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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2009</h1>
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<h1>Jamaica</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 equals 88.30 Jamaican dollars (J$).</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 and current law:</span> 1965 (national insurance), with amendments.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<p>Note: Government-financed social assistance benefits of J$650 a month are provided to low-income and vulnerable persons older than age 60 and to low-income and vulnerable persons with disabilities.</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 is possible, if older than age 18 and younger than the normal 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> Employees contribute 2.5% of covered earnings. Household workers, Jamaica Defense Force personnel, and voluntarily insured persons contribute a <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> J$20 a week.</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings for employee contribution calculation purposes are J$9,620 a week or J$500,000 a year. (There are no maximum earnings for contribution calculation purposes for household workers or Jamaica Defense Force personnel.)</p>
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<p>The insured's contributions also finance cash maternity benefits.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid weekly or monthly, depending on how the employee is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> J$20 a week, plus a maximum of 5% of covered annual earnings if gross annual earnings exceed J$20,800.</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings for contribution calculation purposes are J$9,620 a week or J$500,000 a year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2.5% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings for contribution calculation purposes are J$9,620 a week or J$500,000 a year.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance cash maternity benefits and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid weekly or monthly, depending on how employees are paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None; contributes as an employer.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4"><span class="nobr">Old-age</span> pension:</span> Age 65 (men) or age 60 (women) with at least 1,443 weeks of paid contributions, including an annual average of 39 weeks of paid or credited contributions. Retirement is necessary from age 65 to 70 (men) or age 60 to 65 (women).</p>
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<p>Partial pension: A reduced pension is paid for annual average contributions of between 10 and 38 weeks.</p>
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<p>Deferred pension: A deferred pension is possible.</p>
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<p>Spouse's supplement: Paid for a dependent wife aged 55 or older or a husband aged 60 or older with a disability.</p>
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<p><span class="h4"><span class="nobr">Old-age</span> settlement:</span> Paid if the insured does not satisfy the qualifying conditions for a pension but has at least 52 weeks or 1 year of contributions. Retirement is necessary until age 70 (men) or age 65 (women).</p>
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<p><span class="nobr">Old-age</span> benefits are payable abroad if the insured resides abroad for at least a year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The insured must be younger than normal retirement age, be assessed with a permanent incapacity for work, and have at least 156 weeks of paid contributions.</p>
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<p>The disability is assessed by an independent medical advisor appointed by the Minister of Labor and Social Security who recommends the frequency of any reassessment.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability settlement:</span> Paid if the insured was ineligible for a pension but has at least 52 weeks of paid contributions.</p>
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<p>The disability is assessed by a doctor appointed by the Minister of Labor and Social Security.</p>
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<p>Disability benefits are payable abroad for a limited period for medical treatment.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The deceased was a pensioner or had at least 156 weeks of paid contributions, including an annual average of 39 weeks of paid or credited contributions, at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors are a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> aged 55 or older, caring for children younger than age 18, or permanently incapable of work; a widow who is pregnant with the deceased's child; and full orphans younger than age 18. If eligible, a widow may receive other benefits based on her own earnings. A <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> younger than age 55 without children receives a limited pension for 1 year.</p>
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<p>The pension ceases if the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> remarries or cohabits and a lump sum is paid.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad if the survivor resides abroad for at least a year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> Paid if the deceased was ineligible for a pension but had at least 52 weeks of contributions. A <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> must have been married or cohabiting with the deceased for at least 3 years.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Special child's benefit:</span> Paid to a guardian caring for a child born out of wedlock, younger than age 18, who is orphaned, whose deceased mother was eligible for a pension, and whose father is dead or his whereabouts are unknown; a lump sum is paid if the deceased mother was not eligible for a pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> Paid if the deceased or the deceased's spouse received or was entitled to receive an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension at the time of death; had at least 26 weeks of contributions in the 52 weeks immediately before the time of death; or had at least 52 weeks of contributions in the 104 weeks immediately before the time of death.</p>
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<h3><span class="nobr">Old-Age</span> Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4"><span class="nobr">Old-age</span> pension:</span> A basic benefit of J$2,000 a week is paid with an annual average of 39 weeks of paid or credited contributions 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>Partial pension: A reduced pension of J$1,500 a week (with annual average contributions of 26 to 38 weeks) or J$1,000 a week (with 10 to 25 weeks) is paid, 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>Deferred pension: Calculated in the same way as the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
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<p>Spouse's supplement: J$670 a week is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4"><span class="nobr">Old-age</span> settlement:</span> A lump sum of J$30,000 is paid.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> If the insured has an assessed degree of disability of at least 10%, a basic benefit of between J$250 and J$2,500 a week is paid.</p>
