Article 60Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 60

LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

monthly

contributions,

his

primary

or

secondary

beneficiaries shall be entitled to a lump sum benefit

equivalent to the monthly pension times the number of

monthly contributions paid to the SSS or twelve (12) times

the monthly pension, whichever is higher.

SECTION 13-A. Permanent Disability Benefits . - (a)

Upon the permanent total disability of a member who

has paid at least thirty-six (36) monthly contributions prior

to the semester of disability, he shall be entitled to the

monthly pension: Provided , That if he has not paid the

required thirty-six (36) monthly contributions, he shall be

entitled to a lump sum benefit equivalent to the monthly

pension times the number of monthly contributions paid

to the SSS or twelve (12) times the monthly pension,

whichever is higher. A member who (1) has received a

lump sum benefit; and (2) is reemployed or has resumed

self-employment not earlier than one (1) year from the

date of his disability shall again be subject to compulsory

coverage and shall be considered a new member.

(b) The monthly pension and dependents' pension shall

be suspended upon the reemployment or resumption of

self-employment or the recovery of the disabled member

from his permanent total disability or his failure to

present himself for examination at least once a year upon

notice by the SSS.

(c) Upon the death of the permanent total disability

pensioner, his primary beneficiaries as of the date of

disability shall be entitled to receive the monthly pension:

Provided , That if he has no primary beneficiaries and he

dies within sixty (60) months from the start of his

monthly pension, his secondary beneficiaries shall be

entitled to a lump sum benefit equivalent to the total

monthly pensions corresponding to the balance of the

five-year guaranteed period excluding the dependents'

pension.

(d) The following disabilities shall be deemed permanent

total:

1. Complete loss of sight of both eyes;

2. Loss of two limbs at or above the ankle or wrists;

3. Permanent complete paralysis of two limbs;

4. Brain injury resulting to incurable imbecility or insanity;

and

5. Such cases as determined and approved by the SSS.

(e)

If

the

disability

is

permanent

partial,

and such

disability

occurs

before

thirty-six

(36)

monthly

contributions have been paid prior to the semester of

disability, the benefit shall be such percentage of the

lump sum benefit described in the preceding paragraph

with

due

regard to the degree of disability as the

Commission may determine.

(f) If the disability is permanent total and such disability

occurs after thirty-six (36) monthly contributions have

been paid prior to the semester of disability, the benefit

shall

be

the

monthly

pension

for

permanent

total

disability payable not longer than the period designated

in the following schedule:

Complete and permanent

loss of use of

Number of

Months

One thumb

10

One index finger

8

One middle finger

6

One right finger

5

One little finger

3

One big toe

6

One hand

39

One arm

50

One foot

31

One leg

46

One ear

10

Both ears

20

Hearing of one ear

10

Hearing of both ears

50

Sight of one eye

25

(g)

The

percentage

degree

of

disability

which

is

equivalent to the ratio that the designated number of

months of compensability bears to seventy-five (75),

rounded to the next higher integer, shall not be additive

for distinct, separate and unrelated permanent partial

disabilities, but shall be additive for deteriorating and

related permanent partial disabilities to a maximum of

one hundred percent (100%), in which case, the member

shall be deemed as permanently totally disabled.

(h) In case of permanent partial disability, the monthly

pension benefit shall be given in lump sum if it is payable

for less than twelve (12) months.

(i) For the purpose of adjudicating retirement, death and

permanent total disability pension benefits, contributions

shall be deemed paid for the months during which the

member received partial disability pension: Provided ,

That

such

contributions

shall

be

based on his last

contribution prior to his disability.

(j) Should a member who is on partial disability pension

retire or die, his disability pension shall cease upon his

retirement or death.

SECTION

13-B.

Funeral

Benefit .

-

A

funeral

grant

equivalent to Twelve thousand pesos (P12,000.00) shall be

paid, in cash or in kind, to help defray the cost of funeral

expenses

upon

the

death

of

a

member,

including

permanently totally disabled member or retiree.

SECTION 14. Sickness Benefit . - (a) A member who has

paid at least three (3) monthly contributions in the

twelve-month

period

immediately

preceding

the

semester of sickness or injury and is confined therefor for

more than three (3) days in a hospital or elsewhere with

the

approval

of

the

SSS,

shall,

for

each

day

of

compensable confinement or a fraction thereof, be paid

by his employer, or the SSS, if such person is unemployed

or self-employed, a daily sickness benefit equivalent to

ninety percent (90%) of his average daily salary credit,

subject to the following conditions:

(1) In no case shall the daily sickness benefit be paid

longer than one hundred twenty (120) days in one (1)

calendar year, nor shall any unused portion of the one

hundred twenty (120) days of sickness benefit granted

under this section be carried forward and added to the

total number of compensable days allowable in the

subsequent year;

(2) The daily sickness benefit shall not be paid for more

than two hundred forty (240) days on account of the

same confinement; and

(3) The employee member shall notify his employer of the

fact of his sickness or injury within five (5) calendar days

after

the

start

of

his

confinement

unless

such

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