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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2008</h1>
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<h1>Guernsey</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: US$1.00 equals 0.48 pounds (£).</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 laws:</span> 1925 (old-age) and 1935 (old-age and survivors).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1971 (social assistance); 1978 (social insurance), with 2003 amendment; and 1984 (attendance and invalid care).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance and social assistance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Employed and self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for nonemployed persons younger than age 20.</p>
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<p>There are no special systems for any specified groups of employees.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Social assistance and disability income-tested allowances:</span> All persons residing in Guernsey.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 6% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum weekly earnings for contribution purposes are £105.</p>
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<p>The maximum weekly earnings for contribution purposes are £1,248.</p>
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<p>The insured's contributions also finance sickness, maternity, work injury, and unemployment benefits; prescription medicines; long-term care; and some medical services.</p>
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<p>Voluntarily insured persons contribute 9.9% of annual income for old-age, disability, and survivor benefits; sickness and maternity benefits; prescription medicines; long-term care; and some medical services (4.2% of annual income for health care only; 2.6% of annual income for long-term care and medical benefits only).</p>
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<p>The minimum annual income of a nonemployed person for contribution purposes is £13,650.</p>
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<p>The maximum annual earnings for contribution purposes are £64,896.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 10.5% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum annual earnings for contribution purposes are £5,460</p>
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<p>The maximum annual earnings for contribution purposes are £64,896.</p>
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<p>The self-employed person's contributions also finance sickness, maternity, and work injury benefits; prescription medicines; long-term care; and some medical services.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 6.5% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum weekly earnings for contribution purposes are £105.</p>
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<p>The maximum weekly earnings for contribution purposes are £2,079.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance sickness, maternity, work injury, and unemployment benefits; prescription medicines; long-term care; and some medical services.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> A grant equal to 15% of total contribution receipts and the total cost of social assistance and other noncontributory benefits; contributes as an employer.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 65 with at least 156 paid contributions since 1952 and an annual average of 10 paid or credited weekly contributions in the <span class="nobr">45-year</span> period between age 20 and age 65. The full pension is paid for an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: The pension is proportionately reduced for an annual average of between 10 and 49 paid or credited weekly contributions.</p>
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<p>Contributions may be credited for persons who are not working in order to care for a child younger than age 16.</p>
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<p>Retirement from paid employment is not required.</p>
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<p>Early pension: There is no early pension.</p>
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<p>Deferred pension: There is no deferred pension.</p>
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<p>The old-age pension is payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (invalidity benefit):</span> The insured must be assessed as incapable of any work and have at least 26 paid weekly contributions. The benefit is payable after entitlement to cash sickness benefits ceases.</p>
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<p>The disability pension is payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Attendance allowance (income-tested):</span> Paid after 3 months of severe disability (special conditions apply if the person is terminally ill). The person was born in Guernsey or resided in Guernsey for at least 5 years. The allowance is subject to an annual income ceiling of £75,000.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Invalid care allowance (income-tested):</span> Paid to a person caring for a severely disabled person for at least 35 hours a week and earning less than £105 a week from employment. The allowance is subject to an annual income ceiling of £75,000.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Bereavement payment (survivor grant):</span> The deceased had an annual average of at least 10 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death. The benefit is payable to all <span class="nobr">widow(er)s</span>. The survivor must have been married to the deceased.</p>
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<p>The bereavement payment is paid in addition to other survivor benefits that the survivor may be entitled to.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Widowed parent's allowance:</span> The deceased had an annual average of at least 10 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death. The allowance is paid to a surviving spouse with at least one dependent child. The survivor must have been married to the deceased.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Bereavement allowance:</span> The deceased had an annual average of at least 10 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death. The allowance is paid to a surviving spouse aged 45 to 64 with no dependent children who was married to the deceased.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Death grant:</span> The deceased had an annual average of at least 10 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death and 26 weekly contributions paid or credited since 1971. The grant is paid on the death of the insured, his or her spouse or surviving spouse, or his or her child.</p>
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<p>All survivor payments, allowances, and grants are payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Supplementary benefits (income-tested):</span> Paid to persons older than age 60, disabled persons, persons caring for a family member, or single parents. The benefit is subject to a weekly income ceiling of £367.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> The full weekly pension is £160.75 if the insured has an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions in the <span class="nobr">45-year</span> period between age 20 and age 65.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: If the insured has an annual average of 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the full weekly pension is proportionately reduced and varies between £33.05 and £157.55.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: The full weekly supplement for a dependent adult is £80.50. The reduced weekly supplement varies between £17 and £78.90 for an annual average number of weekly contributions between 10 and 49.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Supplementary benefit (income-tested):</span> The benefit is paid according to need and varies according to the family's situation and the number and age of dependents, up to a maximum of £367 a week.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: All old-age benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (invalidity benefit):</span> The full weekly pension is £144.06 if the insured has at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions in the relevant contribution year; with 26 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the weekly pension is proportionately reduced and varies between £79.24 and £139.72.</p>
