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E. The Charter of the socially insuredSince 1st January 1997, a new law, solemnly called 'the Charter of the socially insured' has comeinto force. The charter contains a number of important principles concerning the rights andobligations of the population (the socially insured) in their contacts with the social securityinstitutions. Most rights and obligations have existed for a long time already, but the chartergives them a more systematic character. The main purpose of the charter is to protect thepopulation through a whole set of rules to be respected by all social security institutions. Allof them, that also means the semi-public institutions for salaried persons, self-employed personsand civil servants, but also the institutions for social assistance. Here, we limit ourselves to themajor principles of the charter without discussing the exceptions further.In the first place, the social security institution is obliged to inform the population about itsrights as clearly as possible. On the one hand, the socially insured might ask specific questionsto an institution, on the other hand the social security institution is obliged to take initiatives toinform the population. If it appears that someone is entitled to a particular benefit, the institutionshall be obliged to grant it.An application for benefits must be answered by the social security institution in a term as shortas possible. Within four months, the social security institution should inform the applicant ofits decision and then, within four months, pay the benefit. In case of delay, the social securityinstitution must pay interests to the entitled.With every decision, the institution must inform the socially insured of all the possibilities forappeal, the reasons for a decision, the reference number of the file, etc.The term for appeal for a body of law (mostly the labour court) against a decision of a socialsecurity institution is at least three months now.The Social Charter clearly illustrates the government's willingness to inform its citizens moreand better. At the end of this brochure, you will find a list with the addresses and telephonenumbers of most of the administrations and public social security institutions you can addressyour questions and problems to.F. Indexation of the social benefitsThe automatic adaptation of the social benefits to the evolution of the consumer price index aimsto avoid the inflation to erode the purchasing too much. The law of 2 August 1971 is the referencelaw with regard to the indexation of the social benefits.The benefits are raised when the measured increase of the cost of life reaches 2 %. The impulsefor the indexation is given each time an index, the so-called "levelled heath index", reaches anamount called "pivot index". The levelled health index is the mathematic average of the healthindices of the month in question and the three preceding months. The amounts that are paid outevery month are adapted as from the month following the month in the course of which the pivotindex was reached.For example, the average of the indices of January, February, March and April 2011 reached thepivot index. The monthly social benefits were thus raised the following month, i.e. in May 2011.10
G. E-governmentElectronic government consists in the development of services by the public authorities makingmaximum use of the possibilities offered by the new information and communication technologies.E-government in the social security sector has to result in:- a reduction in the number of declaration forms that have to be filled in;- a reduction of the number of times the social security institutions have to ask forinformation from the employers and the employees;- a reduction of the time that is needed to fill in the remaining declaration forms byreducing the number of sections that have to be filled in.The simplification is implemented through different channels:- the immediate declaration of employment (called DIMONA for Déclaration Immédiatede l’emploi – Onmiddellijke Aangifte van tewerkstelling) ;- the declaration of social risks (DSR);- the electronic and multifunctional social security declaration (called DmfA for Déclarationmultifonctionnelle – Multifunctionele aangifte);- the various services the Crossroads Bank for Social Security provides to the social actors,aimed at automating the rights and obligations of the socially insured as much aspossible.11
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Page 4 and 5: Table of contentsPreface 3Table of
Page 6 and 7: IntroductionA. The importance of so
Page 8 and 9: at new social categories (e.g.: the
Page 12 and 13: FinancingThe financing in the three
Page 14 and 15: B. Alternative financingBesides the
Page 16 and 17: Statistics and budgetsIn the course
Page 18 and 19: Budget of the National Institute fo
Page 20 and 21: C. Extension of the salaried person
Page 22 and 23: In the salaried persons' scheme, ev
Page 24 and 25: holidays and for children receiving
Page 26 and 27: 4) Social supplementsThose entitled
Page 28 and 29: If a person does not meet the condi
Page 30: Eligible workers (cf. above) who re
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Page 35 and 36: B. Retirement pensionsTo obtain a r
Page 37 and 38: B.2. Career“Career years” are y
Page 39 and 40: C. Survivor's pensionsA survivor's
Page 41 and 42: Medical careWhat exactly is medical
Page 43 and 44: - Persons entitled to one of the be
Page 45 and 46: Beneficiaries in a situation of con
Page 47 and 48: Income categories (in €) (2010)Am
Page 49 and 50: For an unemployed person, the amoun
Page 51 and 52: C. Federal civil servantsThe sickne
Page 53 and 54: A.2. Self-employed womenSelf-employ
Page 55 and 56: B.2. Indemnity for loss of incomeNo
Page 57 and 58: E. Civil servantsThe civil servant
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Workers in the private sector and a
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The social insurance in case of ban
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C. Serious illness of a child or pa
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B - 1 Multilateral agreementsMultil
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C - 2. Granting of the benefitsThes
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For the elderly, there is also a th
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What is the right to social integra
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The amount of the integration incom
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D. Guaranteed family benefitsGuaran
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B. Public social security instituti
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