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<p>The maximum benefit is paid with an assessed degree of disability of 100%.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability settlement:</span> A lump sum of nine times the maximum weekly basic <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension 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$2,000 a week is paid if the deceased had an annual average of 39 weeks of paid or credited contributions (reduced to J$1,500 a week with annual average contributions of 26 weeks to 38 weeks; J$1,000 a week with 10 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>Remarriage settlement: A lump sum of a year's pension is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> A lump sum of J$30,000 is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> J$3,500 a week is paid for full orphans younger than age 18.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's settlement:</span> A lump sum of J$30,000 is paid for full orphans younger than age 18.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Special child's benefit:</span> J$3,500 is paid each week until the child is age 18; a lump sum of J$30,000 is paid if the deceased mother was not eligible for a pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of J$60,000 is paid to the person who meets all or part of the cost of the funeral. The funeral grant is normally not paid for a death occurring abroad.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security (<a href="https://www.mlss.gov.jm">http://www.mlss.gov.jm</a>) 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 laws:</span> 1965 (national insurance), with amendments; and 2003 (national health insurance).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Cash maternity benefits and medical benefits.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Female employees aged 18 or older who are residents of Jamaica.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed women.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> All residents of Jamaica.</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">Self-employed person:</span> None for cash maternity benefits.</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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<p>Medical benefits are financed mainly from general taxation, with a small portion financed through cost-sharing copayments. The complementary universal National Health Fund is financed by a percentage of the total contributions made to the social insurance program and by earmarked taxes on tobacco and alcohol. The National Insurance Gold program for social insurance pensioners is funded by contributions made to the social insurance program only.</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> The insured must have at least 26 weeks of paid contributions in the 52 weeks before the expected date of childbirth.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Must be a resident of Jamaica.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> The benefit is equal to the national minimum weekly wage and is paid for 8 weeks.</p>
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<p>The national minimum weekly wage is J$4,070.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical care is provided free or at a nominal cost in public dispensaries and hospitals. The National Health Fund provides universal complementary coverage for prescription drugs for some chronic illnesses.</p>
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<p>A complementary health insurance program, National Insurance Gold, offers additional health coverage for social insurance pensioners.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical care is provided free or at a nominal cost in public dispensaries and hospitals. The National Health Fund provides universal complementary coverage for prescription drugs for some chronic illnesses.</p>
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<p>A complementary health insurance program, National Insurance Gold, offers additional health coverage for social insurance pensioners.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security (<a href="https://www.mlss.gov.jm">http://www.mlss.gov.jm</a>) 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> 1938 (workmen's compensation).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1965 (national insurance), implemented in 1970, with amendments.</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>Employees aged 18 to 70 (men) or aged 18 to 65 (women).</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Household workers, unpaid family labor, self-employed persons, and Jamaica Defense Force personnel.</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">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</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; contributes 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>The weekly benefit is J$2,500 and is paid after a <span class="nobr">3-day</span> waiting period, for up to 52 weeks.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If the insured has an assessed degree of disability of at least 10%, a basic weekly benefit of between J$250 and J$2,500 is paid.</p>
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<p>The maximum benefit is paid with an assessed degree of disability of 100%.</p>
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<p>The disability is assessed by a medical board or medical appeal tribunal.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include necessary medical, surgical, and rehabilitative treatment; appliances; hospitalization; and drugs.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor benefit:</span> A lump sum of J$150,000 is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> of any age; in the absence of a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>, to the guardian of the deceased's children or a dependent mother aged 55 or older. If there is more than one child, the amount is split equally.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of J$50,000 is paid to the person who pays for all or part of the funeral. The funeral grant is normally not paid for a death occurring abroad.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security (<a href="https://www.mlss.gov.jm">http://www.mlss.gov.jm</a>) administers the program through its National Insurance Division and local offices.</p>
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<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1941.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 2001.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social assistance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Low-income and vulnerable persons.</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">Self-employed person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> Children younger than age 18, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. (Social assistance is also provided to persons older than age 60 or disabled, see Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above.)</p>
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<p>Benefits for school-age children are conditional on maintaining an 85% attendance level at school.</p>
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<p>Benefits for pregnant women and nursing mothers are conditional on maintaining regular visits to health centers.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> Each eligible family member receives J$650 a month.</p>
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<p>Eligible persons are also entitled to receive <span class="nobr">in-kind</span> benefits, including free school lunches, exemption from secondary school tuition fees, and free medical care at public health centers and hospitals.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Public Assistance Division of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (<a href="https://www.mlss.gov.jm/departments/public-assistance-division-overview/">http://www.mlss.gov.jm/pub/index.php</a>) assesses eligibility and administers social assistance benefits as part of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (<abbr>PATH</abbr>).</p>
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