What about the injury pension and Hartz 4?
When receiving benefits from Hartz 4, many types of income are taken into account that reduce the benefit entitlement. This is also the case with the injury pension, so that the entitlement to unemployment benefit 2 can be reduced or even no longer applicable for you.
Injury pension is compensation for loss of earnings
After an accident at work or due to work-related illness, many employees are entitled to an injury pension. These pension serves to secure a livelihood in the event of long and severe impairments and is regulated by the statutory Accident insurance paid.
As an insured member of the statutory accident pension, you are entitled to this pension, for example, if you are unable to work an accident at work is reduced by at least 20 percent or 30 percent for agricultural companies and their relatives is. This reduction must also last for at least 26 weeks.
As a result of this reduced ability to work, you are no longer able to support yourself as you were before. As compensation for the lost earnings, you will receive the injury pension from the statutory accident insurance as compensation for loss of income. Earnings in the last twelve months are decisive for the amount of the pension.
This pension is taken into account when receiving Hartz 4
According to one Judgment of the Federal Social Court the benefits from drawing this pension are to be viewed in full as income that reduces the entitlement to Hartz 4. Because the benefits serve to secure a livelihood and are not to be regarded as compensation.
In this way, the injury pension is differentiated from compensation payments such as the war victim pension, aid for victims of National Socialism or compensation for pain and suffering. Because these earmarked benefits are compensation and therefore do not lead to an offset and therefore do not reduce the entitlement.
For you, this means that when you receive the injury pension, the amount of benefits from Hartz 4 may decrease or, depending on the amount of the pension, even be completely eliminated. Accordingly, you should withdraw your pension when you apply for unemployment benefit II or when you Immediately notify the job center that you are currently receiving the contract so that your entitlements can be recalculated.
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