Over 90,000 people incapable for work in Estonia

  • 2012-04-02

TALLINN - As of the beginning of 2012, there were nearly 90,100 persons declared incapable for work in Estonia, National Broadcasting writes.

This is by 7,500 more than a year before.

The number of people with incapacity to work has been growing for years and during the past three years the year-on-year growth pace has been 7-9 percent.

In the past ten years, the number of people receiving pension for incapacity for work has nearly doubled in Estonia.

Analyst of the Ministry of Social Affairs Mari Kreitzberg commented that the principal causes for incapacity for work are illnesses not caused by any accidents or regular employment, occupational diseases and injuries. “We also cannot overlook the Soviet-era work conditions that were harmful for health and as a result, many people are no longer capable for work,” she added.