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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2016</h1>
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<h1>Malta</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 0.92 euros (€).</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> 1956 (old age and survivors), 1956 (social assistance), 1965 (disability), and 1979 (earnings-related pension).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1987 (social security) and 2006 (pension system reform).</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>Residents, citizens employed abroad by foreign employers with a business in Malta, and students in certain work-study programs.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Married persons not gainfully employed and <span class="nobr">full-time</span> students.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 10% of covered wages; €6.62 a week if younger than age 18 with earnings up to the legal weekly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal weekly minimum wage is €168.01.</p>
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<p>The minimum weekly contribution is €16.80.</p>
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<p>The maximum weekly contribution is €34.49 for persons born before January 1, 1962 and €42.57 for persons born on or after January 1, 1962.</p>
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<p>The maximum annual earnings used to calculate contributions are €17,933 for persons born before January 1, 1962, and €22,138 for persons born on or after January 1, 1962.</p>
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<p>The insured's contributions also finance cash sickness, work injury, and unemployment benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> From €28.73 to €63.86 a week, depending on net income from self-employment. Different rates apply for farmers and persons who receive income from rents, investments, or other income.</p>
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<p>The maximum annual net income used to calculate contributions is €17,933 for persons born before January 1, 1962 and €22,138 for persons born on or after January 1, 1962.</p>
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<p>The self-employed person's contributions also finance cash sickness and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 10% of covered payroll; €6.62 a week for employees younger than age 18 with earnings up to the legal weekly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal weekly minimum wage is €168.01.</p>
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<p>The minimum weekly contribution for each employee is €16.80.</p>
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<p>The maximum weekly contribution for each employee is €42.57.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance cash sickness, work injury, and unemployment benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> 50% of the value of total contributions.</p>
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<p>The government's contributions also finance cash sickness, work injury, and unemployment benefits.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension):</span> Age 62 if born from 1952 to 1955; age 63 if born from 1956 to 1958; age 64 if born from 1959 to 1961; age 65 if born in 1962 or later. Paid to all workers who were first insured on or after January 16, 1979.</p>
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<p>Must have at least 156 weeks of paid contributions, including an annual average of at least 50 weeks of paid or credited contributions for 35 years; must have been gainfully employed for the 10 years immediately prior to retirement.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: Meets the age requirement for the contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension) and has an annual average of at least 15 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>Child-raising credits: For an insured parent (including adoptive parents) born from 1952 to 1961, two years of contributions toward <span class="nobr">old-age</span> benefits are credited for each child raised up to age six (four years of contributions up to age 10 if the child is disabled) for up to three children; from the fourth child onwards, one year of contributions is credited on the condition that the parent returns to work for at least one year.</p>
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<p>For an insured parent (including adoptive parents) born in 1962 or later, four years of contributions toward <span class="nobr">old-age</span> benefits are credited for each child raised up to age six (four years of contributions up to age 10 if the child is disabled) for up to three children; from the fourth child onwards, two years of contributions are credited on the condition that the parent returns to work for at least two years.</p>
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<p>The parents must have legal custody. The credited periods can be shared between the parents.</p>
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<p>Contributions may also be credited for periods of sickness, unemployment, widowhood, and disability.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Age 61, regardless of date of birth. Must have at least 1,820 weeks of paid or credited contributions since age 18 (age 19 if born before May 5, 1958) if born from 1952 to 1961; 2,080 weeks of paid or credited contributions since age 18 if born in 1962 or later.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease.</p>
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<p>Deferred pension: The pension may be deferred until age 65.</p>
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<p>The <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> pension):</span> Age 62 if born from 1952 to 1955; age 63 if born from 1956 to 1958; age 64 if born from 1959 to 1961; age 65 if born in 1962 or later. Paid to persons who were insured under the old National Insurance Act prior to 1979 who also receive a service pension and have a low pensionable income (the <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> pension is higher than the <span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension minus the service pension).</p>
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<p>Child-raising credits: For persons born between 1952 and 1961, two years of contributions toward <span class="nobr">old-age</span> benefits are credited to an insured parent (including adoptive parents) for each child raised up to age six up to three children; from the fourth child onwards one year of contributions is credited on the condition that the parent returns to work for at least one year; four years of contributions, and up to age 10 if the child is disabled. The parents must have legal custody. The credited periods can be shared between the parents.</p>
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<p>For persons born on or after 1962, four years of contributions toward <span class="nobr">old-age</span> benefits are credited to an insured parent (including adoptive parents) for each child raised up to age six up to three children; from the fourth child onwards two years of contributions are credited on the condition that the parent returns to work for at least two years; four years of contributions, and up to age 10 if the child is disabled. The parents must have legal custody. The credited periods can be shared between the parents.</p>
