Title of
the Ordinance:
Extent:
It
extends to the whole of Pakistan.
Important
Definitions:
Contribution”
means the sum of money payable to the institution by an employer in respect of
an employee, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; Dependent”
means the wife or wives or a needy invalid husband, dependent parents] and any
unmarried children under the age of years dependent upon the secured person
[Provided that such age limit shall not apply to unmarried dependent daughters.
Disablement” means a condition caused by an employment injury which, as
certified by a medical practitioner authorized for the purpose as provided in
the regulations, has permanently reduced or is likely to reduce permanently a
secured person’s earning capacity, and disablement shall be “minor where the
loss of earning capacity [is less than twenty per centum], “partial” where the
loss of earning capacity ranges from twenty-one per centum to sixty-six per
centum, and “total” where the loss of earning capacity is in excess of
sixty-six per centum.
Domestic
servant” means any person working whole-time in connection with the work of any
household for any consideration, whether in cash or in kind]
Employment
injury” means a personal injury to a secured person caused by an accident or by
such occupational disease as may be specified in the regulations, arising out
of and in the course of his employment
Establishment”
means an organization, whether industrial, commercial, agricultural or otherwise;
Fund” means the Employees Social Security Fund
set up under this Act Governing Body” means the Governing Body of the
institution;
Secured
person” means a person in respect of whom contributions are or were payable
under this Ordinance;
Social
Security Court” means a court constituted under section 60.
Strike”
and “lock-out” shall have the same meaning as is respectively assigned to them
in the Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1959 (LVI of 1959);
Topics
covered under the Ordinance:
Organization Contributions
Finance and Audit Benefits
Determination
of Questions and Claims Offences and Penalties
Establishment
and Incorporation of Employees Social Security Institution:
The
institution is a body corporate.
It has
power to acquire, hold and dispose off property.
The
institutions shall have its own funds which is called employees social security
fund.
Management
of the Institution:
The
institution shall be managed by a governing body with the assistance of
commissioner.
Governing
body:
The Governing Body shall consist of the
following members to be appointed by Government, by notification, namely:-
The
Minister-in-charge of the Labor Department, a person who is or has been a Judge
of the High Court, a senior officer in the service of Pakistan not below the
rank of a Commissioner of a Division or Secretary to Government, and such
person shall be the Chairman of the Governing Body.
Four
persons to represent Government, one each respectively from the departments of Labor,
Industries, Health and Finance;
Three
persons to represent employers;
Three
persons to represent secured persons;
The
Commissioner and the Medical Adviser, ex-officio.
Power and
Functions of General Body:
To approve the budget estimates, the audited
accounts and the annual report of the Institution for submission to Government
in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; and
To call for any information, or direct any
research to be made for the furtherance of the objects of this Ordinance
Benefits
provided by the Social Security Institution:
Sickness
benefit: Sec. 35
Maternity
benefit: Sec. 36
Death grant:
Sec. 37
Medical
care during sickness and maternity: Sec. 38
Injury
benefits: Sec. 39
Disablement
pension: Sec. 40
Disablement
gratuity: Sec. 41
Survivor’s
Pension: Sec. 42
Death
grant in case of death while in receipt of injury benefit or total disablement
Sec. 43
Medical
care in the case of employment injury: Sec. 44
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