Report on the compatibility of Malaysian national legislation with the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) in view of possible ratification (Албания - Тендер #58737111)

▶ BACKGROUND

Malaysia has a relatively well-developed system of social security provision covering a number of the life cycle risks that residents face. However, there are some gaps in coverage in respect of certain benefit branches.

The Social Security Organisation of Malaysia (PERKESO) provides a range of benefits through its benefit schemes. The ILO has partnered with PERKESO over several years to provide actuarial, policy, financing and technical support.

The Employees Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) stipulates that an actuarial review should be carried out at intervals of at least every five years or at such other times as the Minister of Human Resources may consider necessary. The ILO carried out the 11th actuarial valuation of the Employees Social security Scheme (the ESSS) as of 31 December 2019 as well as the first actuarial valuation of the Self-Employed Scheme (the SESSS) at the same date. In the valuation reports produced under the project, the provisions of the national legislation pertaining to the following two schemes:

" Employment Injury (EI) scheme

" Invalidity and Survivors (IS) Scheme

was compared to the minimum requirements of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) and a gap analysis was undertaken.

The next actuarial valuations (the 12th of the ESSS and the 2nd of the SESSS) will be undertaken as at 31 December 2024. Preparatory work has already started to that end.

The current project with PERKESO has delivered the actuarial valuation reports plus capacity building and also delivered a number of policy papers and briefs on different social protection issues in Malaysia. One issue discussed with PERKESO, and national counterparts is the possible ratification of Convention No. 102, the ILO flagship convention on the social security.

The project has now, therefore, been tasked to extend the scope of this comparative analysis to all nine branches of social security. These Terms of Reference refer to the work related to this task. The ILO is therefore seeking a consultant with experience in these issues and who can carry out the relevant analytical and reporting work.

To carry out this work, the External Collaborator (Excoll) will work closely with the ILO Chief Technical Adviser, ILO experts in Malaysia, the legal specialists in ILO Geneva, the Senior Actuary exCOLL and PERKESO staff. In respect of reporting, the consultant will work under the technical supervision of the ILO Geneva legal specialists and overall supervision of the work will be undertaken by the Chief Technical Adviser (CTA).

The key element of this work (under Objective 1 below) is the development of a comprehensive situation and gap analysis of the national legislation and its compatibility with the minimum benchmarks and principles set out by the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102).

This review and the report will form the basis of the relevant text included as part of the actuarial valuation reports of the relevant PERKESO schemes. ILO Actuarial Valuation Reports which include a comparison of the relevant system provisions vis-