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<p>Contributions may also be credited for periods of sickness, unemployment, widowhood, and disability.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Age 61, regardless of date of birth. Must have at least 1,820 weeks of paid or credited contributions since age 18 (age 19 if born before May 5, 1958) if born between 1952 and 1961; 2,080 weeks of paid or credited contributions since age 18 if born in 1962 or later.</p>
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<p>Deferred pension: The pension may be deferred until age 65.</p>
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<p>The <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Contributory retirement grant for non-pensioners (social insurance):</span> Age 62 to 74 with at least 52 weeks of contributions but less than the minimum required number of contributions for a contributory pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Supplementary allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid to a head of a household whose annual income is less than €8,921 (single) or €11,089 (couples).</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Noncontributory age pension (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid if the insured does not meet the contribution conditions for the contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pensions.</p>
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<p>Means test: Assets must not exceed €14,000; €23,300 for a married couple.</p>
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<p>The noncontributory age pension is not payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Senior citizen grant (social assistance):</span> Paid to persons aged 75 or older if they reside on their own, or with relatives, in Malta or Gozo.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Contributory disability pension (social insurance):</span> Must be aged 16 or older but younger than retirement age, assessed with a total and permanent incapacity for <span class="nobr">full-time</span> or <span class="nobr">part-time</span> work (at least a 90% disability), and have at least 250 weeks of paid or credited contributions including an annual average of at least 50 weeks of contributions. The insured must have been gainfully employed continuously in the 12 months before the date of the claim.</p>
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<p>Contributions may also be credited for periods of sickness, unemployment, widowhood, and disability.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: Assessed with a 20% to 89% incapacity for work.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: Must have an annual average of at least 20 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>The disability pension is payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Noncontributory disability pension (universal):</span> Must be aged 16 or older but younger than retirement age, assessed as having a disability, and not entitled to the contributory disability pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Noncontributory blind pension (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid for visually impaired persons aged 14 or older.</p>
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<p>The noncontributory blind pension is not payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Noncontributory carer's pension (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid to a single person or a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> who cares <span class="nobr">full-time</span> for a disabled parent or parent-in-law, grandparent, brother or brother-in-law, sister or sister-in-law, uncle, or aunt who lives in the same household. The carer's assets must not exceed €14,000.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Spouse's pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension):</span> Paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> whose deceased spouse was of retirement age or had at least 156 weeks of paid contributions at the time of death, with an annual average of at least 50 weeks of paid or credited contributions from age 19.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: The deceased had an annual average of at least 15 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Spouse's pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> pension):</span> Paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> whose deceased spouse was of retirement age or had at least 156 weeks of paid contributions at the time of death, with an annual average of at least 50 weeks of paid or credited contributions from age 19.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: The deceased had an annual average of at least 20 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>Orphan's pension: Paid to full orphans. One parent must have been insured with at least one week of contributions at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension):</span> Up to 66.7% of the insured's annual average earnings in the best three consecutive years in the last 10 years before retirement (last 11 years for persons born from 1952 to 1955; last 12 years for persons born from 1956 to 1958; last 13 years for persons born from 1959 to 1961; or the average of the highest basic salaries earned in any ten years during the 40 years prior to retirement for persons born in 1962 or after) is paid to employed persons.</p>
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<p>For self-employed persons, up to 66.7% of the insured's annual average declared net income during the last 10 calendar years (last 11 years for persons born from 1952 to 1955; last 12 years for persons born from 1956 to 1958; last 13 years for persons born from 1959 to 1962) is paid.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: A percentage of the full pension is paid, according to the annual average of weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Calculated in the same way as the contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> (<span class="nobr">two-thirds</span>) pension. The benefit is not reduced.</p>
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<p>Deferred pension: Calculated in the same way as the contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> (<span class="nobr">two-thirds</span>) pension. The benefit is not increased.</p>
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<p>The minimum pension is €56.00 a week.</p>
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<p>The maximum pension is €230.32 a week.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social insurance, <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> pension):</span> €96.70 to €141.83 a week is paid depending on the insured's marital status and the average weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Calculated in the same way as the contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> (flat-rate) pension. The benefit is not reduced.</p>
