to exceed Php10,000.

Retirees who availed of five-year lump-sum retirement benefit under Republic Act (RA) 8291 and resumed their regular monthly pension after December 31, 2016 will receive their cash gift for the first time this year, in an amount equivalent to a month’s pension up to a maximum of Php10,000.

Pensioners living abroad and those in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao who are on suspended status as of December 31, 2017 are also eligible to receive the cash gift, provided that they activate their status on or before April 30, 2018.

New retirees from 2013 to 2017 who availed of immediate pension under RA 8291 will receive their cash gift five years after their retirement date. Similarly, members who were separated from the service from 2006 to 2017 before reaching 60 years old and who started receiving their regular monthly pension between 2013 and 2017 will be entitled to the benefit five years after regularly receiving their pension.

For inquiries on the grant of Christmas cash gift, pensioners may call the GSIS Contact Center at 847-4747; email gsiscares@gsis.gov.ph; or send a private message to the official GSIS Facebook account, @gsis.ph. They may also visit the GSIS website, www.gsis.gov.ph, for more details.

credit/source: http://www.gsis.gov.ph/gsis-to-release-christmas-cash-gift-to-pensioners-on-december-1/

SSS pensioners will receive on December 2017 together with their monthly pension.