Report money requirement for working retirees: Who can receive payment? The rules have been announced...

High inflation and increasing living costs force some retirees to return to working life.

Whether retirees who continue to work can receive temporary disability benefits from the Social Security Institution (SGK) if they receive a report due to illness, work accident or occupational disease varies depending on their working status.

SSI expert İsa Karakaş stated that there are two basic options for those whose first insurance started before October 2008 and who started working again in the private sector after retirement.

THOSE WHO CUT THEIR RETIREMENT PENSION CAN RECEIVE REPORT MONEY

Accordingly, retirees can choose to work subject to all insurance branches by cutting their pension.

Karakaş stated that in this case, if a sickness report is received from the authorized physician or medical board, the temporary disability allowance is paid starting from the third day.

In case of a work accident or occupational disease, there is no waiting period and payment starts from the first day.

THERE IS NO SICK PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES WITH SGDP

Different rules apply to employees who continue to receive their pension and are subject to SGDP in the private sector.

Karakaş stated that retirees in this scope are not given temporary disability allowance within the scope of sickness and maternity insurance.

However, he stated that if a retired employee subject to SGDP has a work accident or an occupational disease, he/she can be entitled to incapacity benefit from the first day.

DIFFERENT APPLICATION FOR BAĞ-KUR PENSIONERS

Bağ-Kur retirees who are company partners or own their own businesses can continue their commercial activities without having their pensions cut.

Therefore, post-retirement work status has different consequences in terms of social security rights.

THOSE RECEIVING DISABILITY PENSION CANNOT WORK WITH SGDP

The practice for those receiving disability pension is different from other retirees.

Karakaş stated that those who receive disability pension cannot work again without having their pensions cut and that working under SGDP is not possible for these people.

Those who start working again after having their disability pension cut off can receive temporary disability benefit from the third day in case of illness, and from the first day in case of a work accident or occupational disease.

It was stated that those who receive a disability pension can work within the scope of SGDP.

Disability pensions of those who start working abroad in accordance with the foreign country's legislation are also cut off.

THERE ARE ALSO SEPARATE RULES FOR RETIRED PUBLIC WORKERS

Except for the exceptions in the law, it is not possible to work in general budget institutions, municipalities, public economic enterprises and institutions with more than 50 percent of the capital belonging to the public without deduction of pension.

Retirees who are insured under 4/1-a in the public sector, starting from the third day in case of illness; In case of a work accident or occupational disease, they can receive temporary disability allowance from the first day.

BOTH RETIREMENT AND REPORT MONEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY CASE

While employees who have their pensions cut off and are subject to all insurance branches can benefit from sickness compensation, those who continue to receive their pensions and work with SGDP cannot receive temporary incapacity allowance due to ordinary illness.

The right to report money for retirees working within the scope of SGDP continues in cases of work accidents and occupational diseases.