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<h1>Paraguay</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 3,950 guaraníes.</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> 1943.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1992 (unified pension scheme), 2005 (retirement); and 2011 (reduced proportional pension).</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, including employees of decentralized state entities and enterprises partially owned by the state, municipal workers, and apprentices.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for public-sector employees, teachers, police and military personnel, railroad employees, bank employees, and household workers.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 9% of gross earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions.</p>
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<p>The insured's contributions also finance sickness and maternity benefits and work injury benefits.</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> 14% of gross payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance sickness and maternity benefits and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> 1.5% of gross earnings; contributes as an employer.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions.</p>
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<p>Government contributions also finance sickness and 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 60 with at least 1,250 weeks of contributions. Employment must cease.</p>
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<p>Insured persons may claim a pension under the old scheme if they were aged 60 or older and had at least 750 weeks of contributions before February 28, 1999.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Age 55 with at least 1,500 weeks of contributions. Employment must cease.</p>
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<p>Reduced proportional pension: Age 65 with at least 750 weeks of contributions. Employment must cease.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The insured must be assessed with at least a 30% loss of earning capacity and have at least 150 weeks of contributions if younger than age 55; 150 weeks to 250 weeks if aged 55 to 59; or 250 weeks to 400 weeks if aged 60 to 65.</p>
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<p>A medical commission made up of three Social Security Institute doctors assesses the degree of disability. The degree of disability is reviewed at least once every five years.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The insured was a pensioner at the time of death or had at least 750 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or a partner who lived with the deceased for at least five years (two years if they had children); a child younger than age 18 (no limit if disabled); and dependent parents if there are no other eligible survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> The deceased had less than 750 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> If there are no eligible survivors, paid to the person who pays for the funeral.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> 100% of the insured's average earnings is paid.</p>
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<p>Early pension: The monthly pension is 80% of the insured's average earnings plus 4% of average earnings for each year the insured is older than age 55, up to age 59.</p>
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<p>Reduced proportional pension: 60% of the insured's average earnings in the last 36 months is paid.</p>
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<p>Average earnings are based on earnings in the last 36 months (excluding the last month) before retirement.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is 33% of the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is 300 times the minimum daily wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly plus a December bonus of one month of pension.</p>
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<p>Old-age benefits are payable abroad under bilateral or multilateral agreement.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living, depending on available funds.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The monthly benefit is 50% of the insured's average earnings in the last 36 months before the disability began plus 1.5% of average earnings for each <span class="nobr">50-week</span> period of contributions exceeding 150 weeks, up to 100%.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly disability pension is 33% of the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum disability pension is 300 times the minimum daily wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly plus a December bonus of one month of pension.</p>
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<p>Disability benefits are payable abroad under bilateral or multilateral agreement.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living, depending on available funds.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 60% of the pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive is split equally between a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or partner older than age 40 and children younger than age 18.</p>
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<p>A lump sum of three times the annual pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or partner younger than age 40.</p>
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<p>Remarriage and cohabitation settlement: A lump sum of twice the deceased's annual pension is paid.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly plus a December bonus of one month of pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Other eligible survivors:</span> In the absence of an eligible <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>, partner, or child, the pension is paid to the deceased's parents.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> A lump sum of one month of minimum wage is paid for each year of contributions.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad under bilateral or multilateral agreement.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of 75 times the legal daily minimum wage is paid.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Insurance Institute (<a href="http://www.ips.gov.py">http://www.ips.gov.py</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 law:</span> 1943.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1992 (unified pension scheme); and 1996 (medical benefits).</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, including employees of decentralized state entities and enterprises partially owned by the state, and teachers.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Public-sector employees police and military personnel, railroad employees, and bank employees, and household workers. </p>
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<p>Special systems for household workers, pensioners, and war veterans.</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. (Pensioners contribute 6% of pensions.)</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Voluntary contributions only.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness and maternity benefits:</span> The insured must have at least six weeks of contributions in the last four months. (Insured women cannot receive cash maternity benefits and cash sickness benefits at the same time.)</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Must be currently insured. The number of contributions required depends on the procedure or service.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> 50% of the insured's average earnings in the four months immediately before the incapacity began is paid from the day after the incapacity began for up to 26 weeks; may be extended an additional 24 weeks in special cases. The benefit is reduced by half during periods of hospitalization if there are no dependents.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 50% of the insured's average earnings in the four months immediately before the maternity leave is paid for three weeks before and six weeks after the expected date of childbirth.</p>
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<p>Benefits in kind: Milk vouchers are provided for up to eight months if the mother is unable to nurse the child.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>The Social Insurance Institute provides medical services directly to patients. Benefits include general and specialist care, hospitalization, laboratory services, medicine, prostheses, dental care, and maternity care.</p>
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<p>The duration of benefits is 26 weeks for any one illness; may be extended to up to 52 weeks in special cases.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
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<p>Eligible dependents include the wife of the insured or pensioner (or a partner who has lived with the insured or pensioner for at least two years before the sickness began); unemployed husband; unmarried children younger than age 18 (no limit if disabled); and the insured's dependent parents older than age 60.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Insurance Institute (<a href="http://www.ips.gov.py">http://www.ips.gov.py</a>) administers the program.</p>
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<p>Social Insurance Institute operates its own clinics and hospitals.</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 laws:</span> 1927 and 1943.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1992 (unified pension scheme).</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, including employees of decentralized state entities and enterprises partially owned by the state, municipal workers, and apprentices.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons. Special systems for public-sector employees, teachers, police and military personnel, railroad employees, bank 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.</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.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</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 insured's average earnings in the last four months or the total contribution period if shorter is paid from the day after the disability began, for up to 52 weeks.</p>
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<p>A medical commission made up of three Social Security Institute doctors assess the degree of disability. The degree of disability is reviewed at least once every five years.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> 30% to 100% of the insured's average earnings in the last 36 months before the disability began is paid, according to the number of contributions and the assessed degree of disability.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: If the assessed degree of disability is greater than 30%, 60% of lost earnings is paid, according to a schedule in law. If the value of the partial disability pension is less than 30% of the total disability pension, a lump sum of five years of pension is paid.</p>
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<p>A medical commission made up of three Social Security Institute doctors assesses the degree of disability. The degree of disability is reviewed at least once every five years.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include general and specialist care, hospitalization, medicine, and prostheses.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 40% of the pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or partner aged 40 or older.</p>
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<p>If the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or partner remarries or cohabits, the benefit ceases and a lump sum of twice the annual pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive is paid.</p>
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<p>A lump sum of three times the annual pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive is paid to <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or partner younger than age 40.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 20% of the pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive is paid to each child younger than age 16 (no limit if disabled).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Other eligible survivors:</span> If there is no eligible <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>, partner, or child, the pension is paid to the deceased's parents.</p>
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<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 100% of the pension the deceased received or was eligible to receive.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad under bilateral or multilateral agreement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> If the insured had less than 750 weeks of contributions at the time of death, a lump sum of one month of the legal monthly minimum wage for each year of contributions is paid.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad under bilateral or multilateral agreement.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of 75 times the legal daily minimum wage is paid.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 1,658,232 guaraníes.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Insurance Institute (<a href="http://www.ips.gov.py">http://www.ips.gov.py</a>) administers the program.</p>
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<p>Social Insurance Institute operates its own clinics and hospitals.</p>
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<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p>No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p>The 1993 labor code requires employers to provide specified maternity benefits and family allowance benefits based on the number of children.</p>
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