Accident Injury - Maximum period of entitlement

The accident allowance is paid for a maximum of 90 consecutive days, commencing on the day after the accident. No accident allowance will be paid for more than 90 days in one calendar year (from January through December)

A salaried employee or a self-employed person is not paid the accident allowance for the first two days after the day of the accident. The accident allowance for those two days is only paid to a person who looses his capacity to function for at least 12 days, aside from the date of the accident.

A person who is not a salaried employee or a self-employed person, including a housewife, is not paid an accident allowance for the first 14 days after the day of the accident.