Submit a commuting invoice for commutes of more than 10 kilometres from your home to your place of study each month after the fact, i.e. commutes between 1 and 31 December in January, commutes between 1 and 31 January in February etc.
Vocational rehabilitation can help you turn setbacks caused by an illness into a win if you have not reached retirement age and an illness or injury threatens your workability.
Rehabilitation can even lead to a new career path.
Varma ensures your income during rehabilitation by means of, for instance, a rehabilitation allowance.
We will pay the benefit after we have given you a separate decision on the payment.
After your rehabilitation, you can continue working and grow your pension.
You received a positive rehabilitation decision, what happens now?
Rehabilitation could mean returning to your previous job with a lighter work load, Work trial supported by Varma (pdf)
Other options are (pdf):
During your period of rehabilitation, you also accrue old-age pension.
We will pay the benefit after we have given you a separate decision on the payment of rehabilitation allowance or a rehabilitation increment.
If your income before the start of rehabilitation consisted of wages/salary, a daily sickness allowance or unemployment allowance, we will pay you a rehabilitation allowance. Be sure to inform the payer of your daily allowance that the rehabilitation allowance has started!
If you have not yet applied for rehabilitation, you can calculate or order an estimate of the rehabilitation allowance on our eServices.
If you are already receiving the cash rehabilitation benefit, we will pay you an additional 33 per cent rehabilitation increment for the duration of your rehabilitation.
If you receive a rehabilitation allowance or rehabilitation increment from us, you may be entitled to compensation for your commuting and studying expenses.
When you apply for compensation for travel and living expenses related to studying, work trials and job coaching, create a commuting invoice on our eServices. Write up your commuting invoice monthly after the fact. The benefits will be deposited into your account within roughly two weeks of your application.
Rehabilitation assistance for no more than 3 months if you have received a preliminary rehabilitation decision from us and you are not entitled to any other income. You can apply for assistance equal to disability pension by sending in an open application.
A business subsidy for entrepreneurs to help start up, develop or continue a business. Please contact your personal rehabilitation specialist.
If you already have a clear plan regarding your rehabilitation, enter the information in the application; e.g. the dates and tasks of a work trial that you have agreed on with your employer. If you do not have a plan yet, you can apply for a preliminary decision on your entitlement to rehabilitation. Together with the rehabilitation decision, you will receive information concerning your personal rehabilitation specialist at Varma.
We will process your application usually in less than three weeks.
What information do you need when filling in an application? See the checklist
1. Find out what the vocational rehabilitation options are. 2. Get a Medical Statement B. 3. Make an electronic application.
Go to the applicationBegin planning your rehabilitation as soon as possible after you receive a preliminary decision on your entitlement to rehabilitation supported by Varma. The preliminary decision is valid for approx. ten months.
Planning often starts in co-operation between you, your workplace HR administration and occupational health care as a part of occupational health negotiations (pdf).
2. Draw up a rehabilitation plan online
Once we have approved your plan and your rehabilitation has started, we will begin paying you a rehabilitation allowance and compensation for expenses.
See what rehabilitation income consists of
