Working ability is assessed by the Unemployment Insurance Fund. If a reassessment of permanent incapacity for work has been scheduled for you in 2017 or thereafter, you must contact the Unemployment Insurance Fund as the date of the reassessment draws closer. Under the new rules, the Unemployment Insurance Fund assesses working ability and pays working ability allowances to those with partial or no working ability.
You can submit the work ability assessment application together with the work ability allowance application
- via e-töötukassa;
- via telephone or video with the help of work ability assessment specialist;
- digitally signed by e-mail to [email protected].
If you do not have the technical means to submit an application via e-töötukassa or via video, you can use a private client room and computer adapted for this purpose at the unemployment fund offices.
As filling in the application takes approximately 1 hour, we ask you to call us in advance to schedule an appointment by calling the information line 777 3000.
Upon assessing working ability, your state of health and restrictions on activity and participation arising therefrom are taken into account. This includes an assessment of your physical and mental abilities in different areas.
The assessment of working ability consists of five steps:
- a visit to a doctor;
- the submission of an application for assessment of working ability;
- the preparation of an expert opinion;
- a decision on the scope of the assessment of working ability;
- the payment of a working ability allowance and, if necessary, providing you with advice and labour market services to continue working or secure employment.
Read more about the assessment of working ability from the website of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Only the degree of severity of a disability is determined and social benefits are granted by the Social Insurance Board. If you have any questions, call the information line of the Social Insurance Board at 16106 or (+372) 612 1360 or write an e-mail to [email protected].
If you have any questions about assessment of work ability, call the information line of the Unemployment Insurance Fund at 777 3000 (when calling from abroad, dial +372 777 3000) or write an e-mail to [email protected].