You can receive benefits for business and household help from the LKK if you are absent due to

• an illness that jeopardizes the management of the company
• hospital treatment,
• an outpatient or inpatient preventive care or rehabilitation program of the LKK or
• pregnancy and maternity leave.

The LKK ensures that your business or household continues to operate and that your income base is maintained. The benefits for business and household help relate in particular to work that cannot be postponed.

The LKK either provides a qualified specialist for this purpose, which is known as a hired worker. Or you can find a replacement yourself.

The skilled workers provided may be employees of the Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG) or a skilled worker from another organization, for example a machinery ring or a farm help service.

If you try to find a replacement yourself, the LKK will reimburse the costs up to a fixed amount. Maximum amounts apply. Please note that no deployment costs are covered for relatives and in-laws up to the 2nd degree. The replacement employee must also be external to the company. This means that they must not otherwise work in your company or in your household or help out significantly.

If an illness jeopardizes the management of the company, benefits for business and household help are possible for a maximum of 4 weeks. In the case of inpatient treatment, for a maximum of 13 weeks. An extension is only possible due to special circumstances in the company or household. The persistence of the incapacity to work or the illness alone is not sufficient.