THE implementation of mandatory coverage of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) under the Social Security System (SSS) will continue despite opposition from some seafarers who questioned it before the Supreme Court, the state-run pension fund said.

In a statement on Wednesday, the SSS stressed that the policy mandated by Republic Act 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018 has to be implemented “until such time that it is declared unconstitutional.”

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