Right to pensions and benefits

24.02.2022. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-56/2022 Granting of state social allowance to the widower of a member of the accident of Chernobyl nuclear power plant

23.07.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-447/2021 Insurance period for pension shall include period of compulsory military service in the USSR military forces even if the compulsory military service is executed in the rank of an officer.

16.03.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-259/2021 Calculation of the amount of the minimal retirement pension to ensure dignified life for a human being

30.04.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-23/2021 Age of the child as a prerequisite for a person to be insured against the risk of unemployment during parental leave

28.01.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-17/2021 Application of Section 85 and 86 of the Administrative Procedure Law if the administrative act has been set aside in part; Reclaiming of overpaid parental benefit

08.12.2020. Decision on Ancillary Complaint of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1515/2020 Legal nature of the claim to recognize certain periods as time in the service

22.12.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-474/2020 Exceptional Right to Family State Benefit to a person with a temporary residence permit in Latvia

30.06.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-300/2020 Inclusion of length of service during which a person has been employed as a self-employed person and has paid social security payments on his/her own in the length of service

30.09.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-224/2020 Service in the USSR Armed Forces as part of the state old-age pension insurance period

27.08.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-215/2020 Period for which the doctor of the medical treatment institution may issue a medical certificate of incapacity for work; Effect of a violation of the doctor-defined treatment regime on the payment of the sickness benefit

27.08.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-215/2020 Period for which the doctor of the medical treatment institution may issue a medical certificate of incapacity for work; Effect of a violation of the doctor-defined treatment regime on the payment of the sickness benefit

26.02.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-110/2020 Date of occurrence of the right to a service pension and the applicable legislation; Determination of the length of service of a person and the right to a service pension for military person

23.12.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-109/2020 Proceeding in administrative court of a claim for issuance of a favorable administrative act in the field of social rights; Right of a US Citizen to claim the granting of a Latvian State old-age pension for the insurance period accumulated in Latvia; Oral proceeding in the appellation instance court

27.08.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-106/2020 A person’s right to a disability pension if he or she has worked at the time when the legal regulation did not provide for social insurance of persons with Group of disabilities I or II for the risk of disability

10.07.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-55/2020 Granting of sickness benefit to a member of the board without a specified remuneration

18.09.2019. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1478/2019 Exception from the general order for granting the status of a needy or low-income person

26.11.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1387/2019 Offsetting the length of employment as investigator without a special service rank into the retirement pension of the public prosecutor

12.11.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-450/2019 Regulation on social benefits is a matter of public law

24.10.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-241/2019 Right of the local government (municipality) to determine the procedure for determination of the compensation for the damage to the health of an official (employee); Disputes regarding the right to benefit of a local government official working on contract of employment shall be subject to jurisdiction of the court of general jurisdiction; Jurisdiction of the Court in the imposition of financial obligations

24.10.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-241/2019 Right of the local government (municipality) to determine the procedure for determination of the compensation for the damage to the health of an official (employee); Disputes regarding the right to benefit of a local government official working on contract of employment shall be subject to jurisdiction of the court of general jurisdiction; Jurisdiction of the Court in the imposition of financial obligations

26.06.2019. Judgment of the Department of the Administrative Cases, case No SKA-235/2019 Time at which a person has a right to submit request for early retirement

22.03.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-231/2019 Status of a parent or guardian as a precondition for the rights to an early state old-age pension

12.06.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-77/2019 Allowance to the guardian for the maintenance of a child shall be regarded as a family allowance; Remuneration for the fulfilment of the duties of a guardian shall not be regarded as a family allowance

12.06.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-77/2019 Allowance to the guardian for the maintenance of a child shall be regarded as a family allowance; Remuneration for the fulfilment of the duties of a guardian shall not be regarded as a family allowance

19.07.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-61/2019 Proof of the condition „person living in the territory of Latvia” for conferring an old-age pension

27.11.2018. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1559/2018 Right of a person to claim the compensation for a material loss caused by a fall in the value of money for the unemployment allowance not received in time

14.12.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-668/2018 Determination of the amount of maternity benefit for the third child

31.10.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-666/2018 Legal provisions applicable to the determination of the amount of the survivor’s pension

03.04.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-179/2018 Determination of invalidity for a person who has retired from a military service if he or she wishes to receive a lump sum allowance

18.06.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-41/2018 Determination of the amount of maternity allowance for the person who has worked in one of the institution of the European Union

14.11.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases No SKA-1063/2017 For calculation of the paternity benefit shall be taken into account payments from all employers where the person has used paternity leave within the time period specified by law

24.11.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases No SKA-820/2017 The relevance of the change of diagnosis in determining the period for sick child care

19.12.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-811/2017 The State family allowance also includes a benefit for care of disabled child; Separation of a benefit for disabled child care from a disabled child allowance with a purpose-of-payment criteria

19.12.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-811/2017 The State family allowance also includes a benefit for care of disabled child; Separation of a benefit for disabled child care from a disabled child allowance with a purpose-of-payment criteria

26.09.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-708/2017 Disbursement of sickness benefit for taking care of sick child with a continuous illness

12.09.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-486/2017 Ensuring family benefits if a parent receiving a benefit from another Member State does not use it to support the child

24.02.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-397/2017 Including a period of employment in imprisonment in period of insurance

31.01.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-368/2017 Interpretation of points 26 and 27 of Transitional Provisions of the law On State Social Insurance

16.02.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-307/2017 Obligation to include Mandatory Military Service in the length of service

11.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1050/2016 Interpretation of point 2.1 of article 1 of Transitional Provisions of the law On State Pensions

