• lekarz orzecznik ZUS the authorized physician of the Social Insurance Institution

• orzekanie do celów pozarentowych assessment for pension related purposes

• powiatowy zespół ds orzekania o the poviat team for the assessment of the degree of disability

stopniu niepełnosprawności

• powiatowe centrum pomocy rodzinie the poviat centre for family assistance

• starosta the starost/the head of the local autonomous authority

• być skierowanym przez to be referred by

• Karta Praw Osób Niepełnosprawnych the Charter of Rights of Persons with Disabilities is

a resolution of the Seym (the lower chamber of the Polish

Parliament)

• Krajowa Rada Konsultacyjna ds. National Advisory Council for Disabled Persons

Osób Niepełnosprawnych

• warsztat terapii zajęciowej occupational therapy workshop

• zakład pracy chronionej sheltered work establishment

• zakład aktywności zawodowej vocational activity establishment

• turnusy rehabilitacyjne holiday rehabilitation stays

• gospodarstwo pomocnicze auxiliary unit

• PFRON is the compensatory levy fund for payments from employers who do not fulfil the quoata obligations,

• sth is financed by the compensatory levy fund/funded from the compensatory levy fund,

• favourable/preferential (interest free ) loans for: start-up activity, for start-up initiatives in business (including farming), for self-employment start-ups, loans may be written off (remitted),

• legal confirmation of disability,

• person of legal age,

• the employee's mandatory social insurance contributions (old-age pension, disability pension, sickness, work accidents and occupational diseases),

• contribution and non-contribution periods,

• an employer with more than 25 employees (full time equivalents),

• certificates issued by the authorised physicians of the Social Insurance Institution are considered equivalent to relevant certificates of the degree of disability issued by the poviat teams on.........

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