[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Festonia-workers-disability-no-longer-assessed-when-social-benefit-payment-is-determined-april-26-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18914,"estonia-workers-disability-no-longer-assessed-when-social-benefit-payment-is-determined-april-26-2012","Estonia -Workers disability no longer assessed when social benefit payment is determined -April 26, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Festonia-workers-disability-no-longer-assessed-when-social-benefit-payment-is-determined-april-26-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:47:59.444460+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18914\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Festonia-workers-disability-no-longer-assessed-when-social-benefit-payment-is-determined-april-26-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:28:00.895217+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp>The employers’ confederation has backed up a government plan to reform the benefits system related to work incapacity. To qualify for disability payments, a person must have permanently lost 40-100% of his or her work capacity. According to the Statistics workforce survey, in 2009, there were 82,000 Estonians between the ages of 15 and 64 who had permanently lost at least 40 percent of their capacity for work; early 2012 the number had increased to 90,100 persons. The three main reasons workers end up on disability pensions are ordinary illnesses, work-related disorders and injuries. The reform based on active measures to allow people to return to a job can result in a € 350 million reduction in benefit payouts and will lower the employers’ social tax obligations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnews.err.ee\u002Feconomy\u002Fe62ae557-739d-4f79-8a2c-def6db732ec6\">http:\u002F\u002Fnews.err.ee\u002Feconomy\u002Fe62ae557-739d-4f79-8a2c-def6db732ec6\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee.\u003C\u002Fem> For more information, please contact the\r\neditor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications\r\nofficer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem> For previous issues of\r\nthe \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Collective bargaining newsletter,\r\nplease visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. To unsubscribe,\r\nplease contact Mariya Nikolova.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]