19.12.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-993/2016 Determination of the length of period of insurance in order to grant the pension of the Republic of Latvia to a person who already receives a pension from the Russian Federation

21.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-458/2016 The rights of the microenterprise participant to receive unemployment benefits

28.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-281/2016 Application of the legal provisions which the Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional

20.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-241/2016 Periods to be observed, when calculating prosecutor’s length of service

17.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-185/2016 Right to receive the pension in case of loss of a supporter during the study break

22.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-114/2016 Interpretation of Sub-paragraph 2.4 of the Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of 30 March 2010 No 299 “Regulation Regarding the Recognition of a Family or Person Living Separately as Needy”

31.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-25/2016 Necessity for receipt of advance permit to receive planned health care services in other Member State of the European Union

26.06.2015. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No. SKA-395/2015 Interpretation of Clause 10 Paragraph One Section 3 of the Law on Long Service Pensions

16.03.2015. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No. SKA-106/2015 Calculation of amount of compensation for disablement

24.09.2014. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1145/2014 Right of a person to receive both age pension and long service pension

04.07.2014. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-371/2014 Preconditions for inclusion of time of service in armed forced of other states in length of service

11.07.2014. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-354/2014 Clarification of a content of concept of 

24.09.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-560/2013 Interpretation of Section 15.1, Paragraph One, Item 1 of the Law on the Status of the Deputy Republic City Council and Municipality Council

22.10.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-492/2013 Determination of average insurance payments wages for calculation of maternity benefit 

08.10.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case NoSKA-490/2013 Application of principle of sum up of periods of time in social security system

07.05.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-307/2013 Interpretation of Paragraph Four Section 11 of the law “On State Pensions”

04.06.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-304/2013 Granting compensation of harm to participants of liquidation of results of disaster in Chernobyl NPP; evaluation of prerequisites of issue of favourable administrative act in case of repeated application

11.01.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-74/2013 Interpretation of words “appropriated pension” included in Paragraph Nine Section 20 of the law “On Compulsory Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases”

26.09.2012. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-658/2012 Preconditions of submission of an application about existence, non-existence or content of concrete public legal relations resulting directly from external legal act

30.11.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-578/2012 Admissibility of an attestation of an applicant

25.05.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-257/2012 Legal character of decision about granting of long-service pension; calculation of term established in Paragraph Three Section 87 of the Administrative Procedure Law

10.04.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-83/2012 Calculation of length of insurance for unemployment occasions

12.01.2011. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-191/2011 Civil servants’ social guarantees; legal character of assessment of civil servants; refund of private financial resources to employees

28.02.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-176/2011 Reason for payment of a sickness benefit

24.01.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-122/2011 Termination of authority of the member of the board; legal effects of information about an employee provided by the employer; obligation of an institution to clarify actual circumstances of a case

17.02.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-52/2011 Legal standards applied in cases about right  to pension on preferential conditions

16.12.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-730/2010 Permanent place of residence of an individual in Latvia as prerequisite for granting of a childbirth, child-care and family state allowance; interpretation of a concept of permanent place of residence

16.12.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-653/2010 Prerequisites for acquisition of a status of an unemployed

02.12.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-562/2010 Amount of liabilities of a privatised company transferred to an individual performing privatisation procedure; about establishment of an employer responsible for compensation of injury caused at work in case of privatisation of  a company

03.12.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-527/2010 Moment of rise of right to child-care allowance for next child

15.10.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-480/2010 Calculation of an unemployment benefit; indirect discrimination of women; prevention of discrimination

28.06.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-424/2010 Granting of unemployment benefit in Latvia after work in England; explanation of a concept “country of residence of an unemployed” 

10.10.2008. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-224/2008 Application of the Section 161 of the law “On State Social Insurance”, which states an obligation of tax administration to recover compulsory social insurance payments unpaid and a fine from an employer

08.11.2007. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-431/2007 Reason of compensation of losses caused by an administrative act; responsibility of the State for deductions of pension payments performed by the State Social Insurance Agency; intertemporal application of legal standards in cases about issue of a favourable administrative act

03.10.2007. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-376/2007 The decision of the State Employment Agency to deprive an individual of status of unemployed due to non-fulfilment of duties of unemployed should be commensurate; obligation of the court of appellate instance to define its attitude towards ruling of a court of the first instance in its ruling

29.06.2007. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-339/2007 Refund of pensions deducted prior to judgement of the Constitutional Court of the 19th of March, 2002, to pensioners, on the ground of amendments to the law “On State Pensions”, which became effective on the 1stof January, 2007, is not considered to be  prevention of results of illegal action, but as a political determination of the State to refund part of pension deducted previously

04.01.2007. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-14/2007 On appealing against refusal to issue a favourable administrative act and claim about issue of a favourable administrative act; on date of establishing of disability and on unclothing for examination at medical commission, which is necessary to establish disability

01.06.2006. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-184/2006 On standards applicable for calculation of maternity and sick benefit in relation with judgement of the Constitutional Court No 2003-19-0103, as well as on a claim – issue of more favourable administrative act and on filling a legal gap 

07.02.2006. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-32/2006 On application of standards of the law “On Medical and Social Protection of a Disabled Persons” and about an administrative act with double impact

31.01.2006. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-28/2006 On re-assessment of a decision of the SMCAHCWA on determination of disability (refusal to determine disability) in a court and appointment of an examination

18.10.2005. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-299/2005 On application of the Paragraph One Section 37 of the law “On State Pensions”

30.03.2004. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-5/2004 When collision between the principle of legitimacy and principle of rule of law or observation of a law exists, in particular case priority is given  to principle of observation of law. In circumstances, when incompliance of a legal standard with the Constitution was not obvious, observation of this standard was an obligation of an individual for legal order