In Australia, social security payments and other benefits are currently made available under the

following acts of parliament: (1) Social Security Act 1991; (2) A New Tax System (Family Assistance)
Act 1999; (3) Student Assistance Act 1973; (4) Paid Parental Leave Act 2010.
1. WHO ARE COVERED
The Philippines Social Security Act of 1997 (RA 8282) shall be compulsory upon all employees not
over sixty (60) years of age and their employers; upon domestic helpers, whose monthly income shall
not be less than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00); upon selected self-employed persons and the
individual farmers and fishermen. (Section 9, SSS). Covers the Employer, any person, natural or
juridical, domestic or foreign who carries on in the Philippines any trade, business, industry
undertaking or activity of any kind and uses the services of another person who is under his orders
as regards employment, except Government employees; Employee, any person who performs
services for an employer who receives compensation for such services; and Self-employed,
considered as both and employee and employer. (Section 8, SSS) The SSS contribution
Meanwhile, the GSIS Act of 1997 (RA 8291) covers the employer and employee under the national
government, its political subdivisions, branches and agencies or instrumentalities ,including GOCCs
and financial institutions with original charters, the constitutional commissions and judiciary, which are
not covered under the SSS. The GSIS contribution shall be compulsory for all employees receiving
compensation who have not reached compulsory retirement age, irrespective of employment status,
except members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, subject
to the condition that they must settle first their financial obligation with the GSIS, and contractuals
who have no employer and employee relationship with the agencies they serve. (Section 3, GSIS)
In Australia, the Age Pension was the first payment made by the Commonwealth Government, back
to 1909 and still in effect until present. It is available to persons aged 65 years and over. Except for
the mandatory superannuation scheme, workers do not contribute to a pension or insurance
scheme in Australia, unlike pension schemes in many other countries. Taxpayer-funded
pensions are means tested. (Patricia Karvelas (13 November 2013). "Call for end to welfare poverty". The
Australian. Retrieved 15 November 2013.)

A person is qualified for an age pension if the person has reached pension age and any of the following
applies: (a) the person has 10 years qualifying Australian residence;(b) the person has a qualifying residence
exemption for an age pension; (c) the person was receiving a widow pension, a widow allowance, a mature
age allowance or a partner allowance, immediately before reaching that age. (SS Act 1991, Section 43 (1).
However, the same would not be payable to a person if the person is already receiving a service pension;
or if (a) a person is receiving an age pension; and (b) another social security pension. (SS Act 1991, Section
47 (1) (2))
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2. Conditions

3. COVERAGE- COMPULSORY, VOLUNTARY

4. EXCEPTIONS FROM COVERAGE
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6. DEPENDENTS
7. BENEFICIARIES - PRIMARY, SECONDARY, OTHERS
8. BENEFITS
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10. COMPENSATION
11. BASIS OF CLAIM
12. EFFECTS OF SEPERATION FROM EMPLOYMENT
13. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
14. FUNDING
15. EXMEPTION FROM TAX/LEGAL PROCESS.LIEN
16. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
17. PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD