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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2015</h1>
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<h1>Trinidad and Tobago</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 6.32 Trinidad and Tobago dollars (<abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$).</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 and current laws:</span> 1939 (social assistance) and 1971 (social insurance).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance, mandatory occupational pension, and social assistance system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Coverage</span></p>
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<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Employed persons, including agricultural and household workers, paid apprentices, and public-sector employees.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage <span class="nobr">(old-age</span> pension, survivor pension, and funeral grant) for persons who are no longer working in covered employment.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons, and employees of international organizations who are granted exemptions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> Private-sector employees and certain public-sector employees.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Social assistance:</span> Needy residents of Trinidad and Tobago.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Source of Funds</span></p>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 4% of the insured's covered weekly or monthly earnings, according to 16 wage classes. The voluntarily insured pay 11.4% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$780.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$12,000.</p>
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<p>The insured person's contribution also finances sickness and maternity, and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> 5% or 6% of the insured's basic salary, depending on the plan.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 8% of covered weekly or monthly payroll, according to 16 wage classes.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$780.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$12,000.</p>
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<p>The employer's contribution also finances sickness and maternity, and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> 5% or 6% of the insured's basic salary, depending on the plan.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> None; contributes as an employer.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension (social insurance):</span> Age 60 with at least 750 weeks of paid or credited contributions.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease if the benefit is claimed before age 65.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement (social insurance):</span> Age 60 with less than 750 weeks of paid or credited contributions.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease if the benefit is claimed before age 65.</p>
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<p>Old-age benefits are payable abroad under reciprocal agreements.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> Age 60. Married women or women leaving the labor force to get married.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Age 50.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Means-tested <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social assistance):</span> Age 65 with at least 20 years of residence in Trinidad and Tobago and monthly income up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$4,500.</p>
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<p>The social assistance pension is not payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (social insurance):</span> Age 60 or younger, assessed with an incapacity for work, and has at least 150 weeks of contributions, including 50 weeks in the three years immediately before the disability began; 250 weeks in the seven years immediately before the disability began; or 750 weeks of contributions immediately before the disability began.</p>
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<p>Disability benefits are payable abroad under reciprocal agreements.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational disability pension:</span> A pension may be paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Means-tested disability pension (social assistance):</span> Must be age 18 or older, a resident of Trinidad and Tobago for at least three years before the claim, have a medically certified permanent disability and monthly income up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1,000.</p>
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<p>The social assistance disability pension is not payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension (social insurance):</span> The deceased had at least 50 weeks of contributions or received a social insurance disability or retirement pension at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er),</span> common-law spouse who has cohabited with the deceased for at least three years before the date of the insured's death, unmarried children up to age 19, and dependent parents.</p>
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<p>The pension ceases for the spouse if the spouse remarries (the child's benefit continues).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Remarriage settlement:</span> Receiving a spouse pension at the date of remarriage.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad under reciprocal agreements.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant (social insurance):</span> Died as a result of an occupational injury or had at least 25 weeks of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational survivor pension:</span> A pension may be 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 pension (social insurance):</span> 30% to 48% of the insured's average weekly earnings is paid according to 16 wage classes plus 0.56% to 0.71% of average weekly earnings for each <span class="nobr">25-week</span> period of contributions exceeding 750 weeks.</p>
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<p>Average weekly earnings are based on the insured's career average earnings, according to 16 wage classes.</p>
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<p>The minimum <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$3,000 a month.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement (social insurance):</span> A lump sum of three times the total insured person and employer contributions is paid.</p>
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<p>The minimum <span class="nobr">old-age</span> settlement is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$3,000.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> At retirement, the member may withdraw 25% of the total pension payable as a lump sum; the remaining 75% is paid monthly. If the insured has less than five years of contributions or is married or leaving employment to get married, a lump sum of the insured's contributions plus interest is paid.</p>
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<p>Benefits may be transferred to another similarly structured plan.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Means-tested <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social assistance):</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$3,500 a month is paid.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (social insurance):</span> 30% to 48% of the insured's average weekly earnings is paid according to 16 wage classes plus 0.56% to 0.71% of average weekly earnings for each <span class="nobr">25-week</span> period of contributions exceeding 750 weeks.</p>
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<p>Average weekly earnings are based on the insured's career average earnings, according to 16 wage classes.</p>
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<p>There is no minimum disability pension.</p>
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<p>The disability pension is replaced by the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension at age 60.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational disability pension:</span> A benefit may be paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Means-tested disability pension (social assistance):</span> <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1,800 a month is paid.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension (social insurance):</span> 60% of the disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er).</span></p>
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<p>The minimum spouse's pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 a month.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Remarriage settlement:</span> A lump sum of 52 weeks of the spouse's pension is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension (social insurance):</span> 30% of the disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to each orphan aged 16 or younger (age 19 if a <span class="nobr">full-time</span> student); 60% for a full orphan.</p>
