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Select your form of employment

• I am a worker (I have an employment contract)

• I carry out (non-agricultural) business activities or work together with a person carrying out such activities

• I am a member of the clergy

• I work under a contract of mandate or an agency contract

 

Who may receive the benefit

Anyone who meets the following requirements:

• is covered by accident insurance,

• has obtained a sick note,

• is unable to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease.

What you need to prepare

One of the following documents:

• an accident report – if you are unable to work due to an accident at work. Such a report will be prepared by the contribution payer – the employer,

• a medical certificate confirming that your incapacity for work was caused by an accident at work – if you became unable to work at a later date, but as a result of a previously verified accident at work, 

• a decision on an occupational disease diagnosis issued by a sanitary inspector and a certificate from the doctor who issued a sick note declaring you unable to work as a result of an occupational disease – if you have an occupational disease.

A contribution payer – is any company, institution or person that registers insured persons with the Social Insurance Institution and settles and pays social or health insurance contributions for them. It may be, for example, an employer or a person running a business.  

The sick note will be sent to the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) and the contribution payer in electronic form (e-ZLA). If, however, your employer does not have a profile on the PUE ZUS portal – about which you should be informed in writing on the first day of work – then that person will not be aware that a doctor has issued an e-ZLA sick note. In such a situation, submit a printout of the sick note that you will receive from the doctor.

If the benefit is paid by the ZUS, an application for the benefit will be necessary. During your employment, your contribution payer (the employer) submits the application on your behalf – this application is the Z-3 contribution payer’s certificate.

What you need to do

1. Collect all the necessary documents. See What you need to prepare for details.

2. Submit them to the contribution payer. See Where to submit the documents for details.

3. Wait for the payment of the benefit. See How long you will wait for details.

When to submit the documents

Straight away – if you have all the required documents.

If you wish to obtain a benefit for sick leave that has already ended, submit the documents within 6 months from the last day of sick leave. If you cannot submit the documents within this deadline for some reason (for example, you are in hospital), you may submit them within 6 months from the date on which this reason ceases to apply.

Where to submit the documents

Take the documents:

• to the payer – if the payer employs more than 20 workers,

• to the payer or to a ZUS branch, if your payer employs up to 20 workers. Preferably, take the documents to the ZUS branch having jurisdiction over the contribution payer’s registered office. If you take them to another ZUS branch, the staff will send your documents to the relevant branch.

You may submit the documents in the following ways:

• in person,

• by post,

• through a plenipotentiary. Ask the payer or the ZUS how to do this.

Use the ZUS browser to find out at which branch you may submit the documents.

Enter the contribution payer’s address to find the relevant ZUS branch

Enter your location

Locality, Street, Building number, Number, Other

How much you will pay

The service is free of charge.

How long you will wait

Up to 30 calendar days after you submit the documents.

The ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit. You will then receive a decision on this matter. See when the ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit.

If it is the contribution payer that refuses to pay you the benefit – you may request the ZUS for a decision.

How much you may receive

100% of the benefit assessment basis.

The benefit assessment basis is your average monthly remuneration from the last 12 months before the day when you became unable to work. The portion of social insurance contributions that you pay must be deducted from this amount. If your insurance covers a period shorter than 12 months – then the entire period of insurance is taken into account.

The ZUS or the contribution payer will calculate the exact amount of your benefit.

How long you will receive the sickness benefit

• 182 days,

• 270 days – if you are pregnant or you have tuberculosis.

If you do not agree with the ZUS’s decision

Write an appeal to the district labour and social security court, but take it or send it to the ZUS branch that issued the decision. You should do this within one month from the receipt of the ZUS’s decision.

Legal basis:

Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases (Journal of Laws from 2019, item 1205)

 

Select your form of employment

• I am a worker (I have an employment contract)

• I carry out (non-agricultural) business activities or work together with a person carrying out such activities

• I am a member of the clergy

• I work under a contract of mandate or an agency contract

Who may receive the benefit

Anyone who meets the following requirements:

• is covered by accident insurance,

• has obtained a sick note,

• is unable to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease.

