If a worker is on sick leave or in a situation of temporary disability, certain doubts may arise as very different situations may arise:
What happens if I am temporarily disabled and am fired?
What if my employment contract ends and I am still on sick leave?
What if I am unemployed and have an accident?
Do I continue receiving temporary disability benefits? Unemployment taiwan business mailing list benefits? Or do I get nothing?
One premise that we must bear in mind is that being on sick leave does not influence either the amount or the duration of unemployment .
When you are legally unemployed and have an accident or illness, your situation does not change . You continue to receive unemployment benefits even if you are temporarily incapacitated.
If unemployment benefits end before you are discharged, there are two possibilities:
If the temporary disability or incapacity has been due to a relapse : the same amount will continue to be paid for the entire duration of the disability.
If we are not facing a relapse, when the unemployment benefit ends, the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) will continue paying the benefit until the person is discharged . 80% of the IPREM (Public Indicator of Income for Multiple Effects) is paid.
What if I am receiving unemployment benefits ? The amount paid for the benefit and its duration do not change. If the benefit ends and the worker is still ill, he or she will not be entitled to economic benefits for temporary disability.
Termination of contract or dismissal: what happens with temporary disability benefits?
If the employment contract is terminated either by dismissal or by termination of the contract, two situations arise depending on whether the termination is due to common contingencies or professional contingencies.
Here's a reminder: you can be fired while on sick leave , but you can't be fired for being on sick leave.
If the sick leave is due to a common illness or a non-work-related accident , the amount of the temporary disability payment changes. The worker is paid the amount that he or she would be entitled to as unemployment benefit and the payment is made by the INSS or the Mutual Insurance Company.
If the disability is due to occupational contingencies , the worker will continue to receive the same amount that was paid for temporary disability until he or she is discharged.
Situation after the temporary disability situation has ended
The worker will receive the temporary disability benefit until the date of medical discharge. When the worker is discharged, he or she will be legally unemployed and will have a period of 15 working days to request the benefit.
If the worker has contributed for more than 360 days, he or she will be entitled to unemployment benefits.
If the sick leave was due to a common illness or a non-work-related accident, the amount already received from the end of the contract or dismissal until the date of discharge is deducted from your unemployment benefit. The SEPE (State Public Employment Service) pays the contributions during that time.
If the sick leave was due to an occupational illness or accident at work, the time that the sick leave was paid will not be deducted and the SEPE does not pay Social Security contributions for that time.
The worker does not have enough contributions, but is entitled to receive a subsidy ; nothing will be deducted.
The worker is not entitled to unemployment benefits or subsidies, and the amount received cannot be deducted .