New procedures for calculating and paying allowances for temporary incapacity for work will be applied as of July 1, 2019. Under the new regulations, the employer will determine and pay from own resources the allowance for temporary incapacity for work caused by ordinary diseases or accidents not related to work for the first five calendar days of temporary incapacity for work, but for not more than 15 days cumulatively during a calendar year if an employee has several periods of temporary incapacity for work, IPN reports.
In a press release, the National House of Social Insurance says the employer sets the allowance based on the paper medical certificate in the original. If the medical certificate is lost, the employer will set the allocate based on a copy issued in accordance with the procedures. The monthly allowance paid from the own financial resources of the employer represents 75% of the employee’s average salary.
The local houses of social insurance will calculate the allowance starting with the sixth day of temporary incapacity for work, while in case of several periods of temporary incapacity for work – starting with the first day of the expiry of the period of 15 cumulative days for which the allowance is paid from the employer’s resources. The allowance will be paid from the state social insurance budget.
Also, the local houses of social insurance will set and calculate allowances for temporary incapacity for work caused by tuberculosis, AIDS or cancer and for looking after a sick child starting with the first calendar day of temporary incapacity for work. These will be paid from the state social insurance budget.
The calculation basis for the allowance for temporary incapacity for work will be modified as of July 1. This will represent the monthly average insured income for the past 12 calendar months prior to the month the insured risk (disease) occurred, from which individual social insurance contributions were paid.
If there is no calculation basis for setting the allowance for temporary incapacity for work, the calculation basis will represent 35% of the average monthly official salary forecast for the year the insured risk occurred.
The allowance for temporary incapacity for work will be set by the local houses of social insurance depending on the length of the insurance period: 60% of the calculation basis for an insurance period shorter than five years, 70% for a period of five to eight years and 90% for a period longer than eight years.
The allowance for temporary incapacity for work caused by tuberculosis, AIDS or cancer will represent 100% of the calculation basis set in accordance with the legal provisions.
The allowance for temporary incapacity for work for medical leave provided before June 30, 2019 inclusive, which continues after this date, will be calculated and paid by the employer in accordance with the regulations in force before June 30, 2019.
