1. Group Work on Convention102 - Social Security International Labour Office Turin, 26 June 2012

2. ILO social security and maternity protection standards  8 up-to-date Conventions:  Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102);  Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118);  Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121);  Old-Age, Invalidity and Survivors’ Benefits Convention, 1967 (No. 128);  Medical Care Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130);  Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 (No. 157);  Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168);  Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183).  2 major up-to-date Recommendations:  Income Security Recommendation, 1944 (No. 67);  Medical Care Recommendation, 1944 (No. 69).  Social Protection floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202). 1

3. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)  Defines the nine branches of social security:  Medical care benefit, sickness benefit, unemployment benefit, old-age benefit, employment injury benefits, maternity benefit, family benefit, invalidity benefit, survivors’ benefit.  Sets minimum standards for the nine branches:  Minimum percentage of personal coverage;  Minimum level of benefits;  Maximum qualifying period for the entitlement to benefit;  Minimum duration of benefits. 2

4. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) 3 Minimum standards Branches C. No. 102 C. No. 102 Benefit Conditions Duration of Benefit Coverage of persons Sickness Benefit 45 % To preclude abuse 26 weeks 50% of all employees or 20% of all residents, or all residents whose means do not exceed certain limits Unemployment Benefit 45 % To preclude abuse 13 weeks per year 50% of all employees, or all residents whose means do not exceed certain limits Old-Age Benefit 40 % 30 years Throughout 50% of all employees or 20% of all residents, or all residents whose means do not exceed certain limits Employment Injury Benefits Short term disability Permanent disability Death of the breadwinner 50 % No qualifying Throughout the contingency 50 % period allowed 45 % 50% of all employees, and their widows and children in case of death of the breadwinner through an employment injury Family Benefit3% or 1,5% To preclude abuse Throughout 50% of all employees or 20% of all residents, or all residents whose means do not exceed certain limits Maternity Benefit 45 % T o preclude abuse Minimum of 12 weeks Women of classes of employees constituting not less than 50% of all employees or 20% of all residents, Invalidity Benefit 40 % 15 years Throughout the contingency or until old – age pension is paid 50% of all employees or 20% of all residents, or all residents whose means do not exceed certain limits Survivors ’ Benefit 40 % 15 years Throughout the contingency Wives and children of 50% of all employees, or 20% of all residents, or all resident wives and children whose means do not exceed limits

5. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)  Based on commonly agreed social security principles:  Guarantee of defined benefits;  Participation of protected persons in administration;  General responsibility of the State for:  Due provision of benefits; and  Proper administration of institutions and services (e.g. through regular actuarial reviews).  Collective financing;  Adjustment of pensions in payment;  Right of appeal in case of refusal or complaint as to its quality or quantity;  Equality of treatment. 4

6. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)  Built on the basis that there is not a unique model for social security:  National social security systems should reflect each country’s social and cultural values, its history, in accordance with existing institutions and level of economic development  It thus includes several flexibility clauses to allow as many countries as possible to fulfill its provisions and progressively extend their system towards comprehensive coverage  Offers states the possibility of ratification by accepting at least three of its nine branches and of subsequently accepting obligations under other branches, thereby allowing them to progressively attain all the objectives set out in the convention 5

7. Ratification Map of Convention No. 102 – 47 Ratifications as of October 2011 6

8. Minimum ILO social security standards  Old-age benefit:  Convention No. 102: periodical payments, corresponding to at least 40% of the reference wage. The rates of relevant benefits must be revised following substantial changes in the general level of earnings and /or the cost of living;  Unemployment benefit:  Convention No. 102: periodical payments, corresponding to at least 45% of the reference wage; 7

9. Minimum ILO social security standards  Employment injury benefit:  Convention No. 102: medical care, periodical payments corresponding to at least 50% of the reference wage in cases of incapacity for work or invalidity. Benefits for widow and dependent children in case of death of breadwinner with periodical payments corresponding to at least 40% of the reference wage. Possibility of converting periodical payments into lump sums. Except in the case of incapacity for work, obligation to revise the rates of periodical payments following substantial changes in the cost of living; 8

10. Minimum ILO social security standards  Medical care:  Convention No. 102: provides for preventive care, general practitioner care, including home visits, specialist care, essential pharmaceutical supplies as prescribed, prenatal, confinement and postnatal care by medical practitioners or qualified midwives, and hospitalization where necessary;  Sickness benefit:  Convention No. 102: periodical payments, corresponding to at least 45% of the reference wage; 9

11. Minimum ILO social security standards  Family benefit:  Convention No. 102: provides either periodical payments or the provision of food, clothing, housing, holidays or domestic help, or a combination of these;  Maternity benefit:  Convention No. 102: medical care including at least prenatal, confinement and postnatal care either by medical practitioners or by qualified midwives and hospitalization where necessary; periodical payments, corresponding to at least 45% of the reference wage; 10

12. Minimum ILO social security standards  Invalidity and Survivors’ benefit:  Convention No. 102: periodical payments, corresponding to at least 40% of the reference wage; the rates of relevant benefits must be revised following substantial changes in the general level of earnings and/or in the cost of living;  Convention No. 128: periodical payments corresponding to at least 50% (invalidity benefit) / 45% (survivors’ benefit)of the reference wage; the rates of relevant benefits must be revised following substantial changes in the general level of earnings and/or in the cost of living. Obligation to provide rehabilitation services and to take measures to further the placement of disabled persons in suitable employment (invalidity benefit). 11

13. Ratification Chart of Convention No.102 - 47 Ratifications as of October 2011 12 Albania (2006) Austria (1969) Barbados (1972) Belgium (1959) Bolivia (1977) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993) Brazil (2009) Bulgaria (2008) D. R. Congo (1987) Costa Rica (1972) Croatia (1991) Cyprus (1991) Czech Rep. (1993) Denmark (1955) Ecuador (1974) France (1974) Germany (1958) Greece (1955) Iceland (1961) Ireland (1968) Israel (1955) Italy (1956) Japan (1976) Libya (1975) Luxembourg (1964) Macedonia (1991) Mauritania (1968) Mexico (1961) Montenegro (2006) Netherlands (1962) Niger (1966) Norway (1954) Peru (1961) Poland (2003) Portugal (1994) Romania (2009) Senegal (1962) Serbia (2000) Slovakia (1993) Slovenia (1992) Spain (1988) Sweden (1953) Switzerland (1977) Turkey (1975) United Kingdom (1954) Uruguay (2010) Venezuela (1982)

14. Group work and discussion  Would your country be in a position to ratify Convention No. 102?  What would be the advantages for your country of ratifying Convention No. 102, or higher social security Conventions? 13