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3. You will continue to get the accompanied benefits according to the rules.
4. A three-year safety-net: If you stop working or your income is lessened you will be able
to get the disability pension you got earlier without any further tests.
5. If you got a disability pension in July 2009 and you will have an income from work as
well, you will get the pension according to the new law only upon your choice.
6. According to the law, there is a new pension – “the encouragement pension”. This
pension will be paid instead of the disability pension to those whose income from work
exceeds the sum set by the law. Thus the principle stating that “the inclusive sum you
get from work and from your pension will always be higher than the disability pension
alone” will be maintained.
7. According to the amendment of the law, four degrees of disability were set: 60%, 65%,
74% or 100%.
The details of the law and its regulations can be found on the website of the National
Insurance Institute:
