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<p align="justify" class="page_heading">Maternity Benefit</p>
<p align="justify">A newborn child is a very valuable contribution to the society. SSO share the happiness of the parents and also acknowledges the burden of the pregnancy and delivery with a maternity benefit and a childbirth grant.<br><br>Therefore, an insured woman on maternity leave receives the maternity benefit for three months after delivery. This benefit is not only eligible after childbirth, but also after miscarriage from the 180 th day of pregnancy onwards and after child adoption for babies under the age of one.</p>
<p align="justify">The maternity benefit is equal to 100% of the insured earnings (see also: maximum insurable income, and is effective for a period of 3 months, starting with the date of childbirth. If, in excess of the 3-month period, the insured person is unable to return to work for medical reasons, she will then be entitled to a sickness benefit under the conditions described in the section on Sickness Benefit.</p>
<p align="justify"><span class="text_heading">Qualifying period to receive Maternity Benefit<br></span>To receive the Maternity benefit, a minimum of 9 months contributions have to be paid to SSO within the last 12 months prior to the delivery.<br><br><span class="text_heading">Childbirth Grant<br></span>The childbirth grant is offered to the family of the newborn. Unimportant whether a female insured person or the wife of an insured person gives birth to a child, the family is entitled to the childbirth grant. The grant is equal to 60% of the minimum salary set by the Government for the private sector and will be paid per child. The payment of the grant will also be released for births, which take place outside the country.<br><br>The Childbirth Grant is also receivable for child adoption for babies less than one year of age. However, it can only be applied for cases, where no childbirth
grant has already been paid for the adopted baby.</p>
<p align="justify"><span class="text_heading">Qualifying period for Childbirth Grant<br></span>To be entitled to Childbirth Grant, a minimum of 12 months contributions have to be paid to SSO within the last 18 months prior to the delivery or child adoption.</p>
<p><span class="text_heading">Maternity Benefit Calculation.<br>
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<strong> Attention: The calculation below provides you only with a rough estimation of a potential benefit. It cannot be used to impose any claim. The exact benefit will be calculated by SSO case to case based on the real data.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The maternity benefit will be paid for 3 months.</strong></p>
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Enter in the fields below your salary for each of the last 6 months, on which your employer pays SSO contributions. Be aware that the maximum contributable salary per month is 1,500,000 Kip. If you are not sure, please approach your employer on the salary, which is reported for you to SSO.</p>
<p>After entering the data, please click on the "Calculate" button:
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<tr><td><p>Month 2: <input name="month2" id="month2" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p>Month 3: <input name="month3" id="month3" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p>Month 4: <input name="month4" id="month4" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p>Month 5: <input name="month5" id="month5" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p>Month 6: <input name="month6" id="month6" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
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<tr><td><p>Contributable Salary 2: <input name="ismonth2" id="ismonth2" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p>Contributable Salary 3: <input name="ismonth3" id="ismonth3" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
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<tr><td><p>Contributable Salary 6: <input name="ismonth6" id="ismonth6" type="text" size="15" style="text-align:right;"> Kip</p></td></tr>
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<td width="240"><p><strong>Average Contributable Salary: </strong></p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Monthly Maternity Benefit: </strong></p></td>
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