With the government's Provisional Measure No. 1,113, issued on April 20, some of the rules for analyzing and granting benefits changed, including accident assistance. The National Institute of Social Service (INSS) reported that, from January to April 2022, the government paid BRL 1.7 billion for this aid across the country. Check out more information below.
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The so-called accident aid is a social security benefit that the INSS pays if the insured suffers any type of accident and has any consequences that reduce his ability to carry out work. Note that these consequences must be permanent, so that workers' careers are affected in some way.
However, the law does not provide for the minimum reduction in the insured person's work capacity to be entitled to benefits. So the rules are simple: if that capacity is permanently reduced, you are entitled to assistance.
As payments are set up as ineligible retirement benefits, the insured person can work while receiving the amount. With this change, however, beneficiaries must undergo medical expertise each time they are subpoenaed. Before, those who suffered the accident underwent a forensic analysis and did not need to return for a new consultation.
If necessary, the benefit may be granted from the date of professional knowledge (expertise) until the date of retirement. When workers retire, accident benefits are included in the average calculation and beneficiaries stop receiving them.
All Social Security insured persons are entitled to assistance if they are victims of an accident at work. Taxpayers eligible for this benefit are listed below.
To service and request the service, contact the service channel by phone 135 or access the website or application Meu INSS.