The Social Security Services, in an effort to further serve the citizens, issue on a weekly basis an announcement regarding the date of examination of the applications received and concerning Pensions / Allowances / Benefits.
1. Unemployment Benefit:
- The applications of those employees whose employment was terminated and their period of unemployment began on 22/02/2021 are being examined.
- The cases of those who already receive unemployment benefit, which concerns the unemployment period of March 2021, are examined.
2. Payment Due to Surplus: Applications submitted in March - April 2020 are examined. It is noted that, there is a number of applications submitted before the above date for which the examination can not be completed because the employers have not yet sent the requested information.
3. Sickness Allowance: A pan-Cypriot campaign is underway to examine the applications. (applications received until 01/03/2021 are examined)
4. Disability Pension: Applications received in January 2021 are considered, provided that they have been sent to the Medical Council.
5. Disability Pension: The received applications November 2020 - January 2021 are examined considering that they have been sent to a Medical Council.
6. Personal Injury Allowance: Applications received in March 2021 are examined.
7. Secondary Medical Council: The hierarchical appeals of March - April 2020 are examined.
8. Institutionalized Syntax: The received applications for which the applicants acquire the right November - December 2020 are examined.
9. Social Pension: The received applications for which the applicants acquire the right November - December 2020 are examined.
10. Widow's Pension:
- For cases where the deceased spouse did not receive a statutory pension, the applications received in December 2020 are examined.
- For cases where the deceased spouse received a statutory pension, the applications received in December 2020 are examined.
- With the enactment of the Amending Law 126 (I) / 2019 on Social Insurance on 05/08/2019, the received applications, by male applicants, of 2019 and 2020 are examined.
11. Funeral Allowance:
- For cases where the deceased received a widow's pension, the received applications for December 2020 are examined.
- For cases where the deceased received a statutory pension, did not have a spouse and the request for funeral assistance comes from another person who undertook the funeral expenses, the received applications for December 2020 are examined.
- For cases where the deceased received a social pension, the received applications in November 2020 are examined.
- For other cases (eg the deceased was / was not retired and had a spouse, the deceased was not retired and did not have a spouse, the deceased was a young person, unmarried, and the application comes from the parent or siblings, the deceased was missing) applications received in November 2020 are examined.
12. Orphan Allowance: The received applications January - February 2021 are examined.
13. Childbirth Aid: The received applications of January 2021 are examined.
14. Maternity Allowance:
- For the first payment, the received applications are examined until 01/02/2021.
- For continuous payments, applications are considered for which the necessary information has been submitted (eg birth declaration) received in January 2021
15. Paternity Allowance: Applications received in January 2021 are examined.
16. Requests for institutionalized pension, widowhood and incapacity paid under bilateral agreements and the European Union Regulation 883/04:
- Institutionalized Syntax: Applications for which responses have been received regarding data, certificates and insurance accounts from other institutions, for applicants with a date of birth in 1954–1957.
- Disability Pension: Applications received in March 2021 are examined.
- Widow's Pension: The received applications of March 2021 are examined, for which answers have been received regarding data, certificates and insurance accounts from other bodies.
- Orphan Allowance: Applications received in May 2020 for which responses have been received regarding data, certificates and insurance accounts from other institutions are examined.
17. Criminal Cases: As of December 2020 (latest figures), 383 criminal cases were pending, of which 184 concerned employers and 199 concerned self-employed persons.