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Granting and disbursement of sickness benefit

Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra

Information updated 04.06.2025.

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The employed, Persons with special needs, Low-income individuals Recipient groups

Sickness benefit Sickness benefit is paid to an employee or self employed person for the time when the person cannot work and loses income due to illness. If the insured person himself/herself is ill, then the sickness benefit is paid from the 10th day of illness. If the cause of the illness is an accident at work, then the sickness benefit is paid from the 11th day of illness. If the cause of the illness is an occupational disease, then the sickness benefit is paid to the employee from the first day of illness. There are limits on the period for which the sickness benefit is paid. If the illness is continuous, the benefit shall be paid for a maximum period of 26 weeks from the first day of illness. The period may be extended on the basis of an opinion of the State medical Commission for Health and Working ability Expert-examination. The sickness benefit shall then be paid for a maximum period of 52 weeks from the first day of the illness. If, on the other hand, he is suffering with interruptions, the benefit shall be paid for a maximum period of 52 weeks over a three-year period. Personal income tax shall be deducted from the calculated amount of the benefit when disbursing the sickness benefit- it is 25.5% in 2025. The State Social Insurance Agency (SSIA) shall apply the payer's non-taxable minimum to the sickness benefit to be paid. Personal income tax relief for dependants or additional relief for persons with disabilities, politically repressed persons and a Member of the national resistance movement, if entitled, shall also apply. From May 1, 2025 for working pension beneficiaries, to whom the pensioner's non-taxable minimum is applied separately – EUR 500 for the salary, EUR 500 for the pension, because the payroll tax book has been submitted to the employer – the part of the non-taxable minimum applied to the salary shall also be applied to the sickness benefit by the SSIA. The non-taxable minimum and income tax relief shall not apply to persons to whom a service pension has been granted. To request the service, you must fill in for a particular form submission addressed to the SSIA. The amount of the sickness benefit can be predicted using the SSIA sickness benefit prognosis.

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