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<p>The relevant contribution year for benefit claims made between January and June is 2 years before the year of the claim; for benefit claims made between July and December, 1 year before the year of the claim.</p>
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<p>The disability pension is replaced by the old-age pension at age 65.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Attendance allowance:</span> A weekly allowance of £81.45 is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Invalid care allowance:</span> A weekly allowance of £65.75 is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Supplementary benefit (income-tested):</span> The benefit is paid according to need and varies according to the family's situation and the number and age of dependents, up to a maximum of £367 a week.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: All disability benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Bereavement payment (survivor grant):</span> A lump sum of £1,458 is paid if the deceased had an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; with 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the lump sum is proportionately reduced and varies between £292 and £1,429.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Widowed parent's allowance:</span> The weekly allowance is £169 if the deceased had an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; with 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the weekly allowance is proportionately reduced and varies between £72.20 and £166.60.</p>
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<p>The widowed parent's allowance ceases on remarriage or cohabitation.</p>
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<p>The widowed parent's allowance is replaced by the old-age pension at age 65.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Bereavement allowance:</span> The weekly allowance is £145.25 if the deceased had an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; with 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the weekly allowance is proportionately reduced and varies between £29.05 and £142.35.</p>
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<p>The bereavement allowance is replaced by the old-age pension at age 65.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Death grant:</span> A lump sum of £460 is paid if the insured had an annual average of 45 to 52 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; £345 with 30 to 44 paid or credited weekly contributions; £230 with 10 to 29 paid or credited weekly contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Supplementary benefit (income-tested):</span> The benefit is paid according to need and varies according to the family's situation and the number and age of dependents, up to a maximum of £367 a week.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: All survivor benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Security Department (<a href="http://www.gov.gg">http://www.gov.gg</a>) administers the program.</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 laws:</span> 1964 (sickness), 1971 (maternity), and 1972 (medicines).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1971 (social assistance); 1978 (social insurance), with 1999 (maternity) and 2003 amendments; 1990 (medical benefits); and 2002 (long-term care).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance (cash benefits), social assistance (means-tested benefits), and universal (medical benefits and long-term care) system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness and maternity benefits:</span> Employed and self-employed persons with weekly earnings of £105 or more.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for nonemployed persons younger than age 20.</p>
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<p>There are no special systems for any specified groups of employees.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Long-term care benefit:</span> All persons who have resided in Guernsey for at least 5 years, including the year immediately before the year of the claim.</p>
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<p>There are no special systems for any specified groups of employees.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> All persons residing in Guernsey.</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> 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; the total cost of supplementary benefits.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> The insured must have at least 26 weeks of paid contributions since 1965 and at least 26 paid or credited weekly contributions in the relevant contribution year.</p>
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<p>The relevant contribution year for benefit claims made between January and June is 2 years before the year of the claim; for benefit claims made between July and December, 1 year before the year of the claim.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity allowances:</span> The insured must have at least 26 paid or credited weekly contributions in the relevant contribution year.</p>
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<p>The relevant contribution year for benefit claims made between January and June is 2 years before the year of the claim; for benefit claims made between July and December, 1 year before the year of the claim.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity grant:</span> Must be insured and ordinarily reside in Guernsey.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Long-term care benefit:</span> The insured must have resided in Guernsey for 5 years at any time, including the year immediately before receiving long-term care benefit. The person receives residential care or nursing care.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> The full weekly benefit is £118.30 if the insured has at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions in the relevant contribution year; with 26 to 49 weekly contributions, the weekly benefit is proportionately reduced and varies between £65 and £114.73.</p>
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<p>The benefit is payable for up to 26 weeks.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity allowance:</span> The full weekly benefit is £118.30 if the insured has at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions in the relevant contribution year; with 26 to 49 weekly contributions, the weekly allowance is proportionately reduced and varies between £65.10 and £114.73.</p>
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<p>The allowance is paid for 18 consecutive weeks starting between 1 and 11 weeks before the expected date of birth, depending on the insured's choice.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity grant:</span> A lump sum of £297 is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Long-term care benefit:</span> The benefit is £341 a week for residential home care and £637 a week for nursing home care. (The beneficiary must make a weekly copayment of £154.)</p>
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<p>There is no limit to duration for long-term care benefits.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Acute hospital accommodation is provided by the government. Specialist medical services are provided by specialist group practices contracted to the government.</p>
