Barbados

Established the maternity grant to an amount of $1,260.

Established the conditions for the maternity benefit and the maternity grant, financed through National Insurance. Maternity benefit shall be granted in the case of the pregnancy and confinement of a woman who is an insured person, with a daily rate of 100% of the average insurable weekly earning of the insured person, divided by 6.

An Act to establish a system of national insurance and social security for Barbados providing payments by way of, amongst others, maternity benefit. It is defined as periodical payments in the case of the pregnancy or confinement of an insured woman. Maternity grant is defined as a payment in the case of the pregnancy or confinement of a woman who (i) is not an insured person, or (ii) is an insured person that does not satisfy the conditions for the receipt of maternity benefit, but whose spouse is an insured person.