Stop working but keep your income flowing. Here’s how to claim monthly compensation from Social Security, which pays 70% of wages up to 14,000 baht per month. Check out the simple online application steps via the e-Compensate system, which protects your rights from the first day your doctor orders rest.
"Thairath Online News Team" Presents how to receive monthly compensation from Social Security benefits. "Monthly Compensation" This helps alleviate financial hardship at a rate of 70% of the monthly wage, under the following conditions.
The compensation fund covers four key cases where employees receive monthly compensation depending on the situation, as follows.
1. When a doctor orders rest and treatment
• Receives 70% of the monthly wage as compensation
• Paid from the first day the employee cannot work, but no longer than one year
• Condition: must have a medical certificate ordering rest, and the employee must actually take the prescribed rest
2. In case of loss of work capacity
• Receives 70% of the monthly wage as compensation
• Entitled to benefits continuously for up to 10 years
• Condition: assessment of organ loss is made after treatment ends or when the condition stabilizes (or after one year from the accident date)
3. In case of disability
• Receives 70% of the monthly wage as compensation
• Protected for life
4. In case of death or disappearance
• Compensation at 70% of the monthly wage is paid to legal beneficiaries
• Benefits continue for up to 10 years
Currently, employees and employers can process claims more conveniently, with details as follows.
Notify the employer immediately : When an incident occurs, the employer must send the employee to an agreed medical facility and submit form GT.44 so the employee does not have to pay treatment costs upfront.
Submit form GT.16 : The employer must report the incident to the Social Security Office within 15 days, or the employee may submit the claim themselves within 180 days.
Online channel : Currently, claims can be submitted through the e-Compensate system on the Compensation Fund’s website, allowing faster status checks and direct payments to bank accounts.
Required documents : Medical certificate (GT.16/1) and proof of work hours or pay slips to confirm income base.
However, this right applies only to "injuries caused by work." For general illnesses such as colds or accidents on days off, claims should be made through the "Social Security Fund," which offers different compensation rates.