LESSON 6

Companies are obliged to cooperate with Social Security

• Regarding the delegated payment of Temporary Incapacity and Total Unemployment benefits

• Regarding the delegated payment of Temporary Incapacity, Maternity and Partial Unemployment benefits

• Regarding the delegated payment of Temporary Incapacity and Partial Unemployment

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• ) Regarding the delegated payment of Temporary Incapacity benefits, but only if this is due to common illness, and partial unemployment

What is the statutory contribution period required for temporary incapacity benefit in the case of a common illness?

• A contribution period of 180 days within the 5 years immediately preceding the qualifying event

• a contribution period of 170 days within the 5 years immediately preceding the qualifying event

• a contribution period of 160 days within the 5 years immediately preceding the qualifying event

• a contribution period of 180 days within the 4 years immediately preceding the qualifying event.

What percentage should be applied to the regulatory base to determine the amount of the TD benefit for common contingencies?

• 75 % from the day following the day of sick leave

• 60 % from the first day of sick leave until the 15th day, and 75 % thereafter

• 60 % from the fourth day of sick leave until the 15th day, and 75 % thereafter

• 60 % from the fourth day of sick leave until the 20th day and 75 % thereafter

What percentage should be applied to the regulatory base to determine the amount of the TD benefit for occupational contingencies?

• 75 % from the day following the day of sick leave

• 75 % from the fourth day of sick leave

• 60 % from the fourth day of sick leave until the 15th day, and 75% thereafter

• 60 % from the fourth day of sick leave to the 20th day, and 75 % thereafter

Temporary incapacity has a maximum duration of

• 180 days

• 545 days (365 days, extendable by 180 days)

• 365 days, extendable by 180 days, and by a further 180 days where the PI qualification is delayed

• 180 days, extendable for a further 180 days

The regulatory base of the TD subsidy for common contingencies

• The contribution base for common contingencies corresponding to the month prior to the month of sick leave, divided by 30, if the remuneration is monthly

• The sum of the contribution bases for common contingencies corresponding to the year prior to the year of sick leave (minus what the worker received in that period for overtime), divided by 360, if the remuneration is monthly

• It is the average of the contribution bases for common contingencies corresponding to the six months prior to the month of sick leave (minus what the worker received in that period for overtime), divided by 60, if the remuneration is monthly

• 80 % of the IPREM, where the worker does not provide proof of the minimum contribution period required

During the delay of the IP qualification

• The worker continues to receive the TD benefit, but the PI pension is retroactive, if its amount is higher than that of the TD benefit

• The suspension of the employment contract is maintained

• The employer is obliged to pay contributions for the employee

• Answers a) and b) are correct

The extension of TI

• It is declared by the INSS, which pays the benefit in direct payment

• It is declared by the SPS doctors, but the benefit is paid by the employer as a delegated payment

• It is declared by the SPS doctors, although the benefit is paid by the INSS in direct payment

• It is declared by the INSS, although the benefit is paid by the employer as a delegated payment.

   

As a general rule, the person responsible for the payment of the TD subsidy for common contingencies on the 15th day of the sick leave is:

• The employer, in delegated payment

• The INSS or the Mutual Society with which cover for these contingencies has been arranged

• the employer, at his own expense

• The SPS

When, once the TD situation has ended due to the expiry of its maximum duration, the INSS denies the IP, if a new sick leave occurs due to the same pathology without 180 days having elapsed:

• It is not possible to re-declare sick leave due to TI for these ailments, as it is a relapse and 180 days of contributions have not been credited since the INSS decision denying the IP

• It is possible to re-declare a sick leave due to these ailments, this being at the discretion of the SPS doctor

• A new TI process can be reopened for these ailments as long as the worker is expected to recover

• A new TI process can be reopened, for one time only, for these ailments as long as the worker is expected to recover