The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: amendments to the law "on compulsory social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases" make law "on compulsory social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, no. 1) as follows: 1. Replace the entire text of the Act, the words "work accident and occupational disease insurance fund" and "work accidents Fund" (fold) with the words "State social insurance fund" (the fold).
2. Replace the entire text of the Act, the words "minimum wage" (fold) with the words "minimum monthly salary (salary)" (fold).
3. in article 1: (1) be supplemented by the words "employer" with the words "national leader" of civiliestād and after the word "employees" with the words "persons who have a civil relationship";
to make 8 "a" and "b" in subparagraph by the following: "(a)) to the insured person, the employee, the person who is civil, as well as the compulsory national service for the orderly — the average working income for the six months before the accident at work or an occupational disease cases, b) to the insured person: training and education institutions student or student-Government-required minimum monthly salary (salary) before the accident."
4. in article 3, paragraph 1: Add to the "a" section with the words "and individuals who entered the civil service of the country relations";
make point 2 as follows: "2) policyholders — employers — regardless of their status, country managers, civiliestāž training and education institutions managers that the students and the students employed in jobs or teaching practices, as well as institutions, companies and organisations, which are filled, the minimum public service."
5. To make article 4 by the following: "article 4. The State social insurance fund for insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases the national social security fund. "
6. Article 6: replace the words "a work accident Fund's functions will be to" with the words "taking insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases, the State social insurance fund's functions are as follows:";
make paragraph 3 by the following: "3) manage insurance funds;".
7. Article 7: replace paragraph 5 of the first paragraph, the number "100" with the number "80";
make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) the policyholder, employer, State civiliestād supervisor once a month should be notified to the national social security fund, what changes have taken place in the number of insured persons and the working income."
8. Turn off the second part of article 8.
9. Article 9: turn off in the first paragraph, the words "work accidents Fund";
replace the second part of paragraph 1, the word "pay" with the word "income".
10. Express article 10, second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the policyholder's compliance with the hazard team for the national social security fund."
11. Article 11 be expressed as follows: "article 11. Collection and insurance of the cost of making insurance payments to the insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases collected and the cost of these features take the national social security fund. "
12. in article 12: adding to paragraph 1 the first subparagraph following the words "employer" with the words "into a" civil relationship;
replace the second part of paragraph 1, the word "pay" with the word "income";
turn off the second part of paragraph 2, the word "proportion".
13. Article 13: replace paragraph 2 of the first paragraph, the words "the administration of the Fund" with the words "by this type of insurance";
Replace paragraph 4 of the first paragraph, the words "other social security funds" by the words "other ways" of social insurance;
make the third paragraph as follows: "(3) in calculating the compensation for the loss of functional capacity observed, provided that the said remuneration shall not be less than (disability pension) persons (disabled), that the degree of disability or group is identical to the insured person's loss, but has capacity of general illness or heredity.";
to supplement the article with the fourth and fifth by the following: "(4) calculated on the functional capacity of the remuneration or compensation for the loss of survivors about transparent every year, taking into account the increase in the consumer price index.
(5) if the calculated remuneration for loss of capacity or rewards for survivors the amount is not received in time, the institution which granted or paid the amount of the remuneration shall be multiplied by the inflation growth rate during this period. "
14. Article 14: Express 3 and the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 by the following: "3) one-time allowance which may be substituted for reimbursement for loss of work capacity, if the insured person the VDEĀK defined by the permanent loss of capacity of 10 to 24 percent;
4) consideration for prosthetic rehabilitation of the buying of funds and their repair, satellite pay, medical authorities in attendance to pay travel expenses, as well as personal expenses on treatment, care, and medical and professional rehabilitation, if these expenses exceed the health care program and the rehabilitation of basic social care base in health care or in the rehabilitation of the base or the base social care programme. "
15. Supplement article 16, paragraph 1, after the words "employer" with the words "into a" civil relationship.
16. Article 19: replace the third paragraph, the number "100" with the number "80";
turn off the third subparagraph of paragraph 1, "a" and "b" in annex I and in paragraph 2, the words "from work accidents Fund".
17. off the fourth paragraph of article 20 and considered past the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth respectively in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth.
18. off article 21, first paragraph and to consider its second, third and fourth respectively on the first, second and third.
19. the express article 22, second paragraph, first sentence by the following:

"The death benefit is paid to the first paragraph of this article family members and calculated the total amount corresponding to the deceased's average monthly earnings, but it may not be less than three times the Government's minimum monthly salary (salary), which was in force when the insured person's death day."
20. in article 23: turn off the fifth subparagraph second sentence;
off the seventh paragraph and to consider its eighth and ninth part on the seventh and eighth;
to complement the eighth part of the third sentence, after the word "law" with the words "on State pensions".
21. Article 27 of the expression as follows: "article 27. Dispute procedures disputes between the national social security fund, the policyholder, the insured person or a third person under this Act is entitled to claims, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law. "
22. transitional provisions be expressed by the following: "1. the transitional provisions of the law also apply to persons who, until 17 June 1940 the Republic of Latvia was insured against accidents at work and occupational diseases and lost integrity due to accident at work or an occupational disease.
2. by the law on social insurance for the acceptance of insurance payments for insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases are to be considered as social security contributions and is subject to social tax rate.
3. the expenses necessary for the realization of insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases, in 1997, partly funded from the national budget.
4. Persons who have suffered an accident at work or an occupational disease to which found this law into force, compensation is paid to the employer pursuant to the Cabinet of Ministers approved rules. This also applies to persons up to the date of entry into force of the law was entitled to damages in compensation for the survivors, if the survivors ' cause of death was an accident at work or an occupational disease. "
The law shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
The law adopted by the Parliament in 1996 on December 27.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga, 1997 January 7.