Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Jaem said Socso would pay the pension arrears adjustment starting from Dec 26 with an allocation of RM72.62 million, while next year’s adjustment was expected to involve RM238 million.

“A total of 328,056 recipients will receive the pension at a minimum rate of RM475,” he told a press conference here today.

He said payment would be made to recipients of the Permanent Disablement Benefit, Dependents’ Benefit, Invalidity Pension and Survivors’ Pension.

Richard also said the adjustment of the new pension rate by Socso could help ease the financial burden of pension recipients.

“From time to time, studies will be conducted to ensure that pension payments are adjusted so that the beneficiaries can cope with the rising cost of living,” he said.

Established in 1971, Socso now has 6.8 million contributors with a contribution rate of more than RM3 billion ringgit this year.