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Statutory occupational accident insurance

Statutory occupational accident insurance is an arm of the social insurance system.

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Social assistance

Anyone living in Germany who falls on hard times should still be allowed to live in human dignity.

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Compensation and assistance for war victims

Victims' compensation and assistance is based on the provisions set out in the Federal War Victims Relief Act (Bundesversorgungsgesetz), which was originally enacted to provide for WWII victims and their surviving dependants.

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Compensation and assistance for victims of violent crime

The Crime Victims' Compensation Act came into force on 16 May 1976. If you have been damaged as a result of an intentional, unlawful physical assault you are eligible for state compensation.

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400 Euro mini jobs/marginal employment

Although the German government introduced reforms on marginal employment in 1999, experience gathered with those new rules and particularly the findings of the Hartz Commission report in 2002 highlighted a need for yet further reform.

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Künstlersozialversicherung (Artists' Social Security Fund)

Self-employed artists and writers usually find themselves in financial and social circumstances similar to those of employees.

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Social insurance elections

The next social insurance elections will take place on 1 June 2011.

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