Health promotion
Education grants
Psychology
Health promotion
Education grants
Psychology
GRANTS AVAILABLE
Members are entitled to sick pay from the sick fund Efling if it has been paid by them to the sick fund for at least six months before they become unemployed due to illness or accident.
Applications must be submitted no later than the 20th of each month to be sure of receiving payment the following month. If the 20th falls on a weekend, applications must be received no later than the preceding Friday. Applications received between the 21st and the 31st of each month are paid out around the 10th of the following month.
The application must be accompanied by:
- Ljósrit af sjúkradagpeningavottorði frá lækni, upprunnið í tölvukerfum heilsugæslunnar og spítalanna. Ef einnig er sótt um dagpeninga til Sjúkratrygginga Íslands, þarf frumrit af sjúkradagpeningavottorði að fylgja þeirri umsókn. Erlend vottorð eru ekki tekin gild.
- Employment certificate from the employer where the employee's working hours and work proportion for the past 6 months are stated, and which day the person was unpaid due to illness/accident and how many sick days were used.
- If the applicant has been receiving unemployment benefits before applying, a confirmation from the Directorate of Labour is required stating that the person is not receiving unemployment benefits while payments from Efling are pending.
- Útfyllt eyðublað about nýtingu persónuafsláttar.
- Other things that may be relevant, e.g.:
- If the applicant has been dismissed by the employer, a confirmation from the Directorate of Labour is required to show that the person is not receiving unemployment benefits while payments from Efling are pending.
- If the applicant is a parent and has been on leave longer than 7 months, a confirmation from the Parental Leave Fund must be attached to the application to show the person does not receive an extension of parental leave.r barnshafandi og gengin lengra en 7 mánuði þarf að fylgja umsókn staðfesting frá Fæðingarorlofssjóði að viðkomandi fái ekki lengingu fæðingarorlofs.
- Sé um framhaldsvottorð vegna sjúkradagpeninga að ræða þarf einnig að fylgja Staðgreiðsluskrá frá Skattinum.
Applicants, please note!
The applicant authorizes the health insurance fund to submit the application and medical data under the confidentiality of the fund's physician. In some cases the applicant may expect that more detailed data will be required or that the applicant will be called for a medical assessment by the confidential physician. The health insurance fund may reject the claim for sick pay based on the confidential physician's assessment.
Conditions for payment of sick pay
A member may be entitled to daily sickness benefits from the sickness fund if contributions were paid by him to the Sickness Fund for at least the last three months before he became unemployed due to illness or accident. Full entitlement is established after six months of contribution payments. The right to daily benefits arises after the contractual right to sick leave from the employer has been exhausted.
Rights are transferred between members within ASÍ or BSRB.
Right to sick pay
- A member is entitled to sickness benefit from the sickness fund Efling if contributions have been paid by the individual to the fund for at least the last six months before the individual becomes unemployed due to illness/accident. The right is established from the day the individual becomes unemployed.
- A fund member is obliged to inform the fund when he becomes employable again or acquires the right to compensation from other parties such as the pension fund or the Insurance Agency for the incurred rights loss. The fund member must refund the fund any overpaid daily allowances.
- It is permitted to pay out sickness benefit retroactively up to 3 months from the date the application reached the fund.
- The right to compensation or grants from the fund is forfeited if not claimed within 12 months from when the right arose.
General market
Public market
General market - for those who work at private companies
- Due to illness or injury - up to 180 days*
- Due to children's illness - up to 180 days*
- Due to spouse's illness - up to 90 days* provided continuous membership of at least 12 months or longer
- Due to alcohol or drug treatment - up to 90 days*
Continuation payments due to longer illness or accidents:
In special cases and having consulted a vocational rehabilitation counselor and/or the fund's confidential doctor, it is permitted to pay fund members who have worked on the open market up to 120 days in addition, as the fund member does not have rights to other payments such as disability, rehabilitation pension or old-age pension and then daily allowances are paid based on minimum earnings.
Due to mother's illness during pregnancy:
Due to illness móður á meðgöngu is ***paid út sjöunda mánuð meðgöngu,*** þó but not longer than according to the aforementioned rules on daily allowances.
A woman may apply for up to a two‑month extension of maternity leave due to illness during pregnancy without affecting her right to maternity leave after birth according to the provisions of law no. 95/2000.
*based on full rights
Open market - for those who work for the state, municipality, nursing home, independent kindergarten or Faxaflóahöfn.
