Persons entitled to disability benefits have a chance of receiving additional payments

Tekst Webredactie - 9 april 2019 - Minder dan een minuut om te lezen

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The Dutch Police Union has recently fought a number of principled cases with the ABP pension fund, the largest fund for government personnel, and won. The decisions of the appeals committee are also valid for the teaching staff.

It is a technical and complex issue. It is especially important whether your incapacity for work percentage has been increased temporarily or permanently after 30 June 2007 for the disability benefit. If it has been increased after that date, this has had consequences for the disability pension at ABP. “The lawsuits conducted by the Police Union show that ABP made a wrong calculation for this group of people. It can be a lot of money ”, says Steven van Woerkens of the legal department. "The AOb would like to check this for members. "

What should you do?

1. Do you receive disability benefit, disability pension and did your disability percentage for disability benefit increase after 30 June 2007? Look up the decision - sometimes there are several decisions - of the benefits agency UWV about this.
2. Also take note of the letters from the ABP pension fund concerning the adjustment of the disability pension from after 30 June 2007.
3. Has your employer decided to dismiss you in whole or in part due to illness or to reassign you to another position after 30 June 2007? Then it is good to also take this decision to the AOb to send.

Pay attention! A temporary change in the WAO percentage due to a monthly fluctuation in income is not covered. Do you receive a WIA benefit? Even then you are not eligible for a recalculation or additional payment. It really must be an increase in your WAO percentage after June 30, 2007. Do you belong to this target group? Send the decisions to the AOb via info@aob.nl