Check the amount and how many installments are available for the sickness benefit

Sickness aid, which today is called Temporary Disability Aid, is one of the main benefits provided by the National Institute of Social Security (INSS). However, many still have questions about how their payment works. Therefore, follow the reading and understand the amount paid and how long the benefit lasts.

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How long does the insured person receive sickness benefit?

Many still have doubts about the duration of the sickness benefit. Normally, the receipt period is determined by the INSS medical expert, at the conclusion of the expertise, even before the release of the benefit.

This is due to the fact that, when evaluating the individual to be insured, the doctor will indicate a period for the full recovery of the worker's clinical condition. This period will be the same as the duration of the benefit.

However, in cases where the INSS does not determine a duration of the aid, the period to be taken into account is what is established by law, that is, 120 days.

Check the amount of sickness benefit

In order to know for sure the amount that an insured person can receive for sickness benefit, it is necessary to make a small calculation. It is worth noting that before the Social Security Reform came into force, this benefit calculation was based on the simple arithmetic average of the 90% highest contribution salaries.

However, after the application of the Reform, in November 2019, when calculating the amount of sick pay all salaries are taken into account, including those at the beginning of the career, which are generally more lows.

Below, check out how to calculate the amount to be received for sick pay after the Pension Reform:

• First, calculate the simple arithmetic mean of 100% of the contribution wages from July 1994 until the exact day you were removed;
• After that, apply the coefficient of 91% to the average found, however, it is worth remembering that this value can never be greater than the average of the last 12 contribution salaries;
• Finally, the result of the account will be the initial value of your sickness benefit, which is also called RMI (Initial Monthly Income).