THE grace period for the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) Self-Employed Employment Injury Scheme (SPS) registration ends in less than three months, yet barely half of the taxi and e-hailing drivers in Penang have signed up for the mandatory scheme.

Based on statistics from the Socso Penang secretariat office, only 1,100 out of 2,898 taxi and e-hailing drivers registered in the state have registered for SPS so far.