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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2012</h1>
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<h1>Palau</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Currency is the <abbr class="spell">US</abbr> dollar (<abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$).</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> 1967.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1987, implemented in 1991.</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>Gainfully employed persons, including some categories of self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons (including farmers, fishermen, and taxi drivers) with no employees and gross earnings of more than <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$300 a quarter but less than <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$10,000 a year.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Casual labor and self-employed persons with no employees and annual gross income of less than <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$300 a quarter.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 6% of earnings.</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$5,000 a quarter.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 12% of twice the salary of their highest-paid employee (12% of <span class="nobr">one-quarter</span> of gross annual earnings with no employees).</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$5,000 a quarter.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 6% of payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$5,000 a quarter.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None; contributes as an employer.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 60 with at least 38 quarters of coverage.</p>
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<p>Pensioners may continue to work but their pension is earnings tested.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Assessed with an incapacity for substantial gainful activity due to a physical or mental disability that is likely to last at least a year or result in death. <span class="nobr">One-quarter</span> of coverage for each year after June 1968 (or since age 21, if younger than age 21 in June 1968) with at least 12 quarters of coverage; at least eight quarters of coverage during the last 13 quarters; or a total of at least 120 quarters of contributions at the time the disability began.</p>
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<p>Pensioners may continue to work but their pension is earnings tested.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The deceased had at least one quarter of coverage for each year after June 1968 (or since age 21, if younger than age 21 in June 1968) or had at least eight quarters of coverage in the 13 quarters before death. Survivors are eligible for only one survivor pension.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> who was married to the deceased at the time of death and unmarried children younger than age 18 (22 if a student) who were dependent on or living with the deceased. Employed <span class="nobr">widow(er)s</span> younger than age 60 are subject to an earnings test.</p>
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<p>Surviving spouses may continue to work but their pension is earnings tested.</p>
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<p>The survivor pension is payable abroad under reciprocal agreement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum survivor benefit:</span> Paid when a worker with less than the minimum number of required quarters of coverage for a pension dies.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include (in order of priority) the spouse, children, parents, a legal representative, or persons who lived with the deceased.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> The monthly pension is 8.3% of the sum of the following: 21.5% of the first <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$11,000 of the insured's cumulative covered earnings, 2.9% of earnings greater than <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$11,000 up to <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$44,000, and 1.5% of earnings above <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$44,000.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$98.</p>
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<p>Earnings test: The <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is reduced by <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1 for each <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$3 of earnings above <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1,800 a quarter if younger than age 65 and employed.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The monthly pension is 8.3% of the sum of the following: 21.5% of the first <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$11,000 of the insured's cumulative covered earnings, 2.9% of earnings greater than <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$11,000 up to <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$44,000, and 1.5% of earnings over <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$44,000.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly disability pension is <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$98.</p>
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<p>Earnings test: The disability pension is reduced by <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1 for each <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$3 of earnings above <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1,800 a quarter if younger than age 65 and employed.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 100% of the deceased's pension is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> aged 60 or older; 60% if younger than age 60.</p>
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<p>In case of remarriage, 60% of the pension is paid if aged 60 or older; if younger than age 60, the pension ceases.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 15% of the deceased's pension is paid to each orphan younger than age 18 (age 22 if a student; no limit if disabled before age 22).</p>
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<p>Earnings test: The survivor pension is reduced by <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1 for each <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$3 of earnings above <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1,500 a quarter if aged 59 or younger and employed.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly survivor pension is <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$98.</p>
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<p>The maximum survivor pension is 100% of the deceased's pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum survivor benefit:</span> A lump sum is paid and split equally among eligible survivors.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Palau Social Security System (http://www.ropssa.org) administers the program.</p>
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