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Receive transitional allowance from statutory accident insurance during occupational rehabilitation
If you are taking part in qualified measures for participation in working life (occupational rehabilitation) as a result of an accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease and are not receiving a salary, you will receive a transitional allowance.
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Online services
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Procedure details
Description
You will receive a transitional allowance as a result of an accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease if you are taking part in measures to help you participate in working life, i.e. occupational rehabilitation. The transitional allowance is intended to compensate for the lack of income during rehabilitation and thus secure your livelihood and, if necessary, that of your family. In certain cases, you can also receive transitional allowance between and after benefits for participation in working life.
You do not have to submit an application. Your competent employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will check possible claims on its own initiative ("ex officio").
The amount of the transitional allowance depends on your last income from work or your professional qualifications as well as your family circumstances (child or need for care of relatives).
Your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will pay the statutory social insurance contributions while you are receiving transitional allowance.
If you require more detailed information on the calculation or further information on the transitional allowance, please contact your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
Requirements
- You have had an accident at work or on the way to work or have a recognized occupational disease.
- You are taking part in a qualified measure for participation in working life (occupational rehabilitation).
Required documents
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Required Documents
- You do not need to submit any documents.
Proceedings
The entitlement period and the amount of the transitional allowance under statutory accident insurance are determined ex officio by your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
You can also contact your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund online or by post.
Online service:
- Call up the online service.
- You will be guided through the procedure on the accident insurance service portal.
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You can log in.
- If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
- If you would like to receive the reply by post, you can continue without registering.
- Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
- Upload the required documents.
- Complete the online form and send it off.
- Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- You will receive feedback via the desired channel.
Online service of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund:
- If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there if necessary.
Message by post:
- Send an informal letter to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- Make sure you provide the required information and enclose the necessary documents.
Fees
There are no costs.
Deadlines
There is no deadline.
Processing time
none
Legal bases
Appeal
- Appeal
- Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
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Status: 10.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Source:
Federal Portal