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On Thursday, the Seimas passed amendments that ended the payment of sickness benefits for sick children who were cared for by parents at home during quarantine.
For elementary students, benefits will no longer be paid after June 8, when their school year ends, and for kindergarten, preschool and special school students with disabilities, from the effective date of the amendment. The amendment to the law will take effect the day after the president signs it.
The Ministry of Social Security and Labor indicates in the report that the emergency situation and quarantine are still ongoing, but that there are no restrictions on the operation of kindergartens or schools, so the payment of sickness benefits for children not sick will no longer continue.
When a child becomes ill, the usual provisions of the law apply, whereby working parents, guardians, or grandparents can care for a child for up to 14 calendar days and receive a 65.94% sickness benefit. of the salary “on paper”.
At the same time, facilities were established for parents or guardians who did not receive sickness benefits during quarantine during inability to work, because prior to the start of quarantine the child was taken to so-called “unregistered kindergartens”.
These kindergartens are not registered as education providers in the Registry of Educational and Scientific Institutions, the services are provided in them on the basis of individual activities.
The Seimas agreed that work disability and sickness benefit during quarantine must also belong to the parents or guardians of children who have attended “unregistered kindergartens” or who have spent time with babysitters. It was decided that sickness benefits should be paid for all children through first grade, regardless of who and where they cared for prior to quarantine.
Sodra will pay sickness benefits retroactively from the beginning of quarantine throughout the period of disability for parents or guardians whose children have attended a similar type of kindergarten and who have had unpaid disability for child care. children.
Seimas also agreed to lift restrictions on grandparents in a kindergarten, preschool, elementary school, or a child with a disability under the age of 21 when they want to care for their grandchildren during quarantine.
Currently, they can only do so if their parents are unable to work remotely and are not declared to be at work. However, for example, if the child’s parents are divorced but the father does not want to care for the child, even though he works remotely, the grandmother still cannot receive sickness and sickness benefits, since in theory the father should take care of the child.
If some grandparents’ inability to care for children during quarantine has not been paid due to current restrictions, sickness benefits will be awarded retroactively from the beginning of quarantine throughout the period of incapacity for work.
The sickness benefit for caring for a non-sick child during quarantine is 65.94 percent. of the salary “on paper”. It is available to the child’s parents, adoptive parents, guardians, guardians, grandparents who are insured with social health insurance.
Parliament passed another amendment, according to which coronavirus-infected doctors, officials, social workers or other professions will receive greater benefits for illness after their quarantine, but in the event of emergency contact with the dangerous disease.
Sickness benefits for those affected by such occupations are 100%. of the salary “to the hands”.
Due to the epidemic situation, Sodra has already paid a total of 88 million. Euro sickness benefits.
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