SSS to hike pensions starting Sept.

THE SOCIAL Security System (SSS) is implementing a landmark pension reform program starting this September, which will gradually increase the monthly pensions of all pensioners over a three-year period.

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The Social Security Commission (SSC) approved the SSS Pension Reform Program, which features a structured, three-year increase in pensions for all SSS pensioners, on July 11.

This is the first multiyear adjustment of pensions in the SSS’ 68-year history.

“After careful actuarial review, we are rolling out a rational and sustainable pension increase that uplifts all pensioners without compromising the fund’s actuarial soundness,” SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Joseph M. De Claro said in a statement.

Starting this year, all pensioners as of Aug. 31, 2025, will receive annual pension increases every September until 2027.

The pension for retirement and disability pensioners will be raised by 10% every September until 2027. The pension for death or survivor pensioners will be increased by 5%.