Social Insurance Law
Art. 56Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Ministry of Investment (misa.gov.sa)
First: A contributor may combine the following compensations:
1. The benefit and the pension, provided that the combined amount does not exceed 100 percent of
the larger of the following two amounts:
a) The average monthly contributory wage or salary used as a basis for the computation of the
occupational disability benefit, after increasing such average by 7 percent for each full year
between the date the disability is established and the date of pension entitlement, provided that
this does not apply beyond the legal age of pension entitlement.
b) The average contributory wage or salary used as a basis for the computation of the pension.
2. The lump-sum compensation or monthly payments and occupational hazards compensations.
3. The lump-sum compensation and annuities branch compensations.
4. Occupational hazards compensations and unemployment insurance compensation.
5. Occupational hazards compensations and maternity allowance.
Second: Family members shall have the right to combine annuities branch compensations and
occupational hazards compensations in the following cases:
1. Sons and daughters may combine the share they are entitled to from their father’s entitlement with
the share they are entitled to from their mother’s entitlement.
2. A widow or widower may combine his or her entitlement with the share he or she is entitled to
from the spouse’s entitlement.
Third: Except for the cases provided for in Clauses (First) and (Second) of this Article,
compensations may not be combined except in the cases and within the limits specified in the
Regulations.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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