Rights and financial support

The Social Insurance Administration (TR) assesses the disability of those who apply for a disability pension in accordance with previously established rules. The Administration may require the applicant to undergo a specialised evaluation of the possibility of rehabilitation before the assessment is performed.

All workers must contribute part of their wages to a pension fund by law. A fund member, that has contributed to a fund for at least twoyears, is entitled to disability pension payments if the loss of capacity is assessed as fifty percent or more and the loss of capacity results in a curtailment of income.

Benefit recipients must familiarise themselves with the tax rules applicable to the benefits they receive as, for instance, personal allowances and accident and illness per-diem payments are taxable and are taxed in arrears.