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<p>The minimum orphan's pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 a month; <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1200 for a full orphan.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's pension (social insurance):</span> 30% of the deceased's pension is paid to one dependent parent or is split equally between two dependent parents.</p>
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<p>The minimum dependent parent's pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$300 a month for one parent; <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 a month for two parents.</p>
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<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 100% of the pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant (social insurance):</span> <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$7,500 is paid to the person who paid for the funeral.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational survivor pension:</span> Benefits may be paid to the surviving spouse and dependents.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Ministry of Finance and the Economy (<a href="https://www.finance.gov.tt/">http://www.finance.gov.tt</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (NIBTT) (<a href="https://www.nibtt.net">http://www.nibtt.net</a>), a tripartite body comprising government, labor, and employer representatives, administers the program.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Mandatory occupational pension:</span> Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Finance, Board of Inland Revenue (<a href="https://www.ird.gov.tt">http://www.ird.gov.tt</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (<a href="https://www.central-bank.org.tt">http://www.central-bank.org.tt</a>) administers the program.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Social assistance:</span> Ministry of the People and Social Development, Social Welfare Division (http://www2.mpsd.gov.tt/content/social-welfare-division-0), administers the social assistance 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 and current laws:</span> 1939 (social assistance), 1971 (social insurance), and 1998 (maternity).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance, social assistance, and employer-liability system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons, including agricultural and household workers, apprentices, and public-sector employees.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons, and employees of international organizations who are granted exemptions.</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">Social insurance:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> Total cost.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> Aged 16 to 65 with at least 10 weeks of contributions in the 13 weeks before the incapacity began.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Aged 16 or older with at least 10 weeks of contributions in the 13 weeks before the last six weeks prior to the expected date of childbirth; or receiving sickness benefits in the 13 weeks before the last six weeks prior to the expected date of childbirth. The pregnancy must last at least 26 weeks or result in a live birth.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity grant:</span> The insured must qualify for the maternity benefit. The grant may be paid based on the father's contributions if the mother's are insufficient.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit (employer liability):</span> Must have been employed by the same employer for at least 12 months before the expected date of childbirth, request leave in writing at least eight weeks before the expected date of childbirth, confirm her intention to return to work after maternity leave, and provide a medical certificate stating the expected date of confinement.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> 60% of the insured's average weekly earnings is paid after a three-day waiting period for up to 52 weeks.</p>
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<p>Average earnings are based on earnings in the 10 best weeks of contributions in the 13 weeks before the incapacity began.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 60% of the insured's average weekly earnings is paid for up to 14 weeks.</p>
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<p>Average earnings are based on earnings in the 10 best weeks of contributions in the 14 weeks before the last six weeks prior to the expected date of childbirth.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity grant:</span> A lump sum of <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$3,750 is paid (for each birth in the case of multiple births).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit (employer liability):</span> The employer must pay 100% of the insured's monthly earnings for one month, and 50% for two months. If the sum of the employer's payment and the social insurance maternity benefit is less than 100% of the insured's monthly earnings during the period of maternity leave, the employer pays the difference.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits are provided for work-related medical conditions only.</p>
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<p>Means-tested social assistance medical benefits are provided to persons receiving care in public hospitals and health centers.</p>
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<h4><span class="h4">Dependents' Medical Benefits</span></h4>
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<p>No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p>Means-tested social assistance medical benefits are provided to persons receiving care in public hospitals and health centers.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Finance and the Economy (<a href="https://www.finance.gov.tt/">http://www.finance.gov.tt</a>) provides general supervision of the social insurance program.</p>
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<p>National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (<a href="https://www.nibtt.net">http://www.nibtt.net</a>), a tripartite body comprising government, labor, and employer representatives, administers the social insurance program.</p>
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<p>Ministry of the People and Social Development, Social Welfare Division (http://www2.mpsd.gov.tt/content/social-welfare-division-0), provides general supervision of the social assistance program.</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> 1960 (workmen's compensation); and 1976 (social insurance).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance and employer-liability system.</p>
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<p>Note: Employers are required to either provide <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> work injury benefits directly to, or pay insurance premiums for, their employees. Survivor benefits are paid to dependents who were totally dependent on the insured.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons, including agricultural and household workers, paid and unpaid apprentices, and public-sector employees.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons, and employees of international organizations who are granted exemptions.</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> None; contributes as an employer.</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. Incapacity for work must be the result of a work injury or occupational disease.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>66.6% of the insured's average weekly earnings according to 16 wage classes is paid for up to 52 weeks. There is no waiting period.</p>
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<p>Average weekly earnings are based on the insured's average career earnings, according to 16 wage classes.</p>
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<p>Benefits are not payable abroad.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If the insured has an assessed degree of disability of at least 20%, a percentage of the temporary disability benefit is paid according to the assessed degree of disability.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid after the temporary disability benefit ceases.</p>
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<p>The insured's doctor assesses the degree of disability.</p>
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<p>There is no minimum disability pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability grant:</span> If the insured has an assessed degree of disability of less than 20%, a lump sum of the assessed degree of disability multiplied by the period of disability (up to 365 weeks) multiplied by half the insured's average weekly earnings is paid. If the assessed disability is 3% or less an amount corresponding to a 3% degree of disability is paid.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid after the temporary disability benefit ceases.</p>
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<p>Average weekly earnings are based on average career earnings, according to 16 wage classes.</p>