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<p>Deferred pension: Calculated in the same way as the contributory <span class="nobr">old-age</span> (flat-rate) pension. The benefit is not increased.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Contributory retirement grant for non-pensioners (social insurance):</span> €100 a year is paid until age 75 with 50 to 259 weeks of paid contributions; €200 a year with at least 260 weeks of paid contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Supplementary allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> 2.268% multiplied by the difference between €25,046 and the insured's annual income is paid to a couple; 1.7% multiplied by the difference between €20,386 and the insured's annual income to a single person.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Noncontributory age pension (social assistance, means tested):</span> €106.12 is paid to a single person, and €134.66 is paid to a married couple. When only one member of a couple qualifies, €88.51 is paid.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to increases in the cost of living allowance set annually by the government.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Senior citizen grant (universal):</span> A lump sum of €300 a year is paid; for the first year the amount is <span class="nobr">pro-rata</span> from the 75th birthday until the end of the year.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Contributory disability pension (social insurance):</span> The pension varies depending on whether an occupational service pension is paid and whether the insured is married and has a dependent spouse.</p>
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<p>The minimum <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> weekly pension for a single person is €96.27; €101.97 if married.</p>
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<p>The maximum <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> weekly pension for a single person is €119.86; €139.43 if married.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: €15.67 to €69.75 a week is paid depending on the degree of disability.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: A percentage of the full or partial disability pension is paid, according to the annual average of weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Noncontributory disability pension and blind pension (social assistance, income tested):</span> €100.96 is paid for a single person or for a couple if only one member of the couple qualifies; €201.92 for a couple if both members of the couple qualify.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Noncontributory carer's pension (social assistance, income tested):</span> €105.30 a week is paid; €76.53 a week is paid if the carer was not engaged in gainful activity before the start of the benefit.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to increases in the cost of living allowance set annually by the government.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension (<span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension):</span> Up to 55.6% of the deceased's annual average earnings in the best three consecutive years in the last 11 years before the spouse's death or retirement is paid; 55.6% of average annual earnings in the best 10 consecutive years in the last 11 years before the spouse's death or retirement if the insured was self-employed.</p>
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<p>From 2016, a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> entitled to an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is entitled to up to 66.7% of the spouse's pension as compensation for forfeiting the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: A percentage of the full pension is paid, according to the annual average of weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p>Spouse's supplement: €4.54 a week is paid for each child if the child is entitled to the child allowance (see Family Allowances). An additional €9.32 a week a child is paid if the child is younger than age 18 and the surviving spouse is not gainfully employed.</p>
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<p>Upon remarriage, the spouse's pension (<span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension) is replaced by the spouse's pension <span class="nobr">(flat-rate</span> pension).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension <span class="nobr">(flat-rate</span> pension):</span> €96.70 to €130.30 a week is paid.</p>
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<p>Spouse's supplement: €4.54 a week is paid for each child if the child is entitled to the child allowance (see Family Allowances). An additional €9.32 a week for each child is paid if the child is younger than age 18 and the surviving spouse is not gainfully employed.</p>
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|
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> €58.60 a week is paid for each orphan younger than age 16; €100.94 for each orphan aged 16 to 21 who is not gainfully employed. If the orphan is gainfully employed but gross earnings are less than the legal minimum wage, the allowance is reduced so that the allowance and gross earnings combined are equal to the legal weekly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal weekly minimum wage is €168.01.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to increases in prices.</p>
|
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity (https://mfss.gov.mt) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Department of Social Security (<a href="http://socialsecurity.gov.mt">http://socialsecurity.gov.mt</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> 1956 (sickness) and 1981 (maternity).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1987 (social security).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance (cash sickness), employer-liability (maternity), and universal (medical benefits and maternity) system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits (social insurance):</span> Employed and self-employed persons.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits (employer liability):</span> Employed persons.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits (universal):</span> Residents of Malta.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits (universal):</span> Residents of Malta.</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> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</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, for cash sickness benefits. Maternity and medical benefits are funded from general revenue.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits (social insurance):</span> Must have at least 50 weeks of paid contributions, including at least 20 weeks of paid or credited contributions in the two years before the year in which the claim is made.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefit (employer liability):</span> Must be entitled to maternity leave under the Employment and Industrial Relations Act.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefit (universal):</span> Must be unemployed or self-employed and not entitled to the employer-liability maternity benefit.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity leave benefit (universal):</span> Must be employed and entitled to the employer-liability maternity benefit or must be self-employed and entitled to the universal cash maternity benefit.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits (universal):</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 (social insurance):</span> €20.09 a day is paid for a married person or a person supporting a spouse who is not employed full time; €13.00 a day is paid for other persons. The benefit is paid from the fourth day of incapacity for up to 156 days a year; up to 312 days a year if the person undergoes major surgery, suffers a severe injury (not work related), or has a serious disease requiring <span class="nobr">long-term</span> treatment before resuming work.</p>
