Supplementary benefit for third-party assistance for victims of work accidents

The 2013 Social Security Financing Act replaces the third-party assistance increase on work accident or occupational disease pensions with a supplementary benefit for third-party assistance. It is paid to pension holders whose permanent incapacity reaches a minimum rate and who cannot carry out ordinary daily activities alone. The flat-rate amount depends on the need for assistance rather than on the pension amount. Recipients of the former increase keep it, with a right to opt for the new benefit. The measure took effect on 1 March 2013.