Benefits for social participation in statutory accident insurance

Benefits for social participation are automatically determined and provided as soon as there are indications that there is or will be a risk to or restriction of participation in social life. No application is necessary.

This is often done as part of rehabilitation management. Your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will hold a personal meeting with you to identify and correctly assess your individual needs in a timely and comprehensive manner.

You can also contact your social accident insurance institution online or by post.

Online service:

• Call up the online service.
• You will be guided through the process on the accident insurance service portal.
• You can log in.
  • If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
  • If you would like to receive the reply by post, you can continue without registering.
• Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
• Upload the required documents.
• Complete the online form and send it off.
• Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
• You will receive feedback via the desired channel.

Online service of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund:

• If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there if necessary.

Message by post:

• Send an informal letter to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
• Make sure you provide the required information and enclose the necessary documents.

• Your equal social participation is restricted as a result of an accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease.
• However, the requirements for social participation benefits depend on the type of benefit in question.
• If you have specific questions about individual benefits, please contact your relevant employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

• Benefits for social participation are automatically determined by the authorities following an accident at work or commuting accident or an occupational illness and are provided ex officio.
• You do not need to submit any documents.

There are no costs.

There is no deadline.

• § Section 39 of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)
• § Section 28 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
• § Section 75 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
• § Section 76 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)

• Appeal
• Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

Forms available: No

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: Yes

06.01.2023