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Maternity benefit - Evaluation 10 questions

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1 According to the international minimum standard, should maternity benefits be provided to women workers who will experience a suspension of earnings due to their pregnancy and birth of a child?

 
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According to C102, maternity benefits, including cash benefits and medical care, should be provided to women workers due to the suspension of earnings that result from their pregnancy, confinement and its consequences. In addition, the spouses of working men are also entitled to receive medical maternity care.

2 Amiria works for the national social security institution and wishes to know what are the international minimum standards for whom cash maternity benefits are to be provided:

 
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Under C102, cash maternity benefits are guaranteed to: all women in prescribed classes of employees, which classes constitute not less than 50 per cent of all employees OR all women in prescribed classes of the economically active population, which classes constitute not less than 20 per cent of all residents.

3 C102 requires that, at a minimum, all women in prescribed classes of employees, which classes constitute no less than 50 per cent of all employees, are entitled to receive maternity related medical care.

 
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Under C102, all women in prescribed classes of employees, which classes constitute no less than 50 per cent of all employees, are entitled to receive maternity related medical care.

4 Ochen has been working for the same company for the last 5 years. He is covered for medical care. His wife, Dembe, just found out that she is pregnant. Under C102, should she be entitled for maternity related medical care during her pregnancy and other medical cares related to her pregnancy and childbirth?

 
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According to the international minimum standard, the spouse of working men should be entitled to receive maternity medical care.

5 According to C102, what should be the minimum level of maternity cash benefits?

 
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Pursuant to the minimum social security standard, cash maternity benefit should represent at least 45% of previous insured earnings.

6 Pursuant to C102, cash maternity benefits should be paid in the form of:

 
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Under C102, maternity cash benefits need to be paid in the form of a periodical payment and may either be paid in the form of a flat rate benefit or represent a percentage of the previous earnings.

7 Under C102, maternity medical care should provide which of the following types of care (choose all answers that apply):

 
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Under C102, maternity medical care provided should include: pre-natal, confinement, post-natal care either by qualified medical practitioners or midwives, as well as hospitalisation where necessary.

8 Can access to maternity medical benefits be made subject to a qualifying period?

 
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Convention 102 allows for the national legislation to require that a protected person complete a qualifying period in order to access maternity benefits. However, this qualifying period should only be as long as considered necessary to preclude abuse. Since the duration of pregnancy is 9 months, it is international practice to set a qualifying period between 9 and 12 months.

9 C102 establishes that maternity cash periodical payments should be provided for at least 3 weeks.

 
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According to the international minimum standard, maternity cash periodical payments should be provided for at least 12 weeks.

10 Under C102, maternity medical care should be provided throughout the entire duration of the contingency.

 
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Under C102, maternity medical care should be provided so long as needed as a result of the pregnancy and labour is required.