The Social Security System offers several different insurance schemes related to work, such as the Unemployment Insurance, the Adolescence Work Insurance, the Domestic Help Insurance, and the Income Insurance. Besides, workers count with a protection Law. which states that all workers must have an individual retirement account and an individua...
El Salvador has a private pension scheme which regulates the establishment and operation of pension fund administrators and contains rules to protect the rights of members. Individuals (and their spouses) covered by the system are entitled to sickness and maternity benefits, care for work related injuries, and pensions on the basis of old age ...
Mi Familia Progressa (MFP) is a conditional cash transfer coordinated by the Board of Social Cohesion in Guatemala. It was created in April 2008 through the Government Agreement 117-2008 and modified by the 273-2008 Agreement from 22 October 2008. It provides an Education benefit of GTQ150 and a Health and Nutritional benefit of GTQ150 per ho...
Honduras has social security coverage including old-age pensions, disability pensions, survivors’ and maternity benefits, and compensation for work injuries.
Mexico’s social security programme provides health care to formal sector workers and their families. Those outside the social security network receive health care through a wide array of government sources, such as the cash transfer programme, Oportunidades. In addition to the pension system, there is a mandatory private pension s...
According to the Organic Law of Social Secuity, Decree No 974/ 03-1982, Article 52 of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute is the organisation responsible for the Pension System in the country.
Panama’s social security system covers most permanent employees in the formal sector. It protects beneficiaries in case of sickness and maternity leave, old age, disability and survivors of wars.
