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| The amended law for the working disabled |
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The Laron Committee was established to examine the integration of disabled people into the job market. In line with the Committee’s recommendations, the National Insurance Law was amended on January 8, 2009 to improve conditions for disability pension recipients who join the workforce.
The amendment to the law improves the conditions for those who join the workforce and does not diminish the rights of those who are not working.
The main points of the amendment:
1. If a degree of permanent incapacity has been established for you, you will not be re-examined when you join the workforce.
2. The overall amount that you receive from work and from the pension will always be higher than the amount of the pension alone. Therefore, the more you earn from working, the more your income will increase.
3. You will continue to receive fringe benefits according to the established rules.
4. A safety net for three years - If you stop working or if your income decreases, you can return to receiving the disability pension as you did before, without additional examinations.
5. If, in July 2009, you are receiving a disability pension and you also have income from working, you will receive the pension according to the new law, only if you choose to do so.
6. According to the law, there is a new pension - an incentive pension. This pension will be paid instead of the disability pension to those whose income exceeds the amount specified in the law. This will maintain the principal whereby the overall amount that you receive from working and from the pension will always be higher than the disability pension alone.
7. The amendment to the law establishes 4 degrees of incapacity: 60%, 65%, 74% or 100%.
If you would like to go to work, or if you are working and would like to examine additional employment possibilities, the vocational rehabilitation services of the National Insurance Institute are at your disposal.
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| Continuing to receive the disability pension | |
Under the amendment to the law, if you are receiving a disability pension and you are also working, the total amount that you will receive from your pension and your job will always be higher than the amount of the pension. Therefore, it is worth your while to go to work, thereby increasing your income. |
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| Job placement | |
 If you want to start working for the first time
If you worked in the past and you want to return to the work force
If you are working part time and need to acquire additional skills that will enable you to expand your job
If you are working at unskilled labor and feel that you are capable of more
the rehabilitation personnel of the National Insurance Institute can help you to find work in several ways.
The National Insurance Institute’s rehabilitation services are provided by social workers who advise you on everything pertaining to choosing a suitable occupation, and integrating into the job. Under the law, you have the opportunity to undergo vocational rehabilitation, which is provided to you in addition to the disability pension. |
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| Incentive pension | |
The incentive pension replaces the disability pension and is paid automatically to someone who received a disability pension for at least 12 consecutive months and is working, and whose income from that work exceeds the amount specified in the law.
You cannot receive both a disability pension and an incentive pension at the same time. |
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| Rates of the disability or incentive pension | |
The pension is gradually reduced as your income from work increases but, in any case, the higher your income from work, the more your overall income (from work and from the pension) will be.
Below are the levels of the reduction in the pension in relation to the amount of income (as of January 2010): |
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| Phone for Clarifications | |
| Vocal calculator, at phone no. 02-6463555, for calculating disability pension or incetive benefit under the Laron Law.
Phone navigator to the rehabilitation departments at the local NII branches, at phone no. 02-6463488
This is the time for you to go out to work. Persons who have a 20% permanent disability degree or more and who would like to learn a profession or to receive assistance in job placement are invited to use this phone service. |
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