16/04/2018
For employed members, the benefit is ADVANCED by the employer to the qualified employee, IN FULL, within 30 DAYS from the date of filing of the maternity leave application.
For separated/voluntary/self-employed members, the amount of benefit is paid DIRECTLY to them by the SSS.
Benefit Computation:
1. Exclude the semester of contingency (delivery or miscarriage). A semester refers to two consecutive quarters or 6 months.
Example: The SSS member is expected to give birth on December 2019.
The semester of contingency would be from July 2019 to December 2019.
The 12-month period before the semester of contingency would be from July 2018 to June 2019.
2. Add the 6 highest monthly salary credits (refer to SSS Contribution table) within the 12-month period before the semester of contingency to get the total monthly salary credit.
Example: The SSS member is regularly receiving the minimum rate (P13,962) from the past 1 year up to date, her monthly salary credit based on the SSS Contribution table is equivalent to P14,000. So P14,000 x 6 = P84,000
3. Divide the total monthly salary credit by 180 days to get the daily maternity allowance.
Example: P84,000/180 = P466.67
4. Multiply the daily maternity allowance by 105 days for livebirth or 60 days for miscarriage to get the total amount of maternity benefit.
Example: P466.67 x 105 = P49,000
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