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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2014</h1>
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<h1>Solomon Islands</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 7.09 Solomon Islands dollars (SI$).</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 and current law:</span> 1973 (provident fund), implemented in 1976.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Provident fund system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All employed workers aged 14 or older, including household workers, members of cooperatives, and casual workers who earn at least SI$20 a month and work at least six days a month.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Prisoners and persons in medical institutions.</p>
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<p>Employees covered by equivalent private plans may contract out.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for unemployed and self-employed persons aged 16 to 35 and former employees who have at least 12 consecutive months of previous contributions, regardless of age.</p>
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<p>Special system for public-sector employees.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 5% of monthly earnings; SI$5 a year (death benefit) .</p>
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<p>Additional voluntary contributions are permitted.</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> 7.5% of monthly payroll.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age benefit:</span> Age 50. Retirement is not necessary. If the member continues in covered employment, he or she must continue to make contributions.</p>
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<p>Early withdrawal: Age 40 if permanently retired from covered employment; at any age if emigrating permanently.</p>
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<p>Drawdown payment: In cases of unfair dismissal or if laid off, unemployed fund members may withdraw funds from their individual account after three months of continuous unemployment (see Unemployment).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability benefit:</span> Must be assessed with a permanent physical or mental incapacity for work.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor benefit:</span> Paid to the next-of-kin or to one or more named survivors when the fund member dies before retirement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Death Benefit:</span> Paid when a member dies.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age benefit:</span> A lump sum of total employee and employer contributions plus accrued interest is paid.</p>
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<p>If the member makes a withdrawal at age 50, continues working and is making contributions, he or she may not withdraw any additional funds for five years.</p>
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<p>Drawdown payment: See Unemployment.</p>
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<p>Interest rate adjustment: The National Provident Fund Board sets the interest rate at the end of each fiscal year.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability benefit:</span> A lump sum of total employee and employer contributions plus accrued interest is paid.</p>
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<p>Interest rate adjustment: The National Provident Fund Board sets the interest rate at the end of each fiscal year.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor benefit:</span> A lump sum of total employee and employer contributions plus accrued interest is paid.</p>
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<p>Interest rate adjustment: The National Provident Fund Board sets the interest rate at the end of each fiscal year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Death benefit:</span> The <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> benefit ranges from SI$1,000 to SI$10,000.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>National Provident Fund Board (<a href="https://www.sinpf.org.sb">http://www.sinpf.org.sb</a>) administers the program. The Board is an independent tripartite body appointed by the Minister of Finance and made up of two representatives each from government, employers, and employees, and two representatives chosen at the Minister's discretion.</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> 1996 (health) and 1996 (labour act).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Universal and employer liability (maternity benefits) system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Citizens of the Solomon Islands.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> The total cost.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> Must be currently employed.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> 25% of the employee's monthly earnings is paid for 12 weeks, including at least six weeks after childbirth. The employee may also nurse her child for an hour twice a day during working hours.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include general and specialist care, hospitalization, and prescribed medicine.</p>
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<p>Cost sharing: Patients pay up to SI$15 for specific services such as certain dental procedures, radiology and laboratory services and specialty outpatient clinic visits.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration (<a href="http://www.commerce.gov.sb">http://www.commerce.gov.sb</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Ministry of Health and Medical Services (http://www.commerce.gov.sb/MOH/MOHintro.htm) provides general supervision.</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 and current laws:</span> 1952 (workmen's compensation) and 1981 (employment).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employer-liability system, through a private carrier.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons, including public-sector employees, earning SI$4,000 a year or less; and casual workers under certain circumstances.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed 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> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</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. All absences of three or more days from work must be reported. Must be assessed with a disability. No benefit is paid if the incapacity or death occurs more than a year after the worker ceases employment.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>50% to 100% of earnings is paid, according to the insured's monthly earnings and the assessed degree of disability. If the incapacity lasts for more than three days, the benefit is paid from the first day until recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly benefit is SI$160.</p>
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<p>Workers with a temporary disability may undergo periodic medical examination by a doctor chosen and paid for by the employer.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability benefit:</span> A lump sum of 48 months of earnings is paid.</p>
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<p>The maximum lump sum is SI$9,000.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: A percentage of the full permanent disability benefit is paid as a lump sum according to the assessed degree of disability. In cases of multiple injuries, individual benefits may be aggregated but must not exceed the full permanent disability benefit.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical benefits include care, medicine, and appliances.</p>
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<p>Appliances that improve the earning capacity of an injured worker, including artificial prostheses, are provided at the employer's expense.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor benefit:</span> A lump sum is paid based on 36 months of earnings minus any permanent disability benefits already paid to the deceased.</p>
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<p>The maximum lump sum is SI$80,000; SI$9,000 when the deceased received a permanent disability benefit.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include family members living with the deceased at the time of death who were totally or mainly dependent on the deceased's earnings. The courts determine how the survivor benefit is split among survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> If there are no dependents, the grant covers reasonable burial expenses on a case by case basis.</p>
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<p>The maximum funeral grant is SI$30.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Labor Division of the Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labor and Immigration (<a href="http://www.commerce.gov.sb">http://www.commerce.gov.sb</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>Under the National Provident Fund Act, unemployed fund members may drawdown up to 30% of savings in case of unfair dismissal or if laid off, provided the member's savings in the fund are greater than SI$10,000 and he or she is not reemployed within three months after dismissal. The remaining amount can also be withdrawn later under certain conditions.</p>
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<p>Employers are required to pay a dismissal benefit of two weeks of earnings for each year of employment, if the employee has been in continuous employment with the same employer for at least 26 weeks and is younger than age 50.</p>
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