የህዝብ ተቋማት ሰራተኛ ማህበራዊ ዋስትና መርሃግብሮች

Program Objective                                                                

• To improve service delivery and increase customer satisfaction for social security beneficiaries.
• To develop the pension fund and improve the human resources management system.

 Entitlement

• Old age Retirement pension beneficiaries- who have completed 10 years of service get 30% of his/her average salary for the last three years preceding retirement and shall be increased, for each year of service beyond 10 years by 1.25%.

• Survivors' Pension and Gratuity entitlement
• Widow’s or Widower’s Pension (50% of the pension to which the deceased would have been entitled).
• Surviving Child's Pension (20% of the pension to which the deceased would have been entitled
• Surviving Parent’s Pension: pension payable to each parent shall be 15% and if there are no survivors other than the parents, the pension shall be 20%).
• Invalidity Pension- shall receive invalidity pension for life
• Invalidity Gratuity- shall receive lump sum one time

Type of Client and Coverage

• Old age Pension contributors= 2,506,136
• Old age Retirement pension beneficiaries= 200,028
• Survivor’s pension beneficiaries= 307,218
• Invalidity pension beneficiaries= 10,035
• Employment Injury beneficiaries= 118,642

 Eligibility

• Having pension number/registration
• Being citizens of Ethiopia employed in the public sector, government appointees, members of parliament, and military and police personnel
• A public servant who has not completed 10 years of service and separates from service on becoming unfit for service due to health problems- Invalidity Gratuity:
• A public servant who has completed at least 10 years of service and separates from service due to health problems preventing him from engaging in any remunerated work- Invalidity pension clients-
• A public servant (Civil) who has not completed 10 years of service and retires on attaining retirement age- Retirement Gratuity clients
• A public servant who sustains employment injury of not less than 10% and separates from work due to permanent incapacity that prevents him from engaging in any remunerated work- Incapacity Pension client
• Survivors
• Widow or Widower
• Surviving Child and Surviving Parent

Moreover, the beneficiary is excepted to fulfill at least two of the criteria to be eligible.

Click on http://www.socialprotection.gov.et/ for more information

Available Documents

Proclamation Public PSSSA#1267 2014E.C   

PSSSA\Pocket Size (የኪስ መጽሄት) Pension.pdf