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<h1>Cape Verde</h1>
<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: U.S.$1.00 equals 106.47 escudos.</div>
<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1957.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1983 and 1995.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for public-sector employees.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 3% of earnings.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 7% of payroll.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 65 (men) or 60 (women) with 36 months of contributions.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Loss of 1/3 of salary or wage, or 2/3 disabled, with 36 months of contributions. The disability pension is payable abroad.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> Age 65 (men) or 60 (women); paid to children with an assessed degree of physical or mental disability.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Temporary survivor pension:</span> A 12-month survivor pension for able-bodied but unemployed widows under age 60, widowers under age 65, or children under age 18.</p>
<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> 20% of average earnings (based on the 36 best-paid months in the last 5 years), plus 1.5% for each year of coverage, up to a maximum of 85% of earnings.</p>
<p>The minimum monthly pension is 4,200 escudos.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> 20% of average earnings (based on the 36 best-paid months in the last 5 years), plus 1.5% for each year of coverage, up to a maximum of 85% of earnings.</p>
<p>The minimum monthly pension is 4,200 escudos.</p>
<p>The maximum monthly pension is 85% of average earnings.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 50% of the insured's pension is payable to a widow(er).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 25% of the insured's pension for each child under age 18; full orphan, 50% each.</p>
<p>The maximum survivor pension is 100% of the insured's pension.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Employment, Training, and Social Integration provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Institute of Social Security provides general administration.</p>
<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1976.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1983 and 1995.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Cash and medical benefits.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for public-sector employees.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 4% of earnings.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 4% of payroll.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness and maternity benefits:</span> There is no qualifying period.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> There is no qualifying period.</p>
<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> 70% of the most recent earnings or of average earnings during the last 6 months, whichever is higher. The benefit is payable for up to 36 months. The employer pays 100% of earnings for the first 3 days and 30% from the fourth day until the 90th day.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 90% of the last salary or of average earnings in the last 6 months, whichever is higher. The benefit is payable for 30 days. (A nursing allowance is payable under Family Allowances, below.)</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Benefits include general and specialist care, hospitalization, house calls, medicines, and partial dental care. Cost sharing includes 75% of the cost of pharmaceuticals; 100% for pensioners and their dependents. If the treatment is provided away from home, transportation costs and living expenses are reimbursed at 900 escudos daily for insured persons and their dependents and at 100% for pensioners and their dependents. There is partial payment (up to 75% of the cost) for prosthetic devices and appliances.</p>
<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Same as for the insured person.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Health provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Health Service provides general administration.</p>
<h2>Work Injury</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1960.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1978.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons, tenant farmers and sharecroppers, certain volunteer workers, members of cooperative enterprises, apprentices, and other on-the-job trainees.</p>
<p>Special program for government workers.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2% of payroll for service workers, 6% of payroll for all other workers; for domestic servants, 50 escudos a month (full time) or 30 escudos a month (part time).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The initial capitalization of the program.</p>
<p>The maximum daily earnings for contribution purposes are 300 escudos.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no qualifying period. Disability is assessed according to the National Schedule of Accidental Disability.</p>
<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
<p>40% of the average wage during the first 14 days; thereafter, 70%. If hospitalized, the benefit is 40% of the average wage or 70% with dependents.</p>
<p>Partial disability benefit: 25% of the average wage.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If totally disabled, 70% of the average base wage.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: Up to 30% of average base wage.</p>
<p>Partial disability: A percentage of the total disability pension proportionate to the assessed degree of disability between 10% and 100%.</p>
<p>The pension is payable from the day following the onset of disability (the employer pays the wage on the day of the work injury).</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Benefits include medical treatment, surgery, hospitalization, prosthetic devices, appliances, and transportation.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 30% of the insured's average wage on the day of the accident. The pension is payable to a dependent widow or to a dependent widower aged 65 who has not remarried. The pension is payable to a divorced spouse or spouses (divided equally) if there is a right to alimony.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 15% of the insured's average wage for each child, including the unborn, up to age 18 (age 24 if a student; no limit if disabled); 45% for each full orphan.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Other dependent relatives:</span> 10% of the insured's average wage is paid to other dependent relatives, up to a maximum of 30%.</p>
<p>The combined survivor pensions must not exceed 70% of the insured's average wage.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> Up to 7,500 escudos.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor, Youth, and Social Action provides general supervision.</p>
<p>Private insurance company provides general administration.</p>
<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1957.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1983 and 1995.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for public-sector employees.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 3% of payroll.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> Allowances are payable after the first day of enrollment. Children must be under age 14 (age 24 if a student; no limit if disabled). The allowance is paid for the insured's parents if their income is less than 2,000 escudos.</p>
<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 300 escudos a month for each dependent child; up to 900 escudos a month for each disabled child up to age 8 and 1,200 escudos for those aged 8 to 14. The allowance is payable for a maximum of four children; the maximum does not apply if the parent is a pensioner or the insured person is deceased and the mother is unemployed.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Nursing allowance:</span> 900 escudos a month for 6 months.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> The cost of a burial up to a maximum of 14,000 escudos for the insured person and his or her spouse; 9,000 escudos for children aged 5 to 14 and 5,000 escudos for children under age 5.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Employment, Training, and Social Integration provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Institute of Social Security provides general administration.</p>
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