SSC's Power to Determine Whether Employment Relationship Exists

The Social Security Commission (SSC) has also this power. In Republic of the Philippines v. Asiapro Cooperative, involving the issue of coverage of owners-members of respondent Cooperative under the Social Security System (SSS) , it was held that it is not only the Labor Arbiter or the NLRC who/which has the exclusive jurisdiction to determine the existence of the employer-employee relationship. The Social Security Commission (SSC) has also that power.