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Apply for farm and household help from agricultural accident insurance
Service Description
You are eligible for LBG farm and household assistance benefits if you are unable to work as a result of an agricultural accident at work or an occupational disease
- are unable to work or
- inpatient treatment is necessary.
The agricultural employers' liability insurance association ensures that your business or household continues to operate and that your income base is maintained. The benefits for farm and household help essentially cover work that cannot be postponed.
The agricultural employers' liability insurance association will either provide a qualified employee, which is known as a hired worker. Or you can find a replacement yourself.
The provided workers can be employees of the SVLFG or employees of other organizations, for example a machinery ring or a farm help service.
If you procure a replacement yourself, the LBG will reimburse the costs for this to an appropriate amount. Maximum amounts apply. It should be noted that no deployment costs are covered for relatives and in-laws up to the second degree. The replacement employee must also be external to the company, i.e. they must not otherwise work in the company or in the household or help out significantly.
In the event of incapacity for work, 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 possible under certain conditions.
Process flow
The Landwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft provides its services ex officio.
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Before the assignment of a replacement worker begins, you must provide the LBG with certain information about yourself in the form of a "statement of facts". This is necessary in order to check the following:
- whether you meet the requirements for entitlement to benefits
- Your business or family circumstances
- This notification is not bound to a specific form, but the LBG does provide a form. You can download this from the LBG website and then complete it.
- If the benefit is to be paid due to incapacity for work, you must submit a medical certificate. The doctor can use the forms available in the practice for this; however, the LBG also provides its own form. Please note that you must consult a transit doctor after a work or commuting accident.
- Send the documents to the LBG by post, e-mail, fax or via the SVLFG service portal.
- You will receive the LBG's decision by post.
Requirements
The Landwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft (LBG) provides benefits for farm and household help if
- you are insured with the LBG as an agricultural entrepreneur,
- are absent due to an agricultural accident at work or an occupational disease due to incapacity for work or inpatient treatment (e.g. in hospital) and
- the benefits are necessary to safeguard the agricultural business or household. The question of necessity is important when deciding whether and to what extent farm and household help is provided.
Benefits for farm and household help are also possible for your or your
- working spouse or assisting spouse or life partner.
- your life partner.
Activities in non-agricultural parts of the company (ancillary companies) are excluded from business and household assistance.
Which documents are required?
- Notification of facts (the LBG provides a form for this purpose)
- in the event of incapacity for work: medical certificate (the LBG provides a form for this purpose)
What are the fees?
No costs are incurred.
If LBG provides a qualified replacement, it will cover the full costs.
If a replacement employee cannot be provided, LBG will reimburse the costs of an external replacement employee procured by you in an appropriate amount. The actual cash benefits incurred will be taken into account; benefits in kind will not be taken into account. Maximum amounts apply to the reimbursement amounts. The following are considered reasonable: proven expenses up to a maximum daily amount of 2.95 percent of the applicable monthly reference value, rounded up or down to the nearest even euro amount.
You must pay a deductible to the LBG for each day of service (day of service), irrespective of the amount of the costs incurred. You will be informed of the exact amount in writing.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There are no application deadlines.
- Benefits for business and household assistance are possible at the earliest from the date of notification of the facts.
Processing duration
The LBG usually makes a decision within a few days. Certain reasons may extend the processing time, for example missing documents.
Legal basis
Applications / forms
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Contradiction
For detailed information on how to lodge an appeal, please refer to the decision of the accident insurance institution. - Legal action before the social court after an unsuccessful appeal
Appeal
Forms available: Yes
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance necessary: No
Online services available: Yes
What else should I know?
There are no indications or special features.
Further Information
Author
Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG)
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Farm and household help from the Agricultural Accident Insurance Authorization
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Professionally released on
21.09.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
