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The Ministry of Social Affairs formulates such proposals for public consideration in order to implement the Directive of the European Union on the balance between work and personal life adopted two years ago. Lithuania must implement it by 2023.
“It is proposed to introduce a two-month non-transferable licensing regime under the Directive, which parents must take for at least two months and is non-transferable, and their mother cannot carry them,” L. Kukuraitis said at a conference. of press on Monday.
The Ministry is considering two possible models for child care benefits: one would take 24 months of parental leave and the other 18 months, of which four months would not be transferable and would be shared equally between mother and father. If a parent is raised by a child, he or she would receive a benefit for the entire period.
Donata Telišauskaitė-Čekanavičė, a specialist from the Social Security Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Communications, pointed out that, according to both models, parents would receive a slightly higher amount of money than the current or identical one.
“By implementing the directive, all EU countries will have non-transferable months, which will be dedicated only to the mother and only the father, in Lithuania it is planned to have four months, two for the mother and two for the father.” This would mean that if the father decides not to use his mandatory two months, the benefit would be paid in the case of the first alternative until the child turns 22 months, and in the case of the second alternative, until the age of 16 months ” , said D. Telišauskienė-Čekanavičė.
Benefit amounts would also be changed. Currently, if one elects to receive the benefit for 12 months, one of the parents who care for the child receives 77.58 percent. your earnings before taxes (100% of your earnings “in your hands”), and if you choose to receive the benefit for two years: 54.31%. in the first and 31.03 percent. in the second year from salary to taxes.
Under the proposed system, if the child care subsidy were paid for two years, it would equal 78% for a four-month, non-transferable period. earnings, i. and. a little more than his salary “in the hands”, and then 45 percent. “paper” wages up to one year and 25 percent. – until the child is two years old.
If the option to pay the child care allowance for 18 months was chosen, it would equal 78% during the non-transferable leave. previous salary, and at the age of 18 months: 60 percent. wages (before taxes).
“In the case of both alternatives, the family would receive more or more in the total amount they receive now,” said the SADM specialist.
According to SADM calculations, when the salary is 929 euros “on hand” or 1,446 euros “on paper”, according to the current procedure, parents receive 9375 euros of benefits for the entire period if they choose to receive them for one year, 11,714 euros, if they receive the benefit for two years.
According to the alternatives considered, if the benefits were paid for 24 months, the parents would receive € 11,768 from all of them, if the 18-month option was chosen, € 12,654. The ministry also assumes that one parent will take the mandatory two months of leave at the beginning and the other at the end.
The Minister noted that Lithuania must implement this system by 2023 and so far the proposals are only presented for public consideration. According to L. Kukuraitis, the new Seimas would adopt legal acts on the new procedure.
“We are on the road to public consultation, we want to have expert opinions and public votes in the fall, and the adoption of legislation would already be the responsibility of the next political cycle,” said the minister.
“This is a public discussion, no decisions have been made, we invite the public to discuss these alternatives and in the fall we will have discussions with experts and we will constantly inform the public about what alternative we are choosing and what Lithuania is leaning towards,” said L. Kukuraitis.
In 2018, the European Union adopted a directive that requires all states to provide the necessary parental months for both fathers and mothers, which are called non-transferable parental leave months.
Currently, parents who choose two years of parental leave receive approximately 70% in the first year and 40% in the second. up to insured vacation income “on hand”. Those who choose a year of leave receive 100 percent. insured income
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