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<p>Cost sharing: A flat-rate fee of £2.70 is charged for medical prescriptions. There is no charge for persons older than age 64 or for social assistance beneficiaries and their dependents. £12 is paid for the cost of each medical consultation with an approved doctor in the surgery or at home; £6 for a nurse consultation.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Acute hospital accommodation is provided by the government. Specialist medical services are provided by specialist group practices contracted to the government.</p>
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<p>Eligible dependents are the insured's children. Insured nonworking spouses are covered in their own right.</p>
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<p>Cost sharing: A flat-rate fee of £2.70 is charged for medical prescriptions. There is no charge for persons older than age 64 of for social assistance beneficiaries and their dependents. £12 is paid for the cost of each medical consultation with an approved doctor in the surgery or at home; £6 for a nurse consultation.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Security Department (<a href="http://www.gov.gg">http://www.gov.gg</a>) administers cash benefits.</p>
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<p>Health and Social Services Department administers hospital benefits.</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> 1925.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1978 (social insurance), with 2003 amendment.</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 is not possible.</p>
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<p>There are no special systems for any specified groups of employees.</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> 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">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><span class="h4">Temporary disability benefit (industrial injury):</span> The weekly benefit is £118.30 for up to a maximum of 26 weeks; thereafter, the insured may be entitled to receive the full disability pension (see Old Age, Disability, and Survivors, above) until reaching pensionable age.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability benefit (industrial disablement):</span> If the insured is assessed with a full disability (100%), the weekly pension is £129.50; the benefit is proportionately reduced for an assessed degree of disability of less than 100%. No benefit is paid if the assessed degree of disability is less than 20%.</p>
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<p>The degree of disability is assessed by a medical board.</p>
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<p>Benefits are also provided under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors and Sickness and Maternity, above.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Acute hospital accommodation is provided by the government. Specialist medical services are provided by specialist group practices contracted to the government.</p>
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<p>There is no cost sharing.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Bereavement payment (survivor grant):</span> A lump sum of £1,458 is paid if the deceased had an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; with an annual average of 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the lump sum is proportionately reduced and varies between £292 and £1,429.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Widowed parent's allowance:</span> The weekly allowance is £169 if the deceased had an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; with an annual average of 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the weekly allowance is proportionately reduced and varies between £72.20 and £166.60.</p>
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<p>If the deceased had an annual average of less than 10 paid or credited contributions and his or her death was the result of a work injury, the minimum number of contributions used for benefit calculation purposes is 10.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Bereavement allowance:</span> The weekly allowance is £145.25 if the deceased had an annual average of at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions between age 20 and the year of death; with an annual average of 10 to 49 paid or credited weekly contributions, the weekly allowance is proportionately reduced and varies between £29.05 and £142.35.</p>
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<p>The allowance is payable to a surviving spouse aged 45 to 64 with no dependent children who was married to the deceased.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Security Department (<a href="http://www.gov.gg">http://www.gov.gg</a>) administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Unemployment</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1964.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1978 (social insurance), with 2003 amendment.</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 with weekly earnings of £105 or more.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed and nonemployed persons.</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> 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> 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">Unemployment benefits:</span> The insured must have at least 26 weeks of paid or credited weekly contributions. The full benefit is paid with at least 50 paid or credited contributions in the relevant contribution year; with less than 50 paid or credited weekly contributions, the benefit is proportionately reduced.</p>
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<p>The relevant contribution year for benefit claims made between January and June is 2 years before the year of the claim; for benefit claims made between July and December, 1 year before the year of the claim.</p>
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<p>The insured must register at a job center each week to confirm his or her availability for work. The insured may be disqualified for 10 weeks for leaving employment voluntarily, misconduct, or refusing a suitable work offer.</p>
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<h3>Unemployment Benefits</h3>
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<p>The weekly benefit is £118.30 if the insured has at least 50 paid or credited weekly contributions in the relevant contribution year; with 26 to 49 weekly contributions, the weekly benefit is proportionately reduced and varies between £65.10 and £114.73.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid for up to 180 days.</p>
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<p>Requalification for benefit requires 13 new weeks of employment with at least 20 hours of work a week.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Security Department (<a href="http://www.gov.gg">http://www.gov.gg</a>) administers the program.</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> 1943.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1950 (family allowances).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Universal system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All persons residing in Guernsey with one or more children.</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> The child must be younger than age 16 (age 20 if a student). The claimant was born in Guernsey or has resided in Guernsey for at least 52 weeks in the last 2 years.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowance:</span> £13.85 is paid weekly for each child to the parent or guardian.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually by the States of Guernsey on the recommendation of the Social Security Department.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Security Department (<a href="http://www.gov.gg">http://www.gov.gg</a>) administers the program.</p>
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