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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2014</h1>
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<h1>Sri Lanka</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 130.70 rupees.</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> 1958 (provident fund).</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 persons, including certain self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Family labor, civil servants, certain self-employed persons, farmers, and fishermen.</p>
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<p>Employees covered by equivalent schemes may contract out.</p>
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<p>Special systems for public-sector and local government employees, farmers, and fishermen.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 8% of monthly earnings; additional voluntary contributions are permitted.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Information is not available.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 12% of monthly payroll (rising to 14% on January 1, 2015); additional voluntary contributions are permitted.</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 55 (men) or age 50 (women) and retired from covered employment; at any age if the government closes the place of employment, if emigrating permanently, or for employed women who marry.</p>
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<p>Dividend benefit: Paid with at least 10 years of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability benefit:</span> Must be assessed with a permanent and total incapacity for work.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor benefit:</span> Paid to legal heirs or named beneficiaries if the fund member dies before retirement.</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>Dividend benefit: 1,000 rupees a year is paid.</p>
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<p>Interest rate adjustment: The Monetary Board of the Employees' Provident Fund sets the interest rate periodically. The annual interest rate must be at least 2.5%.</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 Monetary Board of the Employees' Provident Fund sets the interest rate periodically. The annual interest rate must be at least 2.5%.</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 to one or more eligible survivors.</p>
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<p>Interest rate adjustment: The Monetary Board of the Employees' Provident Fund sets the interest rate periodically. The annual interest rate must be at least 2.5%.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations (http://www.labourmin.gov.lk) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Employees' Provident Fund (http://www.epf.gov.lk) administers the program through district offices.</p>
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<p>Employees' Provident Fund Agency Services Group, under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (<a href="https://www.cbsl.gov.lk">http://www.cbsl.gov.lk</a>), collects contributions and invests the financial assets of the Employees' Provident Fund.</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> 1941 (maternity benefits) and 1954 (shop and office employees protections).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employer-liability (cash sickness and maternity benefits) and universal (medical benefits) system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</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 (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> Residents of Sri Lanka.</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:</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:</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:</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:</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 sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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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">Sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> 85.714% of the employee's average daily wages in the six months before taking leave (100% of the employee's normal wages for shop and office workers) is paid for 12 weeks, including two weeks before and 10 weeks after the expected date of childbirth for the first two children; for six weeks, including two weeks before and four weeks after the expected date of childbirth for three or more children or for stillbirths.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Government health centers and hospitals provide free medical care.</p>
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<p>Plantations have their own dispensaries and maternity wards and must provide medical care for their employees.</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 workers.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Department of Labour (http://www.labourdept.gov.lk) provides general supervision and enforcement of labor laws.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Ministry of Health (http://www.health.gov.lk/en/) provides medical care through public hospitals and health centers.</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 law:</span> 1934 (workmen's compensation).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employer-liability system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons, including contract and piece-rate workers.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons and military 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> Provides benefits directly to employees or pays insurance premiums ranging from 1% to 7.5% of payroll, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The total cost of medical benefits.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> A minimum three-day qualifying period for a temporary disability; a continuous employment period of six months for an occupational disease.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>50% of wages are paid after a three-day waiting period for up to five years. After six months, the benefit may be paid as a lump sum.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly benefit is 5,500 rupees.</p>
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<p>A registered doctor may examine a worker entitled to a temporary disability benefit once a month.</p>
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<p>The benefit is payable abroad under certain conditions if emigrating permanently.</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 is paid according to wage class.</p>
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<p>The minimum benefit is 196,083.80 rupees.</p>
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<p>The maximum benefit is 550,000 rupees.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: A lump sum of 30% to 100% of the full benefit is paid according to the degree of disability.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Government hospitals provide medical benefits free of charge.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor benefit:</span> A lump sum of two to five years of the deceased's wages, according to wage class, is paid.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include the widow, legitimate dependent children, unmarried daughters, and a widowed mother. Other family members may be eligible if totally or partially dependent on the deceased.</p>
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<p>The benefit is split among dependent relatives according to the decision of the Commissioner of Workmen's Compensation.</p>
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<p>The minimum survivor benefit is 196,083.80 rupees.</p>
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<p>The maximum survivor benefit is 550,000 rupees.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> The benefit is paid as part of the survivor benefit. The cost of the funeral is paid up to a maximum based on the value of the survivor benefit (up to 10,000 rupees if the survivor benefit exceeds 40,000 rupees).</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations (http://www.labourmin.gov.lk) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Office of Workmen's Compensation 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> 1990.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1995 (low-income families).</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 families.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 45 rupees a month for each family member.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 45 rupees a month for each family member.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The majority of the program costs.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> Family earnings must be below 1,500 rupees a month.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 1,000 rupees to 3,000 rupees a month is paid, depending on family income and size.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Department of Divi Neguma Development (http://med.gov.lk/divineguma) administers the program.</p>
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