Published: 22.01.2021.
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Compensation for damages for an accident at work or an occupational disease is paid if the person has suffered an accident at work or has been diagnosed with an occupational disease before 1 January 1997. The compensation is also paid if the occupational disease is diagnosed after this term, but the person is no longer in an employment relationship (is not considered to be socially insured). The State Social Insurance Agency shall take over the costs of compensation for damages from the employer if: • the activity of the employer has been terminated and the amount of compensation for damages for the three following years has been transferred to the state social insurance special budget; • the employer has been declared insolvent, and the amount of compensation for damages for the four following years has been transferred to the state social insurance special budget; • the court has established that the employer who is responsible for the damage caused at work does not exist (excluded from the Register of Enterprises).

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Process description

  1. Service requests
    In order to claim the remuneration, a specific form of application addressed to the SAA must be completed.
    May submit a submission:
    • electronically - using the official electronic address (e-address) or e-mail (the application must be signed with a secure electronic signature containing the time stamp);
    • on-site (if requested for service, a personal identification document (passport or ID card) must be produced);
    • by post.
    The application may be submitted to any VSAA customer service centre.

    The submission shall indicate the preferred method of receiving the decision.

    In requesting damages due to an occupational disease determined, an opinion regarding an occupational disease, which has been issued in conformity with the regulatory enactments regarding procedures for the investigation and registration of occupational diseases, shall be submitted.

    If the compensation for the damage is claimed by the family member in the event of the survivor's death, a statement of the treating doctor regarding the association of the cause of death with the occupational accident or occupational disease shall be submitted in addition.

  2. Receipt of services

    If the official electronic address account (hereinafter the e-address) is activated, the decision will be sent by the SSIA to the e-address regardless of how the application is submitted.

    If the e-address is not enabled and:

    • completed for e-submission on portal Latvija.gov.lv, the decision will be available for viewing on portal Latvija.gov.lv in the “SSIA information and services” e-service under the “logged-in services” section;

    • the application has been submitted to the SSIA in person, electronically (signed with a secure electronic signature) or sent by post - the decision may be received according to the type of receipt of the decision indicated in the application: on the portal, Latvija.gov.lv, face-to-face, or by post

    At the choice of the recipient, the SSIA shall transfer the service to the account of the Latvian credit institution or postal payment system.

A person is entitled to damage compensation related to a workplace accident or occupational disease if:

  • the accident or disease occurred before 1 January 1997, or
  • the occupational disease was diagnosed after 1 January 1997, but the person is no longer employed (i.e. not considered socially insured).

Compensation is not granted to persons whose loss of work capacity is assessed at between 10% and 24%.

Damage compensation due to loss of a provider may be granted to a disabled person who was wholly or partially dependent on the employee prior to their death, where death was caused by a workplace accident or occupational disease that occurred before 1 January 1997.

The employer or their legal successor is responsible for paying damage compensation.

The State Social Insurance Agency assumes payment of the compensation from the employer if:

  • the employer is dissolved, and a compensation amount equal to 3 years is transferred to the State Social Insurance Special Budget;
  • the employer is declared insolvent, and a compensation amount equal to 4 years is transferred to the State Social Insurance Special Budget.

In cases of company liquidation or insolvency, the employer or the insolvency administrator must submit all documents related to the compensation to the State Social Insurance Agency after the amount is transferred.

A court has determined that the employer no longer exists or cannot be identified (e.g. removed from the Commercial Register).

In such cases, the applicant must submit to the State Social Insurance Agency:

  • a certificate from the Register of Enterprises or
  • a copy of a court decision confirming the employer’s non-existence.

If the State Social Insurance Agency does not have:

  • an official accident report, or
  • an opinion from a medical commission on an occupational disease,

then the applicant must also submit these documents, due to the historic nature of the events.

 

If applicable, the following documents may also be required:

  • an extract from the State Medical Commission confirming the percentage of work capacity lost;
  • a disability certificate;
  • a doctor’s certificate confirming the causal link between death and the accident or occupational disease (in case of survivor’s claims).

 

The amount of damage compensation depends on the calculated amount of the disability pension.

If only the percentage of loss of work capacity has been determined and disability has not been officially granted, the compensation is calculated based on the amount of the State Social Security Benefit.

 

Damage compensation may be received:

  • by transfer to a credit institution account or Postal Settlement System  account in the Republic of Latvia;
  • by delivery to the recipient’s place of residence.

The payment of damage compensation is suspended during the period when the recipient is receiving unemployment benefit.

 

If the State Social Insurance Agency  has granted or assumed the payment of damage compensation, the recipient is not entitled to reimbursement of additional treatment or rehabilitation expenses.

 

If the recipient relocates abroad for permanent residence, the compensation is paid for the next six months, starting from the date the written request is submitted.
After this period, the payment is discontinued.

 

 

Translation prepared with a machine translation tool

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