The Author
List of Abbreviations
General Introduction
Part I. The Institutions
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Old Age, Survivors and Child Benefit Schemes
Chapter 3. Sickness Benefit, Disability and Unemployment and Related Schemes
Chapter 4. Medical Insurance Schemes
Chapter 5. Social Provisions
Part II. Contribution and Financing
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Contributions Regulations for Employee Insurance Schemes
Chapter 3. National Insurance Schemes
Chapter 4. State Funding
Part III. Health Care
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Zorgverzekeringswet
Chapter 3. Wet Langdurige zorg (‘Longterm Care Act’)
Part IV. Family Allowances
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Child Benefits
Chapter 3. Child Budgets
Part V. Incapacity for Work
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Sickness
Chapter 3. Long-Term Incapacity to Work
Chapter 4. Pregnancy and Childbirth
Part VI. Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Obligations of Employers under Civil Law
Chapter 3. The Absence of a Statutory Insurance Against Industrial
Accidents and Occupational Diseases
Part VII. Unemployment
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Promotion of Reintegration into Work
Chapter 3. Unemployment Benefits
Chapter 4. Insolvency of the Employer
Part VIII. Pensions
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. General Old-Age Pension Act
Chapter 3. General Survivors’ Insurance
Part IX. Provisions for Support in Daily Life
Part X. Subsistence Income Provisions and Social Assistance
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Toeslagenwet
Chapter 3. Wet Inkomensvoorziening Oudere en Gedeeltelijk Arbeidsongeschikte Werknemers
Chapter 4. Wet Inkomensvoorziening voor Oudere en gedeeltelijk Arbeidsongeschikte zelfstandigen
Chapter 5. The Participatiewet
Part XI. Claims and Adjudication Procedures
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Decision of the Benefit Administration
Chapter 3. The Review Procedure
Chapter 4. Appeal to the Court of First Instance
Chapter 5. Appeal to the Central Appeals Court
Chapter 6. Reversal of Decision by the Supreme Court
Chapter 7. Special Rules for Medical Decisions
Selected Bibliography
Index