FAMILY PROTECTION

Public employees fulfilling public functions are, as any other citizen, covered by the social protection scheme of citizenship of the social security scheme

The social protection scheme of citizenship aims to ensure citizens? basic rights, equal opportunities, and promote well-being and social cohesion

» Family protection

The family protection is a subsystem of the of the social protection scheme of citizenship and targets to support families by way of granting social benefits in three distinct eventualities:

» family charges

» disability charges

» dependence charges

» » Beneficiaries

The right to benefits depends only upon citizen?s capacity and not upon public employee?s capacity

» Benefits

The protection in these eventualities is materialized through the grant of cash social benefits

Where are the family benefits requested?

Family benefits are requested in social security institutions of the beneficiaries? residence area

Who grants and pays family benefits?

Family benefits are granted and paid by social security institutions of the beneficiaries? residence area

The grant and pay of family benefits to holders of the right that integrate the family household of a public employer entity?s employee shall be ensured by this one

» Modes

Family charges

Protection in this eventuality aims to compensate charges arising from children?s maintenance and education, as well as promoting birth rate and contributing to funeral expenses, covering the following benefits:

» Ante-natal family allowance

» Family allowance

» Award for studies

» Funeral allowance

Disability charges

TThe protection in this eventuality aims to compensate charges of families resulting from situations of disability of their descendants, covering the following benefits:

» Bonus of the family allowance

» Allowance for attendance at special educational establishments

» Lifetime monthly allowance

Dependence charges

The protection in this eventuality aims to compensate family charges arising from the situation of dependence of their descendants for reasons exclusively imputable to the disability, covering the following benefit:

» Amounts

Amounts of benefits may vary according, namely to the level of family household incomes and respective composition

The Social Support Indexation (SSI) - is the determining referential for the setting of social benefits

» Formalities

» Submission of a request to the service where the public employee fulfils functions (in the case of the funeral allowance the request is submitted to the service where the deceased carried out duties or to the Public Employees Special Pension Scheme - Caixa Geral de Aposentações - in the case of being retired)

» Evidence of situations invoked