SECTION I: METHOD OF COMPUTATION OF CONTRIBUTION MONTHS
SECTION I
METHOD OF COMPUTATION OF CONTRIBUTION MONTHS
ARTICLE (1)
For the purposes of computation of the contribution months in application of the provisions of Article (47) of the Law, the following rules shall be applicable:
1. A contribution month is every calendar month for which, pursuant to the provisions of the Law and the Registration and Contribution Regulations, contribution is due to the Organization on the basis of the full monthly contributory wage, regardless whether it is based on the wage of the first month of the insurance year or on actual wages or on such other method as adopted by the Organization for the purposes of determination of the payable contributions.
2. The contributor treated on the basis of the actual wages method shall be treated as follows in respect of the periods for which no full monthly wage has been received by him and not included in the period calculated in his favour in accordance with the preceding paragraph:
a. If he is a monthly-paid contributor, he shall be credited with one contribution month for every 30 paid days.
b. If he is an hourly-paid contributor, he shall be credited with one contribution month for each 240 paid hours.
c. If he is a daily-paid contributor, he shall be credited with one contribution month for every 30 paid days.
d. In adding the contribution months as provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the working days balance equivalent to or exceeding 13 (thirteen) days shall be considered as a contribution month and the balance that is less than that shall be disregarded.
e. If the contributor’s period of contribution includes a period for which a daily allowance for injury is payable, such period shall be included for the purposes of computation of pension or compensation payable to him under the Annuities Branch provisions, as if he has received full wages and paid the contributions due therefore.
3. Where contributions are paid according to Gregorian calendar, the differences in days between the Gregorian and Hijrah years shall be added to the contribution period if this enables the contributor to complete the period qualifying for pension. This shall be applied to cases of eligibility for pension provided for in paragraphs 1(a), 1(c), 1(d), 1(e), and (2) of Article (38) of the Law and to cases of disability and death, provided that such added differences shall not be taken into account in the computation of the pension.
ARTICLE (2)
1. The day on which a contributor leaves employment shall be reckoned as contribution day.
2. For the purposes of application of the provisions of paragraphs 1(a), 1(c), 1(d), 1(e), and (2) of Article (38) and the provisions of Articles (39) and (40) of the Law, the incomplete month in which the worker leaves employment shall be reckoned as complete contribution month, if such reckoning enables the contributor to complete the period qualifying for pension, provided that such month shall not be taken into account in the computation of the pension.
3. For the purposes of determination of the period qualifying for non-occupational disability pension and heirs pension in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article (39) and paragraph (1) of Article (40) of the Law, the contribution months shall be considered as consecutive if they are related to periods of employment covered under the Law and are not separated by a time interval.
4. For the purposes of application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the month in which the contributor leaves employment shall not be considered a time separator if no contribution is due for such month in respect of the contributor who pays contributions on the basis of wages of the first month of the year. Likewise, the periods of absence, leave without pay, or periods of suspension of the employment contract shall not be considered as time separator if no contribution is due for such periods, in respect of contributor who pay contributions on actual wage basis. Nor shall the period separating between two contribution periods which is less than thirty days be considered as time separator. However, the periods referred to in the foregoing cases shall not be included in the period taken as a basis for the calculation of the pension.
ARTICLE (3)
For the purposes of application of the provisions of paragraph 3(e) of Article (38) of the Law, if a contributor has worked for more than one employer at a time, and each employer is liable to pay full contribution for each one month, the contributor, or his eligible surviving family members, as applicable, shall be credited with one contribution month for each one calendar month. In this case the total monthly wages due to the contributor from the various employers during the last two contribution years shall be taken as a basis for the computation of the pension, with due regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article (19) and paragraph (3) of Article (38) of the Law and Article (8) of the Annuities Branch Benefits Regulations.
The Governor may set forth such details and examples as may be required for the implementation of this Article.