(edit title) Sick pay in Sweden Minimum hours or percentage? Options

[Puffin]

Does anyone know if you need to work a minimum number of hours or a certain percentage of full-time to be eligible for sick pay?

[gumbi]

not sure if you are looking for the requirement for sjuklön (first 14 days paid by employer) or sjukpenning (paid by fk) ...

i think "most people" have the right to sjukpenning (decided by fk on case to case basis), where as sjuklön is totally dependent on the employment terms.

this link will give you an idea:
http://www.forsakringskassan.se/privatpers...uk_1_-_14_dagar

[Puffin]

I was just thinking about whether you needed to work a certain amount to have basic sick pay eligibility - I have stored somewhere in the back of my head that you need to work at least 20 hrs/w or 50% to get any sick pay - but cannot remember where I saw this

I am in complex negotiations for a new work contract while on long term part-time sick leave and am unsure where I stand

[William Sachsen-Coburg-Go...]

Do you mean sjukersättning? If so you can claim 100%, 75%, 50% or 25%.

[Puffin]

I actually meant - if you have a contract working - say - 10 hours per week - are you actually eligible for sick pay/sjukersättning?

Is there a minimum number of contracted working hours to be covered by sick pay insurance?

[Yorkshireman]

Sjukersättning is paid when You are unable to work for a long period, maybe even permanently, due to some illness or disability. By nature it has no other working hour requirement, it in fact is reducing the total number of hours You can work, as an earlier posted stated 100%, 75%, 50%...

Any time not covered by sjukersättning is the number of hours that You can work without effecting the benefit. FK make the final determination as to whether or not You can receive the benefit. I suspect that if You are looking at 10 hours per week work contract, then you would look for 75% (assuming 40 hour week)
sjukersättning.

Note, How the working week looks can also play a part, FK are becoming tougher and tougher in their judgements... eg. If you worked 2 days (8 hours + 2 hours), they would question the sick pay, since you could do a full day plus part, however if it was split 2 hours per day over 5 days and the medical reasoning was that it was not healthy to work longer, that would be more acceptable ... depends on the case officer.

If you have already been on long term, permanent sick, then You will have a case officer asasigned that might be able to provide some tips?

[Puffin]

Sjukersättning is paid when You are unable to work for a long period, maybe even permanently, due to some illness or disability. By nature it has no other working hour require ... (show full quote)

Sjukersättning is paid when You are unable to work for a long period, maybe even permanently, due to some illness or disability. By nature it has no other working hour requirement, it in fact is reducing the total number of hours You can work, as an earlier posted stated 100%, 75%, 50%... ... (hide full quote)

It is a complicated case owing to a very complicated injury (described as the worst the surgeon has ever seen) and where specialists from all over Sweden and even specialists in the USA have been involved in advising on my care.

The situation that I have is permanent but may (or may not) be fixable by replacing certain joints - but the surgery is complicated by ligament and nerve damage - so medically they will not operate until the situation is medically optimal - which may take another 6-18 months of pre-surgical treatment and rehabilitation

My condition requires substantial rehab with daily physio and rest periods because of swelling/pain and strong medication (max dose codeine)

Any time not covered by sjukersättning is the number of hours that You can work without effecting the benefit. FK make the final determination as to whether or not You can receive the benefit. I suspect that if You are looking at 10 hours per week work contract, then you would look for 75% (assuming 40 hour week)
sjukersättning.

Yes - I get this

I have have full time employment contracts with my current employer for 8 years so my sick pay has been based on the percentages that I have been able to work based on the fact that I have a full time contract. But unfortunely the first 6.25 years do not count for LAS purposes and the last 1½ years have been rolling 3 month contracts

My situation is also odd as there has been no case/rehabilitation meetings required by law - my doctor and physio have both queried this and my organisation's HR and union were alerted in March yet nothing has happened

However I am sure that I read somewhere that if you are a part timer - for example working 10 hours per week - then you are not entitled to sick leave payments - this has never affected my before as I have always had a full time contrac.t

I currently work 10 hours week (25% of my full time contract) but my contract is now up for renewal. My employer has said that because of my disability/injury I cannot be given a new full time contract and that they will probably on an hourly contract of 10 hours/week. Ironicially without the injury they would have offered me a full time contract. But a full time contract requires 8 hour days at work

My question is that if I no longer have a permanent contract and accept this 10 hour/week contract do I lose my right to sick/disability payments as I no longer have the right to a full time contract??

Note, How the working week looks can also play a part, FK are becoming tougher and tougher in their judgements... eg. If you worked 2 days (8 hours + 2 hours), they would question the sick pay, since you could do a full day plus part, however if it was split 2 hours per day over 5 days and the medical reasoning was that it was not healthy to work longer, that would be more acceptable ... depends on the case officer.

Since the accident I have had flexible working tasks and home working and worked many hours from bed.But this project is almost over and the new contract is office based

I cannot travel alone as I require certain assistance (FK has refused my doctors request to provide transport as too expensive - and FK also required me to work when I could not access my building or even go to the toilet unaided). Therefore I have been haging on thanks to a family member using their annual leave from their own work to take me to work - but as you can imagine this has become difficult after almost 2 years.

My situation has recently deteriorated substantially as the bones a crumbling away - I cannot for example sit in an office chair for longer than 1-2 hours without substantial pain and swelling

If you have already been on long term, permanent sick, then You will have a case officer asasigned that might be able to provide some tips?

Unfortunately in recent times neither myself not my specialist has been successful in getting contact with the case officer she has not responsed to calls nor from the 3 requests from my specialist for conference

[William Sachsen-Coburg-Go...]

My question is that if I no longer have a permanent contract and accept this 10 hour/week contract do I lose my right to sick/disability payments as I no longer have the right ... (show full quote)

My question is that if I no longer have a permanent contract and accept this 10 hour/week contract do I lose my right to sick/disability payments as I no longer have the right to a full time contract??
... (hide full quote)

I think that the disability payments are independent of your employment situation. At least this is how it was explained to me. I receive 50% disability pension and I was told this is completely seperate to anything that happens with my other 50%. I can work upto 50% and the income from that does not affect the disabled 50%. If I were out of work I would be classed as 50% unemployed. Currently I'm on vocational training so I receive 50% disability pension and 50% CSN.