Benefits for which ZUS is responsible

Pursuant to the Act of 13 October 1998 on the social insurance system, the Social Insurance Institution establishes entitlements to insurance benefits and pays them. It also pays other benefits under separate legislation.

The following benefits are payable in various life situations:

1. In respect of sickness and maternity;

• sickness allowance, 
• maternity allowance,
• care allowance,
• compensatory allowance,
• rehabilitation benefit.

2. In respect of the long-term incapacity for work:

• disability pension,
• training pension.

3. In respect of old age:

• old-age pension,
• nursing compensatory allowance to pensions,
• additional annual cash benefit for pensioners (the so-called 13th old-age pension).

4. In respect of death of a breadwinner:

• survivors' pension,
• supplementary allowance to survivors' pension for double orphan.

5. In respect of accident at work and occupational disease:

• lump-sum compensation,
• sickness allowance,
• rehabilitation benefit,
• compensatory allowance,
• disability pension,
• training pension,
• survivors' pension,
• supplementary allowance to survivors' pension for double orphan,
• nursing supplementary allowance,
• benefit to cover costs of dentist services and prophylactic vaccinations as well as provision of orthopaedic appliances.

6. Other:

• parental supplementary benefit (Mama 4+),
• funeral grant,
• social pension,
• pre-retirement benefit,
• supplementary benefit for persons incapable of independent existence (500+ for persons incapable of independent existence),
• medical rehabilitation within the framework of ZUS disability pension prevention,
• subsidising, as part of ZUS accident prevention, activities of contribution payers intended to help maintain earning capacity throughout the period of professional activity.

7. State aid benefits for raising children:

• child-care benefit,
• 'Good Start' benefit,
• family care capital,
• co-financing of the child's stay in a nursery, children's club or at a day carer.