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Such a story was shared by a Vilnius resident who applied for the tv3.lt news portal.
Received half of the allowance
Daumantas, a reader of the news portal tv3.lt, says that he works in Vilnius, in a museum, and receives 570 euros a month for his work. In July, the man did not work for 6 working days because he was ill. As a result, he said, an advance (100 euros) had been “laundered” by him, but the accountant at the workplace said that Sodra would cover part of his salary as sickness benefit for incapacity for work.
However, the letter that reached Daumanta from Sodra was unpleasantly surprising. The husband was expected to pay just over € 39, although Sodra’s online calculator showed a payment of at least € 90.
“How do I calculate it: I earn 570 euros. I was basically incapacitated for 10 days. If there are 30 days in a month, it means there are about 190 days for about 10 days.
If the employer pays the first two days of incapacity for work, I will recover € 38 of those € 190. In principle, Sodra should pay 60%. from 152 euros. I had to get at least 90 euros for that. And now I have a meager 40 euros. How about surviving for both of you?
Not only that, I’ll get a much lower salary. And as if that weren’t enough, I didn’t get a breakthrough in the disease either. In a word, it is not worth getting sick in Lithuania, because PSD cannot receive adequate medical care or adequate benefits when it pays every month. You pay taxes in the air, ”Daumantas lamented to the news portal tv3.lt.
The amount shown on the spreadsheet is not final.
After briefly telling Sodra the story of Vilnius, the institution replied that from the described situation it is not possible to determine for what period the person was temporarily unable to work, what average monthly income he entered into the Sodra calculator and if the person You were working for the full period from which your compensatory earnings are calculated.
“We are unable to assess significant circumstances affecting the calculation of sickness benefit. Furthermore, due to the protection of personal data, we are unable to comment on the situation of a particular person,” Sodra reported.
However, the institution shared a general explanation of how sickness benefit is calculated with Sodra funds.
Its specialists point out that for insured residents who have been temporarily incapacitated for work due to the person’s own illness or injury, the sickness benefit during the first 2 calendar days of incapacity for work, which coincides with the working hours of the worker, is the responsibility of the employer. .
“The sickness benefit from the Sodra funds, equivalent to 62.06 percent of the beneficiary’s compensatory income, is paid from the third day of incapacity for work and is paid until the person recovers or the level of compensation is determined. working capacity. Sickness benefit is paid regardless of the duration of the illness, regardless of whether the person has been temporarily disabled for 7 days or for a full month.
The amount of sickness benefit is calculated individually on the basis of the person’s insured income during the three consecutive months prior to the month preceding the month in which the certificate of incapacity for work was issued. For example, if the certificate of incapacity for work is issued in November, the insured income received in July, August and September is taken into account ”, added the institution in a letter.
It specifies that the sickness benefit from the Sodra funds is paid for working days according to the calendar, applying a 5-day working week. When paying sickness benefit, 15% of the calculated amount is deducted. personal income tax and 6 percent. compulsory contribution to medical insurance.
For example, the current minimum daily sickness benefit is € 8.35 and the maximum is € 89.01.
“The sickness benefit calculator is adapted to the most common typical situations, only for preliminary and indicative calculation of sickness benefit, so that a person can be granted a different amount of sickness benefit than when It is calculated with the sickness benefit calculator available on the Internet.
(…) Note that the sickness benefit calculator also includes sickness benefit for the first two calendar days of sickness paid by the employer, so the line on the worksheet indicating the amount received “in hand” indicates an amount greater than the amount transferred to the resident by Sodra. The result presented in the calculator also depends on other selected criteria ”, informs Sodra.
Sometimes benefits are not received because of the employer.
Inga Ruginienė, president of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation, when asked if she was aware of more cases where employees receive lower than calculated benefits, says that there are not many such cases.
“There are not many complaints of this type, unless we discover in the course of the investigation that the employer paid lower taxes than they should have paid. Complaints usually occur when a person goes to a polyclinic and discovers that they are uninsured. Then the person is in a state of shock. If he works normally, receives a salary every month, he is really surprised “, shares I. Ruginienė.
According to her, this usually happens when employees do not read the terms of their employment contract carefully.
“All employees, if they have an electronic banking connection, must log into their Sodra account at least once a month and verify that the employer pays all the employee’s taxes every month, reports them and that this is done correctly It is very important to check it.
Sometimes the employer does not pay taxes for the employee and after a while the Sodra employee already spear of the system. In this case, the employee has no choice but to contact the labor disputes commission, which verifies that the person has actually worked. If so, admit the guilt of the employer and renew the insurance period, ”says I. Ruginienė.
Still, he says there is no trend towards non-payment of employee taxes in any sector. However, this is usually the case for certain categories of companies.
“It is even more dedicated to short-term or bankrupt companies, which do not deal very well with employees and may be late in paying their salaries. This is especially true in places where data needs to be tracked.
And in general, you should always follow them from time to time by logging into your “Sodra” account to see what’s going on, “recalls I. Ruginienė.
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