REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7688 - AN
ACT GIVING REPRESENTATION TO WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE Sec. 3(A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS
AMENDED
Section 1. Sec. 3(a) of Republic Act No. 1161, as amended,
is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Social Security System. — (a) To carry out
the purposes of this Act, the Social Security System with principal
place of business in Metro Manila, Philippines, is hereby
created. The SSS shall be directed and controlled by a Social
Security Commission composed of the Secretary of Labor and Employment,
the SSS Administrator and seven appointive members, three of whom shall
represent the labor group, one of whom shall be a woman, three, the
management group, one of whom shall be a woman and one, the general
public, to be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The
chairman of the Commission shall be designated by the President from
among its members. The term of the appointive members shall be
three years: provided, that the term of the first six appointive
members shall be one, two and three years for every two members,
respectively.
All vacancies, except through the expiration of the term, shall be
filled for the unexpired term only. The appointive members of the
Commission shall receive One thousand five hundred pesos per diem for
each meeting actually attended by them: provided, that no compensation
shall be paid for more than eight meetings a month. Members of the
Commission who hear cases pending before the Commission shall also
receive a per diem of One thousand five hundred pesos.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: March 3, 1994
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