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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2002</h1>
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<h1>Georgia</h1>
<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: U.S.$1.00 equals 2.22 lari.</div>
<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1990, with amendment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Dual social insurance and social assistance system.</p>
<p>Local authorities and employers may provide supplementary benefits out of their own budgets.</p>
<p>Note: This information is more than 4 years old.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> All employed persons residing in Georgia.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social assistance:</span> Special social pension for elderly persons, disabled persons, and survivors is based on need as determined by local government authorities.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<h4>Insured person</h4>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 1% of earnings.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
<h4>Employer</h4>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 27% of payroll for state-owned and private-sector enterprises.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
<h4>Government</h4>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> Subsidies as needed.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> Total cost.</p>
<p>The above contributions also finance benefits for maternity, work injury, and dependents' allowances.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 65 (men) or age 60 (women).</p>
<p>Earnings test: There is an earnings test for pensioners in gainful employment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> See social pension, below.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> See social pension, below.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social pension:</span> Payable to an individual or to a family without other means of support. Other means of support include pension benefits (offset by the old-age pension, see below), earned income by any family member, or assistance from relatives outside the immediate household. Local departments of labor and social protection determine eligibility.</p>
<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Fourteen lari a month, regardless of the duration of covered employment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social pension:</span> Eighteen lari a month for a single person; 29 lari for a family of two or more. The benefit amount is offset by 14 lari if one family member is eligible for the old-age pension.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Ad hoc adjustments.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> There are no cash benefits; there are certain reductions on hospital and medical charges if the disability is certified by local medical and health departments.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social pension:</span> A pension of 18 lari a month is payable to an eligible single disabled person; 29 lari a month if the disabled person lives in a family of two or more.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Ad hoc adjustments.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> There are no cash benefits.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social pension:</span> A pension of 18 lari a month for a single survivor; 29 lari a month for a family of two or more survivors.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Ad hoc adjustments.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Republic Ministry of Labor and Social Protection provides general supervision and coordination.</p>
<p>Local departments of labor and social protection administer the program.</p>
<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First and current law:</span> 1955, with amendment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Dual social insurance (employee maternity benefits) and social assistance (medical care) system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash benefits for maternity:</span> Employees.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Needy residents.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
<h4>Government</h4>
<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Medical care:</span> Total cost for needy residents.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> There are no cash sickness benefits.</p>
<p>Private employers may voluntarily offer benefits if an employee has an illness that is certified by a physician (the employee pays charges for physician certification).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> There are no cash sickness benefits.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 100% of wages. The benefit is payable for 4 months before the expected date of childbirth.</p>
<p>Maternity leave: A mother is entitled to leave without pay for up to 8 weeks after childbirth; may be extended to up to 3 years without pay to care for an infant.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Medical services are provided directly by government health providers to needy disabled and socially unprotected residents.</p>
<p>Local departments of public health and local departments of labor and social protection determine eligibility.</p>
<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Same as for the head of the household.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash benefits for maternity:</span> Ministry of Labor and Social Protection provides general supervision. Cash benefits are provided directly by the place of employment as well as by local departments of labor and social protection.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical care:</span> Ministry of Public Health and health departments of local governments provide general supervision and coordination.</p>
<p>Medical services are provided through government clinics, hospitals, maternity homes, and other facilities administered by the Ministry of Public Health and local health departments.</p>
<h2>Work Injury</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First and current laws:</span> 1955 (short-term benefits) and 1991 (pensions), with amendment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Dual social insurance and social assistance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash benefits:</span> Employed persons. There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical care:</span> Employed persons. There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above; the cost of medical care for the needy.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
<p>The benefit is payable if the employer is at fault. A special local commission, consisting of local health and medical officials, the employee, and the employer, determines culpability and the degree of disability.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> The benefit is payable if the employer is at fault. A special local commission, consisting of local health and medical officials, the employee, and the employer, determines culpability and the degree of disability.</p>
<p>If the employer is not at fault, see permanent disability benefits under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Medical services are provided directly by government health providers to needy disabled and socially unprotected residents unless the employer is proven to have been at fault.</p>
<p>Local departments of public health and local departments of labor and social protection determine eligibility.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> See survivor benefits under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above, unless the employer is proven to have been at fault.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Temporary disability benefits:</span> If the employer is proven to have been at fault, enterprises and employers pay benefits to their own employees.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Pensions:</span> See Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above. If the employer is proven to have been at fault, enterprises and employers pay benefits to their own employees.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical care:</span> Ministry of Health and health departments of local governments provide general supervision and coordination. Medical services are provided through clinics, hospitals, and other facilities administered by the Ministry of Health and local health departments.</p>
<h2>Unemployment</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First and current law:</span> 1991, implemented in 1993 with amendment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Citizens between ages 16 and 65 (men) or 16 and 60 (women).</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 1% of payroll.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> Subsidies as needed from republic and local governments.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Unemployment benefit:</span> Registered at an employment office and able and willing to work. The benefit may be reduced, suspended, or terminated if the insured is discharged for violating work discipline, leaving employment without good cause, violating the conditions for job placement or vocational training, or filing a fraudulent claim.</p>
<h3>Unemployment Benefits</h3>
<p>Unemployment benefits are paid for 6 months at the decreasing rate of 14 lari a month for the first 2 months, 12 lari a month for the third and fourth month, and 11 lari a month for the fifth and sixth month.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustments: Ad hoc adjustments.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Republic Ministry of Labor and Social Protection provides general supervision. Unified State Fund of Employment and its regional and local branches are responsible for financing and administering the program.</p>
<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
<p>Information is not available.</p>
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