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J U N E 2 0 2 1 , V O L U M E 3 YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY...

Features Changes to Invalidity Requirements pg 2 Sickness Benefit pg 3 A B S S B 2 0 2 1 J U N E 2 0 2 1 , V O L U M E 3 Update for OVERSEAS Invalidity Beneficiaries The Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) is advising all its overseas beneficiaries that medical reports are due at the end of June 30, 2021.

Overseas invalidity beneficiaries need to produce medical reports at the end of June and the end of December, each year.
The Social Security Legislation required a registered doctor in Antigua and Barbuda to confirm invalidity.

For this reason, all medical reports for persons who do not live in Antigua and Barbuda need to be certified by a registered doctor in Antigua and Barbuda.

All overseas documents need to be notarized or certified by one of our embassies/consulates/missions, etc depending on where the beneficiary lives.

Please note this only applies to persons who reside outside of Antigua & Barbuda.
For more information contact the office at 268-736-3000 or email us at customerserv@socialsecurity.gov.ag.

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if the monthly remittance forms are not correctly completed to include SS numbers and dates worked, it will delay claims processing?

A B S S B 2 0 2 1 SICKNESS BENEFIT Important Appointments must be made to register for a social security card.
The person must have been in employment the day before the illness began.The person must have paid not less than 26 weekly contributions into the Social SecuritySystem.The person must have worked at least eight weeks in the three calendar monthsimmediately before the illness began.Sickness Benefit is a cash benefit paid to an insured person who is absent from workbecause of a certified illness other than that caused by employment injury.Any Private Sector employee or self-employed person who is 16 years old or over and underthe pensionable age who satisfies the following conditions is entitled to sickness benefit.1.2.3.However, sickness benefit is not payable to employees of Government and Statutoryestablishments as they are not covered for this benefit.Your claim for Sickness Benefit should be made within 21 days after your illness.
Any claimmade after this time may be disallowed by the Director.Further, Sickness Benefit is not payable for the first three days, neither for Sundays.Ensure that the medical certificate you receive from your doctor is a Social Security MedicalCertificate, and your doctor has filled out sections A & B.

Your employer should completesection C, and you, the insured person, should carefully complete section D and sign it.
Thecompleted Medical Certificate should be submitted promptly to the Social Security Office toavoid delay.

IMPORTANT NOTICES Published by: Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board P.O Box 1125 Long Street St. John's Antigua Follow us on: As of January 1, 2021 the current pension age is 63 years.Remittance payments for May 2021 are due by 14th June 2021.

Rates are 13% forpublic sector employees and 14% for private sector employees; Self-employed rateremains at 10%.