- Due to illness or injury - up to 90 days*
- Due to children's illness - up to 180 days*
- Due to spouse's illness - up to 90 days* provided continuous membership of at least 12 months or longer
- Due to alcohol or drug treatment - up to 90 days*
Continuation payments due to longer illness or accidents:
In special cases and where consultation has been held with a vocational rehabilitation counselor and/or the fund's confidential doctor, it is permitted to pay fund members who have worked in the public market up to an additional 90 days, as the fund member does not have rights to other payments such as disability, rehabilitation pension or old‑age pension, and then daily allowances are paid based on minimum income.
Due to mother's illness during pregnancy:
Due to illness móður á meðgöngu is ***paid út sjöunda mánuð meðgöngu,*** þó but not longer than according to the aforementioned rules on daily allowances.
A woman may apply for up to a two‑month extension of maternity leave due to illness during pregnancy without affecting her right to maternity leave after birth according to the provisions of law no. 95/2000.
*based on full rights
Members on unemployment benefits or on maternity leave
Unemployment benefits are paid for up to 3 months for members of the fund who are unemployed or on parental leave, as long as the fund member has continued to pay the membership fee on their contributions to the union and had the right to sickness benefits before they became unemployed or went on parental leave.
Income linkage
Payments are 80% of the average salary based on the contribution base in the fund for the six months preceding the member becoming unemployed due to illness, but not exceeding an amount of ISK 854,197 per month, after deductions for benefits from the Health Insurance.
If one has been paying to the Sickness fund for 5 years or longer, the income connection in addition to daily allowances from the Icelandic Health Insurance can amount to up to 100% of the income loss, but to a maximum of ISK 1,029,693 per month. Members who meet this condition are entitled to daily allowances for up to 6 months.
Payments to the fund must have been received for at least 54 of the last 60 months to meet this condition.
Shorter membership and transfer from another union
If membership in the fund is shorter than 6 consecutive months the member is not entitled to daily allowances, unless it concerns that a fund member has come directly to Efling from another union within ASÍ or BSRB.
Transfer from another union within ASÍ/BSRB
Transfer of rights from another trade union within the Icelandic Confederation of Labour or BSRB to Efling can occur if contributions have been paid to the fund by the individual for at least one month and to another health fund of a union within ASI or BSRB for at least the next six months thereafter. Then it is divided by the number of months with Efling, thus there is about six months of continuous membership in two or more unions before the fund member became unemployed due to illness.
Membership fee is calculated from benefits
To maintain rights in other funds at Efling, such as vacation and education funds, a 0.7% membership fee is calculated on daily allowances.
When are daily allowances not paid?
Daily allowances are only paid temporarily to those who become unemployed due to illness and are not entitled to other payments than sickness allowances from the Health Insurance Fund and daily allowances from the Icelandic Health Insurance. Payments are not made when/if a fund member becomes entitled to payments from the Social Insurance Institution or a pension fund such as disability benefits-rehabilitation pension/old-age pension/retirement. Payments are also not made for compensable accidents such as traffic accidents, which are considered mandatory payments and the insurance company is therefore obliged to pay the victim temporary loss of employment.
Renewal of daily benefit rights
The right to unemployment benefits is renewed every 12 months, proportionally to the extent it has been used, counted from the day the unemployment benefit payments end each time and the employer contributions start anew, see the ASÍ rule on this.
Rules on medical certificates
- The application for sick pay must include a photocopy of a sick pay certificate from a doctor, originating from the health care and hospital computer systems.
- The initial certificate and follow‑up certificates must be Icelandic sick pay certificates.
- It is allowed to submit a foreign first certificate if a member suddenly becomes ill while on leave abroad. The member must provide proof that a pre‑arranged leave abroad was being considered.
Rights with Icelandic Health Insurance
Alongside daily allowance payments from the Health Fund, fund members are entitled to sickness or accident daily allowance payments from the Icelandic Health Insurance.
Health promotion – fitness grant
The health grant efling covers gym, sports, swimming, dance etc. It can be used for purchases of a riding horse.
The station, school or association must be a legal entity (kennitala and a fixed address) with a permanent facility and organized activity and must be able to pay recognized sports teachers or mentors.
Paid up to 23,000 kr. every 12 months, up to a maximum of 50% of the cost.
The application must be accompanied by the original invoice showing the name and kennitala member. If confirmation of payment on the invoice is not shown, additional proof of payment must be submitted, e.g., from a home bank or payment receipt from the invoice issuer.
Education grants
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