ACCIDENTS AT WORK AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
Protection after terminating functions
(Convergent Social Protection Scheme)

» Protection at accidents at work and occupational diseases that is maintained after the termination of the public employment legal relationship

» The right to protection and redress of damages arising from accidents at work and occupational diseases is based upon the employer’s objective responsibility principle, not expiring with the termination of the employment legal relationship:

- if the discharge has not been previously certified, under the terms provided for in the law, the right to all applicable benefits shall be maintained

- if the discharge has been already certified, the right is maintained in relation to some benefits

- in the case of an occupational disease, if this one shall only be manifested after the termination of the employment legal relationship

» The benefits granted are of an indemnity nature

» Protection’s benefits

Benefits in kind

» of a medical, surgical, nursing, hospital, medicinal, thermal treatments, physiotherapy, prostheses and orthoses nature and other necessary and appropriate forms to the diagnosis or to the mental or physical health state recovery and the capacity for work or gain of the injured/sick person and to his/her recovery for active life

» transport and stay

» professional re-integration, appropriate to temporary invalidity situations for work and permanent invalidity

Benefits in cash

» compensation in service absence period

» assistance by a third person allowance

» indemnity in cash or lifetime pension, in the case of permanent invalidity

» housing rehabilitation allowance

» high invalidity situations allowance

» in the case of death:

- funeral expenses payment

- death allowance

- pension to family members