The updated rules will take effect on September 1
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that from September 1, 2021, Russia will change the procedure for calculating sick pay for childcare. The Prime Minister announced this during a meeting with the Deputy Prime Ministers.
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The changes will affect incapacity for work, which was dismissed for children under the age of eight. In this case, the payment amount will be 100 percent of your average earnings.
“It will no longer depend on the length of service, as now stated, which is especially important for young mothers and fathers who have not yet had time to gain work experience. “, – stressed the Prime Minister.
Mishustin added that these changes will not fall on the shoulders of employers: the increased payments will go directly from the Social Insurance Fund (FSS). For these purposes, the Cabinet of Ministers allocated a billion rubles.
The head of government also stressed that parents will not have to prepare additional documents to receive payments: all calculations will be performed by the FSS on the basis of incapacity data.
Earlier this month, Mishustin signed a decree on the procedure and conditions for determining and paying monthly benefits for pregnant women and single parents with children.
The document will cover pregnant women who are in a difficult financial situation and are registered in the early stages of pregnancy, as well as parents who are raising children between the ages of 8 and 17 and have a low income.
The average amount of payments should be 6,350 rubles for pregnant women and 5,650 rubles for single parents.