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<p>During a <span class="nobr">two-year</span> period, the total number of benefit days is 468 days. The total number of benefit days must not exceed the total number of contributions paid since the person first entered the system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit (employer liability):</span> 100% of the insured's previous weekly earnings are paid for 14 weeks by the employer.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit (universal):</span> €89.10 is paid for 14 weeks (at least five weeks must be taken after childbirth).</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity leave benefit (universal):</span> €168.01 a week is paid for four weeks.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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|
<p>Public hospitals and clinics provide benefits and health services. Public hospitals provide inpatient treatment, including medicine and medical devices, free of charge. Public primary care services and outpatient treatment are free of charge. Persons diagnosed with a chronic disease receive free medicine. Outpatients, except for low-income persons, pay for medicine and medical devices.</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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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
|
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<p>Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity (https://mfss.gov.mt) supervises cash benefits.</p>
|
|
<p>Department of Social Security (<a href="http://socialsecurity.gov.mt">http://socialsecurity.gov.mt</a>) administers the program.</p>
|
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<p>Ministry for Health (https://ehealth.gov.mt/HealthPortal/default.aspx) is responsible for <span class="nobr">in-kind</span> and medical benefits.</p>
|
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<p>Health Division administers the <span class="nobr">in-kind</span> benefits.</p>
|
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<h2>Work Injury</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1929.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1987 (social security).</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
|
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
|
|
<p>Employed and self-employed 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.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
|
|
<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>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> Must have at least one week of contributions.</p>
|
|
<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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|
<p>€30.15 a day is paid for a single or married person supporting a spouse who is not in <span class="nobr">full-time</span> employment; €22.68 a day is paid for other insured persons. The benefit is paid from the fourth day of disability for up to 12 months.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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|
<p>For an assessed degree of disability of at least 90%, a full disability pension is paid regardless of the number of paid or credited contributions. Benefits vary depending on the insured's marital status and if an occupational service pension is paid. Benefits range from €68.73 to €129.60 a week.</p>
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|
<p>For an assessed degree of disability from 20% to 89%, the pension ranges from €15.67 to €69.75 a week.</p>
|
|
<p>For an assessed degree of disability from 1% to 19%, a lump sum is paid ranging from €241.89 to €4,592.02.</p>
|
|
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to increases in prices and wages.</p>
|
|
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
|
|
<p>Benefits include medical, surgical, and rehabilitative treatment and medicine.</p>
|
|
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension:</span> Up to 55.6% of the deceased's annual average earnings in the best three consecutive years in the last 11 years before the spouse's death or retirement is paid; 55.6% of annual average earnings in the best 10 consecutive years in the last 11 years before the spouse's death or retirement if the insured was self-employed.</p>
|
|
<p>From 2016, a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> entitled to an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is entitled to up to 66.7% of the spouse's pension as compensation for forfeiting the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
|
|
<p>The maximum <span class="nobr">flat-rate</span> pension for the survivor of a deceased person who paid contributions only before January 22, 1979, is €130.30 a week.</p>
|
|
<p>Spouse's supplement: €4.54 a week is paid for each child if the child is entitled to the child allowance (see Family Allowances). An additional €9.32 a week a child is paid if the child is younger than age 18 and the surviving spouse is neither employed nor self-employed.</p>
|
|
<p>Upon remarriage, the spouse's pension (<span class="nobr">two-thirds</span> pension) is replaced by the spouse's pension <span class="nobr">(flat-rate</span> pension).</p>
|
|
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to increases in prices and wages.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> €58.60 a week is paid for each orphan younger than age 16; €100.94 for each orphan aged 16 to 21 who is not gainfully employed. If the orphan is gainfully employed but gross earnings are less than the legal minimum wage, the allowance is reduced so that the allowance and gross earnings combined are equal to the legal weekly minimum wage.</p>
|
|
<p>The legal weekly minimum wage is €168.01.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's pension:</span> €132.42 is paid for a married, dependent father who is supporting a wife; €112.42 for all other persons.</p>
|
|
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to increases in prices.</p>
|
|
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
|
|
<p>Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity (https://mfss.gov.mt) provides general supervision.</p>
|
|
<p>Department of Social Security (<a href="http://socialsecurity.gov.mt">http://socialsecurity.gov.mt</a>) administers the program.</p>
