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Public Organization Employee Social Security Schemes

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Public Organization Employee Social Security Scheme

Program Summary

The Public Employees Social Security scheme is a federal government administration scheme established with the aim of expanding and strengthening the social security programs of government employees. The main mission of this scheme is to register and issue pensions, collect pension contributions, determine pensions, pay, and administer pensions. Accordingly, the scheme has about 2.52 million active pension contributors and 635,923 legally covered beneficiaries.

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