What is a Social Security Foreign Worker (SSFW) number?

With effect from 1 July 2024, foreign employees below the age of 60 are required to be covered under SOCSO’s Employment Injury Scheme and Invalidity Scheme like Malaysian employees. Foreign employees aged 60 and above are covered under the Employment Injury Scheme only.

Employers are required to register their foreign employees via their PERKESO Assist Portal. PERKESO will generate an SSFW number which should be entered in the employees’ profiles in PayrollPanda, in order to be included in the SOCSO submission files.