Has not acquired the right to an old age or disability pension or after the termination of employment does not receive a rehabilitation benefit or a sickness, maternity or child care allowance

As outlined under Article 9, there was a commitment in the December 2004 Speech from the Throne to raise social assistance rates and a Disability Supplement for certified disabled social assistance clients was introduced in October 2000.

These categories determine the source and type of support provided and they are based on general social security disability pension, employment disability pension, IDF (Israel Defence Force) disability pension, hostile operations disability pensions, Holocaust and anti Nazi operations disability pensions, and children receiving disabled child pensions.

Invalidity pensions

Long term social security pays retirement pensions and old age pensions, invalidity pensions, survivor apos s pensions, civil invalidity pensions, military invalidity pensions and social pensions.

Upon reaching the retirement age the disability pension is substituted by the old age pension that must be not less than the disability pension during the disability period.

2) a disability pension

Medical evacuations Pension disability cases

The disability programme held a regional workshop for all specialized staff to review the UNRWA policy on disability.

invalidity military invalids

In order to carry out rights to pensions and disability insurance, two Entity funds for pension disability insurance were formed.

Rights concerning pension disability insurance

Old age and disability pensions

The minimum disability pension for disabled persons in group III is 30 per cent of this wage.

In the event of the III disability category (moderate disability) the pension is granted in the amount of the state social insurance benefit, i.e., LVL 30 (per month).

The disability became permanent in 1993 and he then applied for a Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) disability pension.

A three percent increase to social assistance benefits provided through the Ontario Works and ODSP payments was implemented in early 2005.

Cash and monetary compensations for temporary disability (sickness, employment related injuries, maternity)

Special education grant for disabled children

In addition, the pension regulation contains provisions concerning disability pension to people whose disability makes them unfit for work.

UNRWA supports 102 community centres that cater to women, children and the disabled.

Within total social assistance cases, the number of persons receiving disability assistance has increased by 26.7 percent over the period from June 2001 to December 2004, from 42,899 to 54,347 cases.

The law guarantees that disability pensions with respect to employment related accidents or occupational diseases will not be lower than 80 per cent of the basis of calculation of a pension for disabled persons in disability groups I and II, and 60 per cent of the basis of calculation of a pension for disabled persons in disability group III.

For the persons with disabilities of the I and II disability category the pension amount shall be not less than the state social insurance benefit (LVL 30) with the respective coefficients applied 1.6 for the persons with disabilities of the I category, 1.4 for the persons with disabilities of the II category.

Each person insured by a disability pension acquires the right to such pension when the disability is caused by an injury outside work or an illness, if he she has pension seniority that covers at least one third of his her work life.

The men's rate is particularly higher among the IDF disability pension recipients and the employment disability pension recipients.

For example, in 2003 2004, supplementary health coverage was extended to individuals with disabilities who were leaving social assistance to assume employment.

To exercise rights and identified requirements and interest to pension and disability insurance, the pension disability insurance fund was established.

(For a clearer explanation, see the formula for calculating the old age pension.) The disability pension for group III has been determined as 75 per cent of the disability pension for groups I and II.

for complete required period of service, age and

The rights to work of the category II disabled are defined under regulations on pension and disabled persons' insurance.

Under Article 14 of the Law persons with disabilities whose insurance period is not less than 3 years have a right to a disability pension.

disabled children

The Secretariat provides support for the activities of organizations of persons with disabilities in their activities through the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability.

Disability pensions and survivor apos s pensions are paid from the Social Insurance Fund.

They are included in the system of old age and disability pensions.

The payment of the disability pension is provided for the whole disability period until the person reaches the retirement age required for the old age pension.

5.3 Disability pensions are awarded for specific disabilities resulting from military service.

Vali Asr Rehabilitation Foundation for Disabled Children and Adults

Was entitled to a disability or old age pension or

The pension amount for persons with the I and II disability category (severe disability) depends on the disability category, the person's insurance period and the average wage for any 36 sequente months during the last five years prior to the receipt of the pension.

Noting with appreciation the valuable work of the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability in supporting the building of national capacities to promote the Standard Rules in order to create opportunities for sustainable livelihoods by, for and with persons with disabilities,

In this context, the programme took steps to explore avenues by which UNRWA and the community based rehabilitation centres could further enhance the vocational training and employment of persons with disabilities.

Community volunteers and Agency staff devoted special attention to integrating disabled children into mainstream UNRWA schools and to home outreach programmes for families of disabled children.

UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority assisted disabled persons in obtaining prosthetic devices, hearing aids and wheel chairs, and made contractual arrangements with non governmental organizations to provide services to disabled refugees.