Cash sickness benefits - Allowance during illness

Essential Supporting Documents

All applicants must submit:

• Cash sickness benefits certificate from a doctor

  - The medical certificate to the employer is not sufficiently detailed as the first certificate

  - It is best for a doctor to fill out the incapacity for work field on a certificate. If it is empty, payment is made only for the month for which the certificate is issued.

Additional supporting documents, as applicable

The period is two months before the start of the illness. All relevant documents must be submitted, for example if the applicant is both an employed person and a student, documents must be submitted for both.

Employees

• Employer's certificate from all employers

  - The certificate must be signed unless it is received directly from the employer through Gagnagátt.

  - Sometimes other data (such as retirement agreements) are sufficient, but always state when you will be fully unpaid and the employment rate.

Self-employed

• No special supporting documents required

  - However, you must have cancelled the calculated tax refund at the Directorate of Internal Revenue for the period you were unable to work. An application grants the right to check registration with the Directorate of Internal Revenue.

Unemployed

• Confirmation from the Directorate of Labour on the date of delisting.

• The last payment slip from the Directorate of Labour with the proportion of benefits. The proportion of benefits is used for the assessment of the employment rate.

Student

• A certificate indicating the number of units in the program and which courses were not completed during the illness.

Homework

• No special supporting documents are required with an application when the applicant is unable to do household chores.