Apply for farm and household help from the agricultural pension fund

You can apply for LAK company and household assistance benefits by post, fax, e-mail or online.

Application by post, fax or e-mail:

• The LAK provides a form. Download it from the website of the Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG).
• Enter the required information.
  • If the benefit is to be paid due to incapacity for work, a medical certificate is required. The doctor can use the forms available in the practice for this. However, the LAK also provides its own form.
  • Enclose proof of rehabilitation measures, if provided by institutions other than the SVLFG, of the start of maternity leave or, in the event of death, a death certificate.
• Then submit the documents to the LAK.
• You will receive the LAK's decision by post.

Online application:

• Call up the SVLFG online service and log in with your access data.
• The online form will guide you through the application process.
• Enter all the necessary information and upload any required documents.
  • If the benefit is to be paid due to incapacity for work, a medical certificate is required. The doctor can use the forms available in the practice for this. However, the LAK also provides its own form.
  • Enclose proof of rehabilitation measures, if provided by institutions other than the SVLFG, of the start of maternity leave or, in the event of death, a death certificate.
• Submit the application online.
• You will receive the LAK's decision by post.

The LAK provides benefits for business and household help if

• your company reaches the minimum size and
• you are insured as
  • agricultural entrepreneur or agricultural entrepreneur or
  • a registered life partner.

You must also be absent due to

• medically certified incapacity for work,
• a medical rehabilitation measure by the old-age insurance fund or German Pension Insurance or during a preventive/rehabilitation benefit from your health insurance fund or
• pregnancy and maternity leave.

In the event of the farmer's death and similarly in the event of the death of other persons, in particular a single farmer:

• The business continues to be managed subject to compulsory insurance.

Benefits for farm and household help must be necessary to maintain the agricultural business or household. This is important when deciding whether and, if so, to what extent you will receive farm and household help.

Depending on the reason for use, the permanent employment of employees or family members working with you may lead to the exclusion of the benefit. The LAK will check this on a case-by-case basis.

Activities in non-agricultural parts of the company (ancillary companies) are excluded from farm and household help.

• Application for operating and household assistance
• in the case of an application due to incapacity for work: medical certificate of incapacity for work
• Proof of rehabilitation measures, if from institutions other than the SVLFG, of the start of maternity leave or, in the event of death, death certificate

No costs are incurred.

If LAK provides a qualified replacement, it will cover the costs in full.

If a replacement cannot be provided, LAK will reimburse the costs of an external replacement procured by you in an appropriate amount. The actual cash benefits incurred will be taken into account, in particular the remuneration for the work and travel costs. Benefits in kind, on the other hand, are not taken into account. Maximum amounts apply to the reimbursement amounts. The following are considered reasonable: proven expenses up to a maximum daily amount of 2.95 percent of the applicable monthly reference value, rounded up or down to the nearest even euro amount.

There is a co-payment for business and home help services provided to surviving dependants as a result of a death. The amount of the co-payment is determined on a case-by-case basis. In all other cases there is no excess.

There are no application deadlines.

Benefits for business and household help are possible from the day the application is submitted at the earliest.

• § Section 10 of the Act on Old-Age Insurance for Farmers (ALG)
• §§ Sections 36 and 37 of the Act on Old-Age Insurance for Farmers (ALG)
• § Section 39 of the Act on Old-Age Insurance for Farmers (ALG)
• §§ Sections 93 to 101 of the SVLFG Articles of Association in the version of the 42nd addendum dated 12.11.2021

- Appeal. Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification from the Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG).
- Appeal to the social court

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: Yes

There are no indications or special features.

14.02.2023