Invalidity benefits

Information on available invalidity pensions granted to those with permanent incapacity for work or with a prognosis of loss of autonomy with a negative impact on their work.

This section is organised into the following areas:

• Invalidity pension
• Special invalidity protection

The invalidity pension is for people who are permanently incapacitated for work, not through an occupational cause.

Permanent incapacity for work may be relative or absolute. Workers in a situation of relative invalidity may not receive more than one third of their normal remuneration or more than 50% within 3 years. Absolute invalidity means that the worker has a definitive incapacity for any professional activity, which prevents him or her from earning any means of subsistence until he or she has access to the old-age pension.

Find out more about how to apply for an invalidity pension.

The purpose of special invalidity protection is to protect people who are permanently incapacitated for work, who have a prognosis of a rapid evolution towards a complete loss of autonomy with a negative impact on their work.

To obtain this special protection, the disability must have been caused by one of the following illnesses:

• familial amyloidosis
• Machado-Joseph disease
• AIDS – human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• multiple sclerosis
• an oncological disease
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Alzheimer’s disease
• rare diseases
• other sudden or early onset non-occupational diseases with a rapid incapacitating progression.

Find out more about how to claim special invalidity protection.