If you run a business or work together with a person running a business, then you will receive a sickness benefit if social insurance contributions were paid in a timely manner (the person running a business pays contributions for the co-worker).

If the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) finds that you did not pay contributions and your debt is higher than PLN 6.60 (the debt is established as at the date of the accident or submission of the application for a benefit for an occupational disease), then you are not entitled to the benefit until you repay the debt in full.

If you repay the debt in full within 6 months from the date of the accident or the date of submission of the application for a benefit for an occupational disease, then you will be entitled to the benefit for the entire period of incapacity for work.

If you repay the debt in full after 6 months, you will be entitled to the benefit only from the date of repayment of the debt.

What you need to prepare

1. an application for a sickness benefit, which may be:

• a Z-3b contribution payer’s certificate (if you work together with a person who runs a business, the Z-3b certificate will be issued by your contribution payer),

• a ZAS-53 application for a sickness benefit or an application in another form,

• a printout of an e-ZLA sick note.

2. an accident sheet – if you are unable to work due to an accident at work. The ZUS will prepare such a sheet for you. 

3. a medical certificate confirming that your incapacity for work was caused by an accident at work – if you became unable to work at a later date, but as a result of a previously verified accident at work,  

4. a decision on an occupational disease diagnosis issued by a sanitary inspector and a certificate from the doctor who issued a sick note declaring you unable to work as a result of an occupational disease – if you have an occupational disease.

A contribution payer – is any company, institution or person that registers insured persons with the Social Insurance Institution and settles and pays social or health insurance contributions for them. It may be, for example, an employer or a person running a business. 

Remember that the sick note will be sent to the ZUS in electronic form.

What you need to do

1. Collect all the necessary documents. See What you need to prepare for details.

2. Submit them to the ZUS. See Where to submit the documents for details.

3. Wait for the payment of the benefit. See How long you will wait for details.

When to submit the documents

Straight away – if you have all the required documents.

If you wish to obtain a benefit for sick leave that has already ended, submit the documents within 6 months from the last day of sick leave. If you cannot submit the documents within this deadline for some reason (for example, you are in hospital), you may submit them within 6 months from the date on which this reason ceases to apply.

Where to submit the documents

Preferably, take the documents to the ZUS branch having jurisdiction over the contribution payer’s registered office. If you take them to another ZUS branch, the staff will send your documents to the relevant branch.

You may submit the documents in the following ways:

1. in person,

2. by post,

3. through a plenipotentiary. Ask the payer or the ZUS how to do this.

4. electronically via the PUE ZUS portal – you may send Z-3b and ZAS-53 documents via the PUE ZUS portal.

Use the ZUS browser to find out at which branch you may submit the documents.

Enter the contribution payer’s address to find the relevant ZUS branch

Enter your location

Locality, Street, Building number, Number, Other

How much you will pay

The service is free of charge.

How long you will wait

Up to 30 calendar days after you submit the documents.

The ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit. You will then receive a decision on this matter. See when the ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit.

How much you may receive

100% of the benefit assessment basis.

The benefit assessment basis is the average monthly accident insurance contribution assessment basis from the last 12 months before the day when you became unable to work. This amount should be reduced by 13.71%. If your insurance covers a period shorter than 12 months – then different rules apply to you. See the ZUS website for details.

The ZUS will calculate the exact amount of your benefit.

How long you will receive the sickness benefit

• 182 days,

• 270 days – if you are pregnant or you have tuberculosis.

If you do not agree with the ZUS’s decision

Write an appeal to the district labour and social security court, but take it or send it to the ZUS branch that issued the decision. You should do this within one month from the receipt of the ZUS’s decision.

