Special Schemes

The general requirements for entitling workers to benefits under the Special Systems are as follows:

• To be affiliated or in a situation equivalent to affiliation in the corresponding System.

• Being up-to-date with all contribution payments, for which the workers are directly responsible, even if the benefit is recognised as a consequence of a reciprocal contribution calculation in a scheme for workers employed by another person.

  • For these purposes, the payment demand mechanism provided for in |art. 28.2 of Decree 2530/1970, passed on 20 August, will be applicable for whatever Social Security system to which the applicant may belong at the time of applying for the benefit or in the system said benefit is applied for.

  • When, by deferring settlement of the payments owed, the applicant is considered up-to-date with payments for the purposes of awarding a benefit and he subsequently fails to meet the deferred payment schedule or conditions, he will no longer be considered up-to-date with payments, and the benefit he was receiving will immediately be suspended, and it will only be resumed once the debt with the Social Security has been settled in full. To this end, the benefit Management Entity may deduct the corresponding deferred debt payment from the monthly amounts accrued by the claimant.

The benefit is recognised under the same terms and conditions as the General  Social Security Scheme, with the following particular feature.

• Base rate:

When the disability arises from common contingencies, it is the  standardised base  that corresponds to the worker at any given time, according to the occupational classification that they had at the time the situation began.

• More information on this Scheme:
  • Other  benefits.
  • Basic regulations.
  • Persons included in the  scope of application  of this Scheme,  affiliation , registration, terminationand  contributions. 

All workers included under the Special Scheme for Seafarers are covered against temporary disability, when caused by either common or professional contingencies.

The benefit is granted under the same terms and conditions as for the Social Security General Scheme, with the following particular conditions:

For workers in groups II and III, the Subsidy will be paid directly through the Provincial or Local Departments of the Social Marine Institute or the appropriate Mutual Insurance Society and is not delegated to companies, although they are responsible for payment from the 4th to the 15th day of sick leave.

In the case of self-employed workers:

• To access the benefit, workers must be up-to-date with their contribution payments at the start of the sick leave, and submit a statement about the person who manages the work or, where appropriate, the temporary or permanent stoppage of this work.
• Employees of contribution Group III shall be obliged to enter into agreement with the Management Entity (ISM) with the protection of common contingencies.

More information on this Scheme:

• Other benefits.
• Basic regulations.

Persons included in the scope of application of this Scheme, affiliation, registration and termination and contributions

Processing: Provincial Directorates and Local Offices of the ISM.