Malta - Benefit Claim for Injury at Work and Disease/Medical Condition related to Work
Benefits payable to persons who suffer an injury on the place of work (Benefiċċju għall-Korriment) or who develop a medical condition which is related to the workplace (Mard tax-Xogħol).
When can I make a benefit claim?
If a person sustains an injury at work and has paid at least one contribution, that person should fill in the Injury Benefit Application and submit it to the Department of Social Security within 10 days.
If the application is related to sickness or a work-related condition the 10-day restriction does not apply and the person must fill out a Report of Disease/Condition Related to Work.
Under the laws of Malta, the government does not pay a lump sum if a person dies at the workplace, but the widow/er's pension given to surviving spouse and children is of the same amount as if the victim had paid the maximum amount of contributions.
How can I qualify?
If persons have paid at least one contribution and sustain an injury or sickness/medical condition related to work, they are entitled to claim Injury benefits for up to one year, starting from the fourth day after the date of injury. The first three days are paid by the employer. If persons who were injured or suffered illness/medical condition do not resume work after 10 days, they are requested to appear before the Medical Board appointed by the Department of Social Security.
What am I entitled to and how can I make my claim?
The applicant is entitled to the benefits from the fourth day of the injury. The first three days are paid by the employer. The employer will pay the employee the basic salary and the applicant then reimburses the employer with the amount of the benefit the applicant receives from the Department of Social Security. If the benefit is less than the employee's salary, the employer will top-up the difference. The benefits for the self-employed will be paid directly to them.
The rates are as follows:
Injury Benefit (Benefiċċju għal Korriment)
Single parent or married persons with spouses who do not work full-time: €34.55 per day.
Single persons or married persons with spouses who work full-time: €26 per day.
Disability Pension (Pensjoni għal Korriment)
For people who, as a consequence of the injury sustained at the workplace, suffer from a disability of 90% or more, a Disability Pension is paid even if they only paid one week of contribution.
For people who, as a consequence of the injury sustained at the workplace, suffer from a disability of between 20% and 89%, the pension ranges from €17.72 to €78.84 per week.
Disability Grant (Għotja għal Korriment)
People who suffer a disability of between 1% and 19%, are entitled to a sum between €275.89 and €5,240.10.
The surviving spouse, together with the children of the person who dies at the workplace, is entitled to a rate of widow's/widower's pension as if the victim had paid the maximum amount of contributions.
All the payments mentioned above are administered by the Department of Social Security.
Forms required for completion
The applicant or another person has to present the Injury Benefit Application or Sickness Report/Medical Condition Related to Work.
It is important that all the necessary details are completed on the form, certified by a physician, endorsed by the employer and in case of injury at the workplace this should be confirmed by a witness to the incident.
Know your rights
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Who do you need to contact?
Department of Social Security
38, Ordnance Street
Valletta, VLT 1021
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