Social security measures: National-Level Social Security Board Meeting held

The Social Security Board of the Ministry of Labour held the National-Level Social Security Board Meeting (1/2021) via videoconferencing in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday.

During the meeting, the Union Minister for Labour U Myint Kyaing, in his capacity as the Chairman of the National-Level Social Security Board said the Social Security Board is working hard together with the international organizations for four types of reforms such as IT Reform, Medical Reform, Administrative Reform and Legal Reform and he also talked about the preparations to offer medical treatment for COVID-19 positive patients at the workers’ hospitals in Yangon, Mandalay and Htantabin, COVID-19 tests of PUI patients during the outbreak of pandemic and transfer of patients to the hospitals authorized by the Ministry of Health.

Then, the Director-General of the Social Security Board reported on the completion of works based on the decisions made at the previous 1/2020 meeting, future work plans and proposals and other attendees coordinated the discussion. Moreover, the representatives of employers, the Chairman of the Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs Association, the general secretary of AFFM-IUF and the Chairman of MSC clarified the respective matters and the Director-General of the Social Security Board made decisions regarding eight points and 49 proposals at the meeting with the approval of the Union minister. Finally, the Union minister urged the department concerned, employees and employers, to work together in the future.