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Practice question: Coverage; Exclusions; Dependents; Beneficiaries; Benefits

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A forty-five-year-old involuntarily separated member has forty lifetime contributions but only eight within the relevant preceding eighteen-month period. No special exception applies. Which is best?
  1. Forty lifetime payments automatically erase the recent requirement.
  2. Age alone supplies all contributions.
  3. Any involuntary separation eliminates contribution conditions.
  4. The total alone does not satisfy the separate twelve-recent-contribution requirement.
  5. The worker may use a neighbor’s contributions.

Legal references

  • RA 11199, Section 14-B, unemployment or involuntary separation benefit: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/86333
  • SSS official unemployment benefit eligibility and conditions: https://www.sss.gov.ph/unemployment-benefit

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