{"id":5406,"date":"2026-02-09T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5406"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:08:36","slug":"_pb20disablement-benefit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5406","title":{"rendered":"_pb20\tDisablement Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pensions & Benefits<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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<\/i>Basic Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Basic Retirement Pension<\/a>Widow\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s pension<\/a>Guardian\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Child\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Disability Allowance<\/a>Additional Disability Allowance<\/a>Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Inmate\u2019s Allowance<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Contributory Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Contributory Retirement Pension<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widows\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widower\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>NSF Lumpsum<\/a>Transition Unemployment Benefit<\/a>Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Compensation to injured workers<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a>\n\nDisablement Benefit<\/a>\n\nSurvivor\u2019s Pension<\/a>\n\nDependant\u2019s Pension<\/a>\n\nOrphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a>\n\nRetirement Benefits<\/a>\n\nDisability Allowance<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Continuation of Benefits<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
Studies Abroad<\/a>\n\nMedical Treatment Abroad<\/a>\n\nOne off Exemption for stay abroad<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Disablement Benefit (DB)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Payable to an employee or self-employed who has suffered an industrial injury resulting in a disablement.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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  1. Where the disablement is 100%, the Disablement Benefit would be equal to 80% of the monthly earnings of the employee or self-employed.<\/li>
  2. Where the disablement is less than 100%,the DB would be equal to65% of the monthly earnings of the employee or self-employed, multiplied by the percentage (%) of his disablement.<\/li>
  3. The employee or self-employed may elect to receive a lump sum payment in lieu of a monthly Disablement Benefit- (Conditions apply)<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    1. Birth Certificate.<\/li>
    2. National Identity Card.<\/li>
    3. Medical Certificates\/Evidence; and<\/li>
    4. Bank Name and Bank Account Number.In the case of a joint account, the National Identity Card(s) of Joint account holder(s) should be produced.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Application may be registered at the Social Security Office nearest to the applicant’s locality.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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      Contact the Social Security Office nearest to your place of residence.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Pensions & Benefits Basic Pensions Basic Retirement PensionWidow\u2019s Basic PensionOrphan\u2019s pensionGuardian\u2019s AllowanceChild\u2019s AllowanceInvalid\u2019s Basic PensionDisability AllowanceAdditional Disability AllowanceCarer\u2019s AllowanceInmate\u2019s Allowance Contributory Pensions Contributory Retirement PensionInvalid\u2019s Contributory PensionWidows\u2019s Contributory PensionWidower\u2019s Contributory PensionOrphan\u2019s Contributory PensionNSF LumpsumTransition Unemployment BenefitPortable Retirement Gratuity Fund Compensation to injured workersIndustrial Injury Allowance Disablement Benefit Survivor\u2019s Pension Dependant\u2019s Pension Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5406"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6791,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406\/revisions\/6791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}