Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

47.   Regulations for sickness and invalidity benefits

The Minister may make regulations to provide for—

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    (a)     the days which are or are not to be counted for the purpose of sickness benefits, or invalidity benefits, as days of incapacity for work;

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    (b)     the respective circumstances in which, for the purposes of section 46—

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      (i)     employment which has not been terminated may be treated as if it had been terminated, or

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      (ii)     a day which falls in a period when a person's employment is suspended but does not fall to be so treated and which apart from the regulations would not fall to be treated as a day of incapacity for work, may be treated as such a day;

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    (c)     the period over which average salary shall be computed for payment of invalidity pension;

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    (d)     the proper and effective administration of sickness and invalidity benefits and related matters.

MATERNITY BENEFITS