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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2003</h1>
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<h1>Jamaica</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: U.S.$1.00 equals 60.45 Jamaican dollars (J$).</div>
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<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1958 (sugar workers).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 2003.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed and self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for other categories, if over age 18 and under the retirement age.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Casual workers and unpaid family labor.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 2.5% of earnings. The self-employed contribute J$20 a week, plus a maximum of 5% of insurable annual earnings. Domestic workers and military personnel contribute J$20 a week. The voluntarily insured contribute J$20 a week.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2.5% of wages.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> Contributes as an employer.</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings for contribution purposes are J$9,620 a week or J$500,000 a year.</p>
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<p>All the above contributions also finance maternity benefits and work injury benefits.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 65 (men) or age 60 (women) with 1,443 weeks of paid contributions, including an annual average of 39 weeks of paid or credited contributions.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: A reduced pension is paid for annual average contributions of between 13 weeks and 38 weeks.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> A lump-sum grant is paid for at least 52 weeks' or 1 year's contributions. Substantial retirement is necessary until age 70 (men) or age 65 (women).</p>
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<p>Benefits are payable abroad but are subject to limitations except where a reciprocal agreement exists.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Permanent incapacity for work with a minimum of 156 weeks of paid contributions up to a maximum.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability settlement:</span> A lump-sum grant is paid with at least 52 weeks or 1 year's paid contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The insured had an annual average of 39 weeks' paid or credited contributions or was a pensioner.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> A basic benefit of J$900 a week (reduced to J$675 a week with annual average contributions of between 26 weeks and 38 weeks; J$450 with 13 weeks to 25 weeks), plus an earnings-related benefit of J$0.06 a week for every J$13 of employer-employee contributions paid during the working lifetime.</p>
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<p>Spouse's supplement: J$300 a week for a dependent wife aged 55 or older or a disabled husband aged 60 or older.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> A lump-sum payment of J$8,100 with 52 weeks' of paid contributions.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> If 100% disabled, a basic benefit of between J$100 and J$1,740 a week.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability settlement:</span> A lump-sum grant is paid.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> A basic benefit of J$900 a week (reduced to J$675 a week with annual average contributions of between 26 weeks and 38 weeks; J$450 with 13 weeks to 25 weeks), plus an earnings-related benefit of J$0.03 a week for every J$13 of employer-employee contributions paid during the working lifetime.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable to a widow aged 55 or older or at any age if disabled or caring for children under age 18. A limited pension is paid for 52 weeks to otherwise ineligible widows. If eligible, widows may receive duplicate benefits based on their own earnings. The pension is also payable to a needy disabled widower aged 60 or older.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> J$1,575 a week for full orphans under age 18.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of J$30,000.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security administers the program through its National Insurance Division and local offices.</p>
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<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First and current law:</span> 1979.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Cash maternity benefits only.</p>
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<p>Medical care is provided free or at a nominal cost in public dispensaries and hospitals.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Resident workers aged 18 or older.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Twenty-six weeks of paid contributions in the 52 weeks preceding the expected date of childbirth.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> The minimum weekly wage for 8 weeks.</p>
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<p>The minimum weekly wage is J$2,000.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security administers the program through its National Insurance Division and local offices.</p>
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<h2>Work Injury</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1937 (voluntary private insurance).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1965, implemented in 1970.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons aged 18 to 70 (men) or aged 18 to 65 (women).</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Domestic workers, unpaid family labor, the self-employed, and members of the armed forces.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None, except as an employer.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>75% of the minimum wage a week, payable after a <span class="nobr">3-day</span> waiting period for up to 52 weeks.</p>
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<p>The maximum benefit is J$1,740 a week.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage is J$2,000.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If between 95% and 100% disabled, 75% of average insurable earnings up to J$290 a day.</p>
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<p>The maximum pension is equivalent to 100% disability.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: For an assessed degree of disability of at least 10%, a percentage of the full pension in proportion to the loss of earning capacity.</p>
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<p>The minimum benefit is J$100 a week.</p>
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<p>The maximum benefit is J$1,740 a week.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include necessary medical, surgical, and rehabilitative treatment, including appliances, hospitalization, and drugs.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The maximum work injury benefit rate is payable for the first 52 weeks; thereafter, if the contribution conditions are satisfied, a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> pension is payable.</p>
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<p>The minimum survivor pension is J$450 a week.</p>
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<p>The maximum survivor pension is J$900 a week.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable for 52 weeks after the insured's death to a widow of any age; if none, to a child or children or a dependent mother aged 55 or older.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of J$30,000.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security administers the program through its National Insurance Division and local offices.</p>
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