Legal basis:

Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases (Journal of Laws 2019, item 1205)

 

Select your form of employment

• I am a worker (I have an employment contract)

• I carry out (non-agricultural) business activities or work together with a person carrying out such activities

• I am a member of the clergy

• I work under a contract of mandate or an agency contract

Who may receive the sickness benefit

Anyone who meets the following requirements:

• is covered by accident insurance,

• has obtained a sick note,

• is unable to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease.

If you are a member of the clergy who pays his own insurance contributions, then you will receive the sickness benefit if you paid the social insurance contributions in a timely manner.

If the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) finds that you did not pay contributions and your debt is higher than PLN 6.60 (the debt is established as at the date of the accident or submission of the application for a benefit for an occupational disease), then you are not entitled to the benefit until you repay the debt in full.

If you repay the debt in full within 6 months from the date of the accident or the date of submission of the application for a benefit for an occupational disease, then you will be entitled to the benefit for the entire period of incapacity for work. If you repay the debt in full after 6 months, you will be entitled to the benefit only from the date of repayment of the debt.

What you need to prepare

1. an application for a sickness benefit, which may be:

• a ZUS Z-3b contribution payer’s certificate,

• a ZAS-53 application for a sickness benefit or an application in another form,

• a printout of an e-ZLA sick note,

2. an accident sheet – if you are unable to work due to an accident at work. Such a sheet will be prepared by the supreme diocesan or monastic institution,

3. a medical certificate confirming that your incapacity for work was caused by an accident at work – if you became unable to work at a later date, but as a result of a previously verified accident at work, 

4. a decision on an occupational disease diagnosis issued by a sanitary inspector and a certificate from the doctor who issued a sick note declaring you unable to work as a result of an occupational disease – if you have an occupational disease.

Remember that the sick note will be sent to the ZUS in electronic form.

What you need to do

1. Collect all the necessary documents. See What you need to prepare for details.

2. Submit the documents to the ZUS. See Where to submit the documents for details.

3. Wait for the payment of the benefit. See How long you will wait for details.

When to submit the documents

Straight away – if you have all the required documents.

If you wish to obtain a benefit for sick leave that has already ended, submit the documents within 6 months from the last day of sick leave. If you cannot submit the documents within this deadline for some reason (for example, you are in hospital), you may submit them within 6 months from the date on which this reason ceases to apply.

Where to submit the documents

Preferably, take the documents to the ZUS branch having jurisdiction over the contribution payer’s registered office. If you take them to another ZUS branch, the staff will send your documents to the relevant branch.

A contribution payer – is any company, institution or person that registers insured persons with the Social Insurance Institution and settles and pays social or health insurance contributions for them. It may be, for example, an employer or a person running a business.

You may submit the documents in the following ways:

• in person,

• by post,

• through a plenipotentiary. Ask the payer or the ZUS how to do this.

• electronically via the PUE ZUS portal – you may send Z-3b and ZAS-53 documents via the PUE ZUS portal.

Use the ZUS browser to find out at which branch you may submit the documents.

Enter the contribution payer’s address to find the relevant ZUS branch

Enter your location

Locality, Street, Building number, Number, Other

How much you will pay

The service is free of charge.

How long you will wait

Up to 30 calendar days after you submit the documents.

The ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit. You will then receive a decision on this matter. See when the ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit.

How much you may receive

100% of the benefit assessment basis.

The benefit assessment basis is the average monthly accident insurance contribution assessment basis from the last 12 months before the day when you became unable to work. This amount should be reduced by 13.71%. If your insurance covers a period shorter than 12 months – then different rules apply to you. See the ZUS website for details.

The ZUS will calculate the exact amount of your benefit.

How long you will receive the sickness benefit

• 182 days,

• 270 days – if you are pregnant or you have tuberculosis.

If you do not agree with the ZUS’s decision

Write an appeal to the district labour and social security court, but take it or send it to the ZUS branch that issued the decision. You should do this within one month from the receipt of the ZUS’s decision.

Legal basis:

Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases (Journal of Laws from 2019, item 1205).

