APPENDIX III
Cash Maternity Benefits under Social Security Schemes
in Selected Asian Countries
Part A
Employers' Liability Schemes
Country
INDIA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
SINGAPORE
Qualifying Conditions
160 days of service in the last
year.
90 days employment in the last 9 months.
6 months employment in the last
12 months.
180 days work in the year end- ing 1 month before confinement
Rate of Benefit
Average daily wage subject to a minimum of 1 rupee.
day/1.
$3.00 per day'
Full pay based on regular or average weekly wages.
13.
Ordinary rate of pay.
14.
Benefit Period
6 weeks before and 6 weeks
after confinement.
30 days before and 30 days after confinement.
/2
2 weeks before and 4 weeks after confinement.
4 weeks before and 4 weeks
after confinement.
BURMA
IRAN
JAPAN/2.
Part B
26 weeks contribution in the last 52 weeks.
90 days of contributions in the last 6 months.
Social Insurance Schemes
Two-thirds of earnings accord- ing to wage class, subject to a minimum rate.
Two-thirds of earnings.
6 weeks before and 6 weeks
after confinfment.
PAKISTAN
180 days of contributions in the last 12 months.
60% of insured wage according to wage class.
100% of earnings
12 weeks before and after the confinement.
6 weeks before and after the confinement.
12 weeks in total of which not more than o before the confinement
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