&NewLine;<p>In this article, you'll find out how much the "revenu d&rsquo&semi;insertion sociale" is&comma; the rules governing the payment of sickness, maternity and paternity benefits&comma; and, above all, how compensation is calculated&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="securite-sociale-portugaise-comment-fonctionnent-les-prestations">Portuguese social security&colon; how benefits work</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The reference value of the revenu d&rsquo&semi;insertion sociale &lpar;RSI&rpar; is 189&comma;66 euros&period; Increases for households of two or more people correspond to 70 &percnt; of this amount &lpar;132&comma;76 euros&rpar; for each adult person living with the IRS&rsquo&semi;applicant and 50 &percnt; &lpar;94&comma;83 euros&rpar; for each minor&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So&comma; a family with no income&comma; made up of the father&comma; the mother and four minor children&comma; will be entitled to 701&comma;74 euros &lpar;189&comma;66 euros &plus; 132&comma;76 euros &plus; 94&comma;83 euros x 4&rpar;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/demande-de-rnh/"><img src="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vivre-au-portugal-1024x576.png" alt="choisir, portugal, italie" class="wp-image-8647" width="768" height="432"/></a></figure></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If the household has&rsquo&semi;other income&comma; the amount of the&rsquo&semi;ISR will be deducted from the amount corresponding to this income&comma; as for any other household&period; If you had&comma; for example&comma; a monthly income of 300 euros&comma; you would only receive 401&comma;74 euros per month &lpar;701&comma;74 euros &&num;8211&semi; 300 euros&rpar;&period; An income equal to or greater than 701&comma;74 euros does not entitle you to RSI&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Maternity and paternity benefits, as well as parental leave, are calculated according to the same formulas as sickness benefits&period; You should also find out about social security benefits in the event of death&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you have wrongly received money for a social benefit, you have a period of time in which to return it. If a problem arises with benefits and allowances, you must complain directly to the relevant department;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="indemnite-maladie">Sick pay&nbsp&semi;</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;arm&lowbar;restrict&lowbar;content plan&equals; "22&comma;21&comma;17&comma;15&comma; " type&equals; "hide"&rsqb;<br />&NewLine;&lbrack;armelse&rsqb;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sick pay is paid to workers who have paid at least six months of social security contributions&period; The month in which they fell ill can be taken into account in the calculation of sick leave&comma; provided that social security contributions have been paid&period;&nbsp&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the case of employees&comma; it is not paid for the first three days of sick leave&period; This period is increased to ten days for the self-employed and to thirty days for persons covered by the voluntary social insurance scheme&period; It is paid from the first day in the event of&rsquo&semi;admission to hospital or if the illness is tuberculosis&comma; as well as in the event of absence due to covid-19 &lpar;prophylactic isolation or illness&rpar;&period; It may be granted for a maximum of 1095 days &lpar;salaried workers&rpar; or 365 days &lpar;self-employed workers and researchers&rpar;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The amount of the indemnity is calculated on the basis of the reference salary&period; This corresponds to the salary for the six months preceding the second month prior to the month in which you were absent&comma; excluding vacation and Christmas bonuses&period; For example&comma; if you fall ill in September&comma; the months of July and August are not taken into account and the salaries from January to June are added together&period; The daily amount is obtained by dividing this figure by 180&period; The benefit is a percentage of the daily amount&colon;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>SICKNESS BENEFITS; HOW MUCH YOU GET</strong></p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><thead><tr><th class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Period of illness</th><th class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Percentage of benefit</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">First 30 days</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">55&percnt;</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">From 31 to 90 days</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">60&percnt;</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">From 91 to 365 days</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">70&percnt;</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">More than a year ago</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">75&percnt;</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="indemnite-maternite-paternite">Maternity&sol; paternity allowance&nbsp&semi;</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The formula used to calculate maternity and paternity benefits&comma; such as parental leave &lpar;more commonly known as maternity leave&rpar;&comma; is the same as that used for sickness benefits&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The law allows social security to pay an additional benefit to parents who have been absent from work for at least 30 consecutive days and who have not received the full vacation and Christmas bonus&period; This benefit must be claimed within the first six months of the year following the year of absence or&comma; in the event of termination of the contract&comma; within six months of the last day worked&period; The claim must be accompanied by a statement from the&&num;8217&semi;employer stating the amounts unpaid and the rule of law or contract on which the&&num;8217&semi;employer has based the non-payment&period; The claimant will receive 80 &percnt; of the portion unpaid by the&&num;8217&semi;employer&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Not all children are entitled to child benefit&period; The amount is determined by the value of the household assets&comma; the income bracket and the child&semi;s age&period; Disabled children are entitled to a monthly bonus in addition to child benefit&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="comment-faire-une-reclamation">How to make a claim&nbsp&semi;</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>To file a claim for benefits or allowances, you can use the following methods&colon;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Social Security telephone hotline &lpar;300 502 502&rpar;&comma; which operates&comma; on working days&comma; between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.&period; You can also go to a&rsquo&semi;Social Security reception office&period;</li><li>Secrétariat général du ministère du Travail&comma; de la Solidarité et de la Sécurité sociale&period;</li></ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you wish to complain about social security services&comma; you can contact the Médiateur&comma; by letter&comma; by telephone&comma;&nbsp&semi;<a href="file:///var/folders/4_/0zh8gywj66g64fh3ndn__fqw0000gn/t/com.ulyssesapp.mac/265fd27af4df461e871621a752f7f403/se%cc%81curite%cc%81%20sociale%20portugaise-%20comment%20fonctionnent%20les%20prestations/provedor@provedor-jus.pt">e-mail</a>and in person at the Ombudsman's office or at the public prosecutor's office&comma; or by means of&rsquo&semi;a<a href="https://servicos.provedor-jus.pt:7777/frontoffice/forms/formdetails.aspx?tipo=novopedido&;formularioid=7">&nbsp&semi;online form</a>&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;&sol;arm&lowbar;restrict&lowbar;content&rsqb;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class="has-nv-site-bg-color has-neve-link-hover-color-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size">To read the rest of this article&comma; please log in or subscribe to one of our&period&formulas; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&lbrack;arm&lowbar;setup id&equals; "11&Prime&semi; hide&lowbar;title&equals; 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