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Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions When does the CNS contact the insured person or employer concerning financial benefits? The CNS informs the insured or the
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Progressive return to work for therapeutic reasons
Progressive return to work for therapeutic reasons
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Certificate of compensation sent FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Introduction You have received a letter in French accompanied by a certificate of compensation. This page allows you to consult the German and English translations. The letter Concerns: Certificate of compensation sent FOR YOUR INFORMATION Mr/Mrs [Name], Enclosed you...
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Professional sickness
An occupational disease is a disease whose determining cause can be traced to an insured professional activity. The "Association d'assurance accident
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Rules to leave home
Rules to leave home The person declared sick is not allowed to leave the house during the first 5 days of their incapacity for work (despite any
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Declaration of incapacity for work
Resident Insured persons are requested to use only the forms provided to them by their doctor, in accordance with the agreement reached between the UCM (Union of Sickness Funds) and doctors. This form consists of three sections and must include
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Payment schedule for financial benefits
Payment schedule for financial benefits In accordance with provisions of article 185 of the CNS statutes, financial benefits are paid at the end of
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Stay abroad during a period of incapacity for work
In theory, during a period of incapacity for work, the country of stay cannot be different from that of the insured person's official place of residence. Prior authorisation from the CNS is required for any stay in a country...
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Exemption from work
The law defines certain kinds of work as hazardous to the health and safety of pregnant or breastfeeding women and It distinguishes between two kinds of hazardous work: In these situations, the employer is obliged to make appropriate temporary arrangements...
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Adopting a child
Beneficiary and duration When two spouses adopt a child who has not yet reached 12 years of age, the adopting parent - whether he or she is employed or self-employed - has the right to an adoption leave of 12 weeks...
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Relative at the end of their life
Beneficiaries of the family hospice leave If the insured person is an employee, civil servant, employee or manual worker working for the government, a local council or a public institution or a Luxembourg railway (CFL) employee, they can apply for...
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Administrative control
The statutes effective as of 01.01.2009 allow for an administrative control of persons on leave owing to sickness or accident to be carried out by the National Health Fund (CNS) both for the period when the employer is
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Special leaves
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Independent
So long as a worker is insured, the principles generally applicable to salaried workers apply « mutatis mutandis » to non-salaried ones. Period of
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Private Household
For insureds who are employees working in their employer's household (e.g. cleaning staff, persons working officially as carers of dependants), the
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Frequently Asked Questions- Progressive return to work
Frequently Asked Questions- Progressive return to work Are there any conditions that must be met in order to be entitled to a progressive return to
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Practical details
Conditions A progressive return to work for therapeutic reasons (RPTRT) is possible under the following conditions. Request from the attending physician and the insured person The request for progressive return to work is made using the standard form "Request
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German cross-border workers
Applicable rules The insured person is considered a cross-border worker if they work (and are insured) in a different EU country than the one they reside in and under the condition that they return to the country of residence...
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Membership
A person who exercises a paid professional activity in Luxembourg, for their own account or for the account of a third party, must be affiliated to the social security scheme in Luxembourg through the Common Centre of Social Security (Centre...
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Particular cases