General Introduction
Selected Bibliography
Part I. The Institutions
Introduction
Chapter 1. Public Institutions
Chapter 2. Position and Competence of the Public Institutions
Chapter 3. Private Institutions
Part II. Contribution and Financing
Introduction
Chapter 1. Contribution Regulation for Employees
Chapter 2. Contributions for Public Sector Workers
Chapter 3. Contributions for the Self-Employed
Chapter 4. Other Contributions
Chapter 5. Government Funding
Part III. Health Care
Introduction
Chapter 1. Field of Application
Chapter 2. Benefits
Part IV. Family Allowances
Chapter 1. Child Benefit
Chapter 2. Early Childcare Supplement
Chapter 3. Increase for a Qualified Child
Chapter 4. Guardian’s Payment
Chapter 5. Maternity Benefit and Related Schemes
Chapter 6. Payments to Qualified Adults
Chapter 7. One-Parent Family Payment and Lone Parents’ Payments
Part V. Incapacity to Work, Disability and Care
Chapter 1. Illness Benefit
Chapter 2. Invalidity Pension
Chapter 3. Disability Allowance
Chapter 4. Blind Pension
Chapter 5. Carer’s Allowance
Chapter 6. Carer’s Benefit
Chapter 7. Respite Care Grant
Part VI. Occupational Accidents and Diseases and Deductibility of Benefits from Awards of Damages
Chapter 1. The Occupational Injuries Scheme
Chapter 2. The Deductibility of Benefits from Awards of Damages
Part VII. Unemployment
Chapter 1. Jobseeker’s Benefit
Chapter 2. Jobseeker’s Allowance
Chapter 3. Pre-retirement Allowance
Chapter 4. Farm Assist
Chapter 5. Family Income Supplement
Part VIII. Old-Age and Survivors’ Pensions
Chapter 1. State Pension (Contributory)
Chapter 2. State Pension (Transition)
Chapter 3. State Pension (Non-contributory)
Chapter 4. Widow(er)’s (Contributory) Pension
Chapter 5. Widow(er)’s (Non-contributory) Pension
Part IX. Payments on or after Death
Chapter 1. Bereavement Grant
Chapter 2. Widowed Parent Grant
Chapter 3. Payments after Death
Part X. Minimum Income Benefit
Chapter 1. Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Part XI. Means Tests
Chapter 1. General Principles
Chapter 2. Jobseeker’s Allowance Test
Chapter 3. State Pension (Non-contributory)
Chapter 4. Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Chapter 5. Long-Term Payments Test
Part XII. Claims, General Provisions and Adjudication
Chapter 1. Claims
Chapter 2. Accumulation Rules (Overlapping Provisions)
Chapter 3. Residence and Absence
Chapter 4. Imprisonment
Chapter 5. Overpayments and Repayments
Chapter 6. Distribution of Assets
Chapter 7. Adjudication