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Labor pension for disability and loss of the head of the family

What is an labor pension?

Compulsory state social insurance is a monthly payment to citizens for the purpose of compensating for the salaries and other incomes received by the insured before the appointment of their pensions, or the incomes lost by their family members in connection with the death of the insured person.

 

Who is eligible for a labor pension?

Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Stateless persons and foreigners permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan

 

What is necessary to do to receive a disability pension?

Disability pensions are determined proactively without applying to any government agency or submitting a document. If the pension is not determined in a proactive manner, it is necessary to apply to the relevant "DOST" center or the structural unit of the State Social Protection Fund for registration of the required documents.

 

List of the required documents

1

ID Card or civil passport

2

Documents confirming general work (social insurance) length of service:

  - Work-book

  - Copy of military ID or reference from State Service for Mobilization and Conscription

3

MSEC decision determining a person's disability or restriction of health

 

 

What should be done to receive a labor pension for death of the family head?

Labor pension for death of the family head is determined proactively. If the pension is not determined proactively, it is necessary to apply to the relevant "DOST" center or the structural unit of the State Social Protection Fund for registration with the required documents.

 

List of the required documents

1

ID Card or civil passport

2

Documents confirming general work (social insurance) length of service:

  - Work-book

  - Copy of military ID or reference from State Service for Mobilization and Conscription

  - Relevant document confirming the period of full-time education

3

Death certificate of the head of the family (or a court decision declaring him missing or dead)

4

Certificate of the district (city) registration department of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the non-marriage of the widow (husband) of the head of the family

5

Birth certificates and ID cards of family members entitled to a pension

6

Identity card of one of the non-working parents or husband (wife), or grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister) of the deceased head of the family who cares for children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren under the age of 8

7

Decision on determination of guardianship

8

Reference from the educational institution about the formal education of the head of the family's child (children) under the age of 23
9

Decision of the medical and social expert commission that the deceased is a person with a disability of a child over 18 years of age, a husband (wife) with a first or second degree of disability, whose disability is determined before the age of 1

 

Work or other periods of activity included in the insurance record

Regardless of the form of ownership, nature and duration of labor, military servicemen, as well as individuals engaged in entrepreneurial activities without establishing a legal entity, working in enterprises, departments and organizations on the basis of an labor contract (agreement), regardless of the form of ownership, labor activity, subject to compulsory state social insurance contributions. The length of service, military service or other activity of the elected or appointed persons shall be included in the insurance record.

In addition to the insured's length of service, the following periods are included:

The duration of any work in which the employee is paid a mandatory state social insurance fee for the salary calculated by the employer;

The period after the start of creative activity of members of creative unions and professional associations, and from January 1, 1991, the period of payment of compulsory state social insurance premiums to the relevant executive authority;

Period of active military (alternative) service (including period of active military service in the territory of the former USSR before January 1, 1992) and period of stay in self-defense groups and formations registered with the relevant executive authority, military service in the relevant executive authorities and military service term of service in other state bodies (bodies included in the structure of state bodies);

Period of care for a person with a first-degree disability or a child under 18 years of age with disabilities, as well as the elderly (persons over 70 years of age), calculated in accordance with the procedure established by the relevant executive authority;

Period of unlabor insurance payment or period of vocational training of the unemployed;

Period of retirement of persons with first and second degree disabilities who are not working as a result of industrial accidents or occupational diseases until they reach the age limit for determining the old-age pension;

The period during which the wives of officers, ensigns, midshipmen and overtime servicemen live with their husbands in places where they are not able to get a job in their specialty;

Periods of illegal detention and imprisonment as well as the period of inactivity due to illegal dismissal (dismissal);

During the period of temporary incapacity for work, the period during which allowances are received at the expense of both the employer's funds and compulsory state social insurance funds;

The period during which persons owning land suitable for agriculture pay compulsory state social insurance premiums for that land in the manner prescribed by law;

Term of military service (including military service in the territory of the former USSR until January 1, 1992.

 

You need to know

Disability pension is granted to persons with a first-degree disability if they have at least 5 years of insurance experience and 4 months of insurance experience for each full year of working age. Persons with disabilities of II and III degrees are entitled to a disability pension if they have the required length of service, provided that the pension capital registered in the insurance part of the individual account provides a pension not less than the minimum amount of the labor pension.

Disability pensions for military servicemen, including conscripts with a first-degree disability due to war (except for servicemen deprived of military ranks and other conscripts) regardless of the length of service, disability servicemen during or after discharge from service, but as a result of illness or injury (trauma, contusion) received during service.

The following family members who are in charge of the head of the deceased (who are fully supported by the deceased or receive assistance from him as a permanent and basic source of livelihood) are entitled to a labor pension for the loss of the head of the family:

► Children of the deceased people:

Under the age of 18;

A person with a disability over the age of 18 with limited health opportunities before the age of 18;

Those studying in the full-time department of educational institutions, but not more than 23 years old.

► If the father, mother, husband, wife have reached a certain retirement age or are a person with a first or second degree disability;

► If one of the parents, regardless of age and ability to work, or husband (wife) or grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister looks after and does not work for the children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren of the deceased head of the family under 8 years of age.

If the insured is declared missing or dead in accordance with the legislation, his / her family members shall be entitled to a labor pension for the loss of the head of the family on the same grounds as the family members of the deceased head of the family.

When the insured, who is reported missing or dead, returns or his whereabouts are discovered, the labor pension for the loss of the head of the family paid to his family members shall be suspended.

If the stepfather and stepmother have raised and maintained the deceased step-son or step-daughter for at least five years, they are entitled to an labor pension on the same level as the natural parents. The step-son and step-daughter are entitled to a labor pension for the loss of the head of the family on a par with the native children. Adoptive parents are entitled to a labor pension at the same level as their natural parents, and adoptees are entitled to a labor pension at the same level as their native children. Persons entitled to a labor pension for the loss of the head of the family retain this right even in the event of adoption.

The amount of the insurance part of the labor pension for the loss of the head of the family for each disabled family member is determined by dividing the number of disabled family members.

When the total amount of family pensions of disabled family members for the loss of the head of the family is less than the minimum amount of the family pension, it is paid by bringing it to that amount.

If the deceased head of the family was a pensioner due to old age or disability, the amount of the insurance part of the survivor's pension for family members is determined as the ratio of the insurance part of the old age or disability pension to the number of disabled family members.

An labor pension shall be awarded no later than 10 (ten) days from the date of receipt of the application for the award of an labor pension by the body determining the labor pension.

If the applicant is not entitled to an labor pension, the decision to refuse to award a pension shall be sent to the applicant within 5 (five) days, indicating the reasons for refusal.

Labor pensions are determined by payment for a maximum of three years from the date of entitlement and the date of application.

If the amount of the insurance part of the labor pension calculated for the loss of the head of the family is less than the amount of the social allowance for the loss of the head of the family established by the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "On Social Allowances", each incapable family member is entitled to compensation for loss.

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