Table 21
Territory
Malaysia
Type of
me a sure
Social insurance
sche me
Title of
egislation Coverage
Source of funds
Qualifying conditions
Insured person:
None
Immediate ly upon employ- ment
Employees' Social Security Act, 1969
Employees of under- takings with 5 or
more workers
(excluding those earning
more than
MB500 a
month).
Employer:
About 1.5% of payroll, accord-
ing to wage classes.
(Appendix XVIII)
Benefits
Temporary disablement benefit:
60% of earnings, payable after a waiting period of 4 days.
Permanent disablement benefit:
60% of earnings as pension, if totally disabled.
Partial disablement:
A percentage of the above benefit proportionate to the degree of disability.
Constant attendance allowance:
30% of the permanent total disability benefit.
Medical benefits:
Medical treatment, hospitalisation, medicines, and supply and renewal of artificial appliances.
De pendants' benefit:
60% of earnings, of which 3/5 is payable to the widow and 2/5 to the children.
Funeral expenses:
M100 (HK$200) or the expenses, whichever is the less.
Administrative
organisation
Administered by
the Social Security Organization. Under the
I
• general supervision of the Ministry of Labour and Manpower.
The
Social
Philippines insurance
Remarks
Presidenti- All
Insured person:
al Decree
employee s
None
No. 626 as
embodied
in Book
Four,
Title II Employees'
Compensat-
ion and
State
Insurance Fund of
the Labour
Code.
Employer:
1% of employee's
salary, not
exceeding 10
pesos per month.
(Appendix XIX)
Immediate
ly upon employ- me nt
Cash income benefit for temporary total disability:
90% of average daily salary credit or actual wage or salary for a maximum of 120 days,
Minimum benefit per day : 4 pesos (HK$2.40) Maximum benefit per day: 20 pesos (HK$12)
Cash income benefit for permanent total disability:
-
115% of basic benefit, until death but not exceeding five
The basic benefit being computed as follows years.
45% of the first 2300 of Average Monthly Salary Credit; plus 25% of the next 2300 of Average Monthly Salary Credit; plus
9% of each succeeding 2100 of Average Monthly Salary
Credit; plus
0.1%
of his Average Monthly Salary Credit for each month of paid coverage in excess of 120 months of paid coveragé
Minimum income benefit per month: 51.75 pesos (HK$31) Maximum total benefit: 12,000 pesos (HK$7,200)
Cash income benefit for permanent partial disability:
Monthly income benefit is equal to the monthly income benefit for permanent total disability for a number of months (ranging from 2 to 40 months) in accordance with the schedule.
Administered by the Employees' Compensation Commission, the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance
System.
Monthly salary credit
means the wage or salary base for contributions as provided in Republic Act No. 1161 which is approximately equivalent to the mid-point of a salary bracket of which there are ten.
Average monthly salary credit
means the average of monthly salary credits for the 60-month period immediately preceding death or total permanent disability.
Primary beneficiaries
means the dependent spouse and children.
Secondary beneficiaries
means the dependent parents, illegitimate children and legitimate de scendants.