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<p>Benefits are not payable abroad.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include medical expenses, including doctor and specialist fees, hospital expenses, medicine, operations, physiotherapy, appliances, and transportation costs.</p>
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<p>Medical costs are reimbursed, up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$28,125 for each injury.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension:</span> 60% of the work injury benefit the deceased received or was entitled to receive in the week before death is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> or to a common-law spouse who has cohabited with the deceased for at least three years before the date of the insured's death.</p>
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<p>The minimum survivor pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 a month.</p>
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<p>Remarriage settlement: The pension ceases on remarriage, and a lump sum of 52 weeks of benefit is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 30% of the work injury benefit the deceased received or was entitled to receive in the week before death is paid to each unmarried orphan aged 19 or younger (no limit if disabled before age 19 and incapable of work).</p>
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<p>The minimum orphan's pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 a month; <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1,200 for a full orphan if both parents died as a result of a work injury or occupational disease.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's pension:</span> 30% of the work injury benefit the deceased received or was entitled to receive in the week before death is paid to a dependent parent.</p>
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<p>The minimum dependent parent's pension is <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$300 a month for each parent; <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 if only one living parent.</p>
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<p>Survivor benefits are payable abroad under reciprocal agreements with other Caribbean countries and Canada.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$7,500 is paid.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Finance and the Economy (<a href="https://www.finance.gov.tt/">http://www.finance.gov.tt</a>) provides general supervision of the social insurance program.</p>
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<p>National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (<a href="https://www.nibtt.net">http://www.nibtt.net</a>), a tripartite body comprising government, labor, and employer representatives, administers the social insurance program.</p>
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<p>Judiciary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (<a href="https://www.ttlawcourts.org">http://www.ttlawcourts.org</a>) adjudicates work injury claims under the employer liability system.</p>
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<h2>Unemployment</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p>The Labor Code requires employers to provide employees who are paid weekly with severance pay of two weeks of the employee's basic earnings for every year of employment (or 50% of monthly earnings for employees who are paid monthly. The employee must be laid off and employed from one year up to five years. Employees who have been continuously employed for five or more years receive three weeks basic pay for every year of employment from the fifth year onwards if paid weekly (75% of monthly salary if paid monthly).</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 and current law:</span> 1939 (social assistance).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social assistance system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Coverage</span></p>
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<p>Individuals and families assessed as needy.</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> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances (means tested):</span> Paid to needy individuals and families with little or no means of support.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Public assistance:</span> Paid to families where the adult is unable to earn an income due to ill health, or for children if the father (or both parents) is deceased, hospitalized, incarcerated, disabled, or whose whereabouts is unknown. Also paid to a low-income single parent or guardian caring for a severely disabled child.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Burial assistance:</span> Paid to families to help pay for the cost of a burial.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Clothing grant:</span> Paid to needy individuals or victims of a disaster to help purchase clothing, including school uniforms and shoes for children. The grant is paid for up to four persons in each household.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Dietary grant:</span> Paid to help purchase prescribed foodstuffs for persons diagnosed with certain conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Disability assistance:</span> Paid to persons age 18 or older with a disability certified by a doctor and unable to work. The person must have been a resident of Trinidad and Tobago for the last three years and have an annual income of less than <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$12,000.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Education grant:</span> Paid to families who are receiving public assistance to help meet the cost of secondary school fees, school transportation, and other essentials. The grant is paid for up to four children in each household, based on family circumstances.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Free bus pass:</span> Provided to social assistance beneficiaries and citizens older than age 65.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">House rent assistance:</span> Paid to persons temporarily unable to pay housing rental payments.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical equipment grant:</span> Paid to help purchase necessary medical aids, such as wheelchairs, eyeglasses, and hearing aids.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Home help grant:</span> Paid to help finance <span class="nobr">short-term</span> <span class="nobr">at-home</span> care.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Special child grant:</span> Paid for one year (after which it is reviewed) to parents of children up to age 18 with a mental or physical disability if public assistance is not paid for that child.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances (means tested)</span></p>
|
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<p><span class="h5">Public assistance:</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1,450 is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Burial assistance:</span> A lump sum of <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$7,000 is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Clothing grant:</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$500 per person is paid for up to four persons in each household.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Dietary grant:</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$600 a month is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Disability assistance:</span> <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1,800 a month is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Education grant:</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$500 a month is paid for each child for up to four children in each household.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Free bus pass:</span> Free travel on public transportation is provided.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h5">House rent assistance:</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$7,500 is paid directly to the beneficiary's landlord over a three-month period.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical equipment grant:</span> Up to <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$7,500 is paid. The purchase of any particular item may only be approved once in each <span class="nobr">two-year</span> period.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Home help grant:</span> <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$1,800 a month is paid to the caregiver for up to three months.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Special child grant:</span> <abbr class="spell">TT</abbr>$800 a month is paid for one year (reviewable) to parents for up to four children in each household.</p>
|
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
|
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<p>Ministry of the People and Social Development, Social Welfare Division (http://www2.mpsd.gov.tt/content/social-welfare-division-0), administers the social assistance program. </p>
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