 

Select your form of employment

• I am a worker (I have an employment contract)

• I carry out (non-agricultural) business activities or work together with a person carrying out such activities

• I am a member of the clergy

• I work under a contract of mandate or an agency contract

Who may receive the benefit

Anyone who meets the following requirements:

• is covered by accident insurance,

• has obtained a sick note,

• is unable to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease.

What you need to prepare

One of the following documents:

1. an accident sheet – if you are unable to work due to an accident at work. The contribution payer – the contracting authority will prepare such a sheet,

2. a medical certificate confirming that your incapacity for work was caused by an accident at work – if you became unable to work at a later date, but as a result of a previously verified accident at work,

3. a decision on an occupational disease diagnosis issued by a sanitary inspector and a certificate from the doctor who issued a sick note declaring you unable to work as a result of an occupational disease – if you have an occupational disease.

A contribution payer – is any company, institution or person that registers insured persons with the Social Insurance Institution and settles and pays social or health insurance contributions for them. It may be, for example, an employer or a person running a business.

Remember that the sick note will be sent to the ZUS and the contribution payer in electronic form (e-ZLA). If, however, your contribution payer does not have a profile on the PUE ZUS portal – about which you should be informed in writing on the first day of work – then that person will not be aware that a doctor has issued an e-ZLA sick note. In such a situation, submit a printout of the sick note that you will receive from the doctor. 

If the benefit is paid by the ZUS, an application for the benefit will be necessary. During the period of insurance, your contribution payer (the contracting authority) submits the application on your behalf – this application is the Z-3a contribution payer’s certificate. 

What you need to do

1. Collect all the necessary documents. See What you need to prepare for details.

2. Submit them to the contribution payer. See Where to submit the documents for details.

3. Wait for the payment of the benefit. See How long you will wait for details.

When to submit the documents

Straight away – if you have all the required documents.

If you wish to obtain a benefit for sick leave that has already ended, submit the documents within 6 months from the last day of sick leave. If you cannot submit the documents within this deadline for some reason (for example, you are in hospital), you may submit them within 6 months from the date on which this reason ceases to apply.

Where to submit the documents

Take the documents:

• to the payer – if the payer employs more than 20 workers,

• to the payer or to a ZUS branch, if your payer employs up to 20 workers. Preferably, take the documents to the ZUS branch having jurisdiction over the contribution payer’s registered office. If you take them to another ZUS branch, the staff will send your documents to the relevant branch.

You may submit the documents in the following ways:

• in person,

• by post,

• through a plenipotentiary. Ask the payer or the ZUS how to do this.

Use the ZUS browser to find out at which branch you may submit the documents.

Enter the contribution payer’s address to find the relevant ZUS branch

Enter your location

Locality, Street, Building number, Number, Other

How much you will pay

The service is free of charge.

How long you will wait

Up to 30 calendar days after you submit the documents.

The ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit. You will then receive a decision on this matter. See when the ZUS may refuse to pay you the benefit.

If it is the contribution payer that refuses to pay you the benefit – you may request the ZUS for a decision.

How much you may receive

100% of the benefit assessment basis.

The benefit assessment basis is the average monthly accident insurance contribution assessment basis from the last 12 months before the day when you became unable to work. This amount should be reduced by 13.71%. If your insurance covers a period shorter than 12 months – then the entire period of insurance is taken into account.

The ZUS will calculate the exact amount of your benefit.

How long you will receive the sickness benefit

• 182 days,

• 270 days – if you are pregnant or you have tuberculosis.

If you do not agree with the ZUS’s decision

Write an appeal to the district labour and social security court, but take it or send it to the ZUS branch that issued the decision. You should do this within one month from the receipt of the ZUS’s decision.

Legal basis:

Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases (Journal of Laws from 2019, item 1205).

 

NAME OF THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION

Ministry of Family and Social Policy

Department of Social Insurance

email: info@mrips.gov.pl