social security - FOD Sociale Zekerheid

Table of contentsPreface 3Table of contents 4Introduction 6A. The importance of social security 6B. A little history 6C. Ideological background 8D. Organisation 9E. The Charter of the socially insured 10F. Indexation of the social benefits 10G. E-government 11Financing 12A. Salaried persons 12B. Alternative financing 14C. Self-employed persons 14D. Civil servants 15Statistics and budgets 16A. Statistics – number of persons entitled to the main social benefits 16B. Committed budgets (for the year 2010) 17The Belgian social security scheme for salaried persons 19A. Scope of application 19B. Social security contributions 19C. Extension of the salaried persons' scheme 20D. Non-submission to the salaried persons' scheme 20E. Merchant seamen 20The various sectors of social security 21Family benefits 21A. Beneficiary 21B. Allottee 22C. Qualifying child 23D. Benefit types 24Unemployment 27A. Eligibility and granting conditions 27B. Benefits 29C. Exclusions and sanctions 32D. Early retired and young people having left school 33E. Employment measures 33Old-age pensions 34A. More and more retired people 34B. Retirement pensions 35C. Survivor's pensions 39Medical care 41A. The entitled 41B. Types of medical care 424