Rights concerning pension disability insurance

The disability became permanent in 1993 and he then applied for a Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) disability pension.

The men's rate is particularly higher among the IDF disability pension recipients and the employment disability pension recipients.

To exercise rights and identified requirements and interest to pension and disability insurance, the pension disability insurance fund was established.

The right to pension and disability insurance

FBiH Law on Pension and Disability Insurance

RS Law on Pension and Disability Insurance

The right to disability pension is exercised by the insured party that was mandatory or voluntarily insured by pension and disability insurance

In case of disability caused by an injury at work or by a profession related illness, disability pension is determined as a percentage of the pension principle regardless of the length of the pension service and is more favorable than the disability pension earned in case of disability cased by illness or injury outside of work.

Every party that is insured by pension or disability insurance gains the right to disability pension if the disability is caused by an injury outside of work or by disease under the condition that they have fulfilled a pension service that would cover at least one third of their work service.

Pension disability insurance (Note The Brčko District Government failed to adopt a law on pension disability insurance in the period 2000 2003, despite initiatives and numerous meetings with Entity governments representatives).

In order to carry out rights to pensions and disability insurance, two Entity funds for pension disability insurance were formed.

Rights to pension and disability insurance are defined by law as follows

In case of disability caused by illness or an injury outside of work, disability pension is determined as an adequate percentage of the pension principle, depending on the length of the pension service, insured party's gender, and the calendar year in which the right to pension is exercised.

In case of disability caused by injury at work or professional related health condition, it is calculated by the percentage of base pension, regardless of pension seniority, and is more favourable than disability pension for an illness or injury not related to work.

Each person insured by a disability pension acquires the right to such pension when the disability is caused by an injury outside work or an illness, if he she has pension seniority that covers at least one third of his her work life.

The pension system in Republika Srpska is governed by the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance (Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, 32 00).

Out of a total of 165,481 pensioners to whom pensions are provided in Republika Srpska, as at December 2001, there were 32,510 persons receiving disability pension with an average pension of KM 117.75 (Report on the status of pension and disability insurance and recommendations, April 2002).

For the elderly old age pension In cases of disability disability pension, training or additional training and reassignment and the right to financial compensation on the basis of the right to training while waiting for a new assignment In cases of death of the insured, the beneficiary of personal pension receives a family pension.

The right to disability insurance is acquired by an insured person who is obligatorily or voluntarily insured by pension or disability insurance and who

Rights to pension or disability insurance are acquired and exercised under conditions stipulated by law.

Persons insured voluntarily on the basis of their agricultural activity acquire the right to a disability pension if disability is caused by an injury at work or a professional related health condition, regardless of their length of pension seniority.

Persons voluntarily insured on the basis of their agricultural activity, acquire the right to a disability pension if disability was caused by an injury at work or a professional related health condition, regardless of the length of pension seniority.

The agricultural workers and their families are covered under the Law on pension and disability insurance.

Funds for pension and disability insurance are provided for by the insured, employers and the State.

A disability pension following illness or injury not related to work is calculated by the appropriate percentage of base pension, pension seniority, gender of the insured and the calendar year in which the right to a pension would be implemented.

Women make up less than half (42 ) of the general social security disability pension recipients, mostly due to the higher standard of disability required for women homemakers.

The parties that are insured by voluntary insurance based on their agricultural activities gain the right to a disability pension if their disability is caused by a work injury or a profession related illness, regardless of the length of their pension service.

Each person with disability insurance has the right to a pension if the disability was caused by a work related injury or illness, under the condition that he she had pension seniority that covers at least one third of his her working time.

The right to a disability pension is acquired by persons insured obligatorily or voluntarily in the following cases

It is acquired by work, i.e. obligatory pension and disability insurance and voluntary insurance, as provided under the law.

Persons disabled under age 30, by illness or job injury, acquire the right to disability pension if their pension seniority covers at least one third of their work life expectancy.

Parties that have become disabled before they reached the age of 30, and their disability is caused by illness or outside of work gain the right to a disability pension under the condition that the pension service covers at least one third of their work service.

Pension disability insurance is among the basic social welfare and basic social security rights, which are acquired based upon work.

The Law on Social Welfare The Law on Health Care The Law on Health Insurance The Law on Pension Disability Insurance.

They include obligatory pension or disability insurance and voluntary insurance for people in accordance with the laws, rights to old age pensions, disability pension due to reduction or loss of work ability and the death of the insured, and the provision of social security to insured persons and their family members.

The extent of rights depends on the length of pension seniority and salary levels that the insured had during his work period, or the base amounts paid as contributions for pension and disability insurance.

Rights to pension and disability insurance are inalienable personal material rights and they cannot be transferred to or inherited by other persons.

Homemakers are still required to prove 50 medical disability (as opposed to the usual 40 ) in order to be eligible for a pension.

For the exercising of the right related to the pension and disability insurance, as well as determined needs and interests in the area of that insurance, two entity funds for pension and invalid insurance have been established.

The amount of disability pension received on both bases is more favorable for women who, under the same conditions as men, gain that right.

The rights to a pension and disability insurance are provided for in accordance with the law for insured persons by employers and the State.

The level of disability pension in both cases is more favourable for women, but they acquire the right on the same terms as men.

However, a disabled person who acquired the right to retraining or additional training is not entitled to a disability pension based upon a disability claimed after he she reached the age when no right to such training is guaranteed.

The right of every person in Bosnia and Herzegovina to social security and social insurance is provided for through social protection, health care, and pension and disability protection.