|
|
<h2>Unemployment</h2>
|
|
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1987 (social security).</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance and social assistance system.</p>
|
|
<h3>Coverage</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Employed persons.</p>
|
|
<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Social assistance:</span> Citizens of Malta.</p>
|
|
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
|
|
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Unemployment benefit (social insurance):</span> Must have at least 50 weeks of paid contributions, including at least 20 weeks of paid or credited contributions in the two years before the year in which the claim is made. The insured must be registered as unemployed and be capable of, and available for, work. No benefit is paid for six months if unemployment is voluntary or the result of misconduct.</p>
|
|
<p>Contributions may also be credited for periods of sickness, unemployment, widowhood, and disability.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Special unemployment benefit (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid instead of the unemployment benefit to the head of household who satisfies a means test.</p>
|
|
<p>Means test: Assets must not exceed €23,300 in the case of a married couple or €14,000 in other cases.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Unemployment assistance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid to persons aged 23 or above who are not entitled to the unemployment benefit and are registered as unemployed and be capable of, and available for, work and satisfy a means test.</p>
|
|
<p>Means test: Assets must not exceed €23,300 in the case of a married couple or €14,000 in other cases.</p>
|
|
<h3>Unemployment Benefits</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Unemployment benefit (social insurance):</span> €12.18 a day is paid to a single parent or a married person whose spouse is not employed full time; €7.97 a day is paid for other insured persons. The benefit is paid for up to 156 days. The total number of days must not exceed the total number of contributions paid since the person first entered the system.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Special unemployment benefit (social assistance, means tested):</span> €20.47 a day is paid to a single parent or a married person whose spouse is not employed full time; €13.50 a day for other insured persons. The benefit is paid from the first day of unemployment for up to 156 days; thereafter, only if insured has worked for at least 13 weeks. The total number of benefit days must not exceed the total number of contributions paid since the person first entered the system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Unemployment assistance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Up to €102.04 a week is paid. The benefit is reduced by all annual income derived from investments exceeding €102.04. If weekly income exceeds the weekly benefit, no benefit is paid.</p>
|
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
|
|
<p>Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity (https://mfss.gov.mt) provides general supervision.</p>
|
|
<p>Department of Social Security (<a href="http://socialsecurity.gov.mt">http://socialsecurity.gov.mt</a>) administers the program.</p>
|
|
<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
|
|
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">First laws:</span> 1974 (child allowances), 1977 (special allowances), 1988 (disabled child allowances and parental allowances), and 1989 (family bonuses).</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1987 (social security).</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Universal system.</p>
|
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
|
|
<p>Resident citizens of Malta, residents of Malta covered by the European Social Charter, and citizens of the European Union</p>
|
|
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> None.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> None.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The total cost.</p>
|
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Child allowance (income tested):</span> All households with children younger than age 21, if the income of both parents does not exceed €24,742. For children aged 16 to 21, the child must be a <span class="nobr">full-time</span> student, not receive a stipend for studying, never have been in gainful employment, not be registered as unemployed, and not be entitled to any other social assistance benefits.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Care allowance for foster children:</span> The child is certified by a competent authority as a foster child or under the care of an institution. Paid up to age 21 provided the foster child is still under the care of the foster parents.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Disabled child allowance (no means test):</span> Paid to all households caring for a child with an assessed physical or mental disability. The child must not receive any other social security benefit for the disability.</p>
|
|
<p>The allowance ceases at age 16 (age 14 for a child with a visual impairment) and may be replaced by the noncontributory disability pension or blind pension.</p>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">In-Work benefit (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid to parents with children younger than age 23 who are living at the same address. For couples with two employed parents, must have annual household earnings from €10,000 to €20,400, and the individual annual earnings of each parent must be at least €3,000. For couples with one employed parent and for employed single parents, must have annual household earnings from €6,600 to €13,000.</p>
|
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
|
|
<p><span class="h4">Child allowance:</span> The benefit for one child is calculated as the difference between €24,742 and the couple's income multiplied by 6%. The benefit increases by another 6% for each child. If household income does exceed €17,242, a flat rate of €8.66 a week for each child is paid.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Care allowance for fostered children:</span> €70 a week is paid.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Disabled child allowance (no means test):</span> €20 a week is paid.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">In-Work benefit (social assistance, means tested):</span> From €190 to €1,000 a year is paid for each child for couples with two employed parents; from €52 to €150 a year is paid for each child for couples with one employed parent; and from €680 to €1,200 a year is paid for each child for employed single parents.</p>
|
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
|
|
<p>Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity (https://mfss.gov.mt) provides general supervision.</p>
|
|
<p>Department of Social Security (<a href="http://socialsecurity.gov.mt">http://socialsecurity.gov.mt</a>) administers the program.</p>
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