How to get maternity benefits for a non-working woman? How to calculate maternity payments on the calculator.

Receipt of maternity benefits is the right of working women, as well as students and some unemployed.

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Also, when calculating the amount of payment, one should be guided by the following regulatory legal acts:

• Federal Law of May 19, 1995;
• Federal Law of December 29, 2006 .

How to get maternity leave?

To get maternity, a woman needs to collect. The collected information is transferred to the employer, to the authorized employment agencies or to educational institution.

Based on the data provided, the payment of benefits is also made.

Is 10 days from the date of submission complete set information. The employer is obliged to transfer the amount of maternity payments on the next day of issue wages.

Failure to comply with the deadlines established by law is a violation, which is punishable by sanctions.

If the employer delays the payment of benefits, then the woman can apply to the controlling authorities (the prosecutor's office, the labor inspectorate).

If you don't work

If the pregnant woman is unemployed, she can also receive benefits. However, she must be registered as unemployed.

The law stipulates that the payment will be made only to those who were dismissed from their previous job due to the liquidation of the employer.

The following documents are required to apply for the grant:

• statement;
• certificate of registration for pregnancy;
• employment history;
• certificate of registration as unemployed.

How much do you need to work?

Maternity payments are made to all women who work officially. plays no role. But it will affect the amount of payments.

The allowance is calculated based on earnings for the last two years. So, if the employee did not work during this period, then the calculations are made according to the minimum wage. That is, to the question: “How long does an employee need to work in order to receive a decent allowance?”. The answer is 2 years. By the way, only full years are taken into account.

This rule also applies to female workers who work part-time or part-time.

From my husband's work

Can maternity leave be received if a woman does not officially work? The law provides a negative answer to this question.

For pregnancy and childbirth, the allowance is due only to the mother herself. At the same time, the father can take a vacation and receive payments for child care after his birth. This right is also granted to other relatives.

In general, the procedure will not differ from that provided for the mother of the baby. The father cannot be refused at work in providing leave.

IP

Individual entrepreneurs who make contributions to the FSS can also go on maternity leave. In this case, the calculation of benefits will be made according to the minimum wage. Whether the IP will continue to operate and make a profit does not matter.

How to get maternity IP? The following documents are required for issuance of the decree:

• certificate of registration as an individual entrepreneur;
• identification;
• statement.

During maternity leave No FSS contributions are made.

With a combination

If a woman works part-time for several employers, then when calculating the average earnings, its total value is taken into account. Payments are made by only one employer.

If she previously worked at an enterprise where she currently does not perform a labor function, then she needs to take a certificate from her previous place of work.

Accrual and payment

The employer is responsible for calculating and paying maternity leave. The term for the transfer of funds is 10 days after the submission of documents. The law makes a reservation that the payment is made on the next day of the issuance of wages.

The maternity allowance is paid once for the entire vacation. The child care allowance is transferred to the woman on a monthly basis.

Size

The amount of the allowance is determined based on the amount of average earnings for the past two years. This rule applies to working women.

If an employee goes on maternity leave in 2019, then 2019 and 2019 are taken into account:

1. All income received by her is summed up and divided by 730. So, it is calculated average earnings in a day.
2. Then the result is multiplied by the number of vacation days. This is the amount the woman will receive.

For female students, the amount of the payment is calculated in a similar way, but the scholarship is taken into account.

When is the minimum wage taken into account?

In some cases, instead of average earnings, the minimum wage is taken into account. This indicator is indexed annually.

The minimum wage allowance is calculated for individual entrepreneurs, employees who have not had income over the past two years. It is also taken into account when the average earnings are less than the minimum wage.

In this case, the calculation of benefits is carried out according to the same rules as approved above.

Registration procedure

So, in order to apply for maternity leave, a woman needs to do the following:

• (or on 28 in case of multiple pregnancy) consult a doctor for a sick leave;
• take a certificate from former employers if she received income from them over the past two years;
• write an application addressed to the head of the enterprise;
• transfer the collected data to the personnel department.

After the documents have been received, the head issues an order. The pregnant woman must familiarize herself with these documents against signature.

Pregnancy is a wonderful time in a woman's life, but at the same time headache her employer. The head must know how to calculate maternity and pay, in what time frame the transfer needs to be made, and what affects the amount of the benefit. Let us consider in detail the maternity leave, as well as analyze the features of the calculation of maternity leave and the procedure for their transfer.

IN ordinary life maternity leave, as a rule, is called the entire period while a woman is freed from work in order to bear, give birth to a child and care for him until he is 3 years old. But the legislation divided this concept into 2 segments: (ground - Article 255 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation) and (ground - Article 256 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). While the monthly social payment for child care is consistently 40% of the average salary, the calculation of the maternity benefit has its own peculiarities.

Calculation of maternity payments

To correctly calculate maternity payments, we turn to the procedure established by laws. To begin with, we note that the period for which a one-time maternity allowance should be calculated is 140 days, with multiple pregnancy - 194 days, and with difficult births - 156 days. All this is reflected in Art. 10 federal law No. 255-FZ. It is also written there that in the case when a woman is on leave to care for a child already born and plans to give birth to the next one, she herself needs to choose only one of the two benefits provided.

The period for which the lump-sum maternity allowance must be calculated is 140 days.

Maternity allowance is paid to a woman in the amount of 100% of her salary. Some influence may be exerted by the experience of her official work. If it is less than six months, then the rate for the minimum wage - the minimum wage (in 2018 it is 9489 rubles) is taken as an indicator of average earnings per month, coefficients are also taken into account.

Formula general definition maternity payment includes 3 values:

1. An employee's income for the previous 2 years (if, for example, the calculation is in 2018, then 2016 and 2017 are taken).
2. The number of days in this period (730 or 731 days if the year was a leap year).
3. The number of maternity days required for the calculation (140, 156, 184).

Benefit calculation rules

There are certain restrictions and rules for calculating benefits. According to paragraph 3.2 of Art. 14 of Federal Law No. 255-FZ, the annual average earnings of an employee leaving on maternity leave cannot exceed the maximum amount of the base for calculating insurance premiums. In 2018, this amount is set at 815,000 rubles, but you need to calculate the amount of maternity leave based on the previous 2 years, so you need to know their limit.

In 2017, the maximum base for calculating insurance premiums was 755,000 rubles, and in 2016 - 718,000 rubles. When calculating maternity benefits in 2018, you must take these amounts into account.

Maximum benefit amount: (755,000 + 718,000) / 730 × 140 = 282,493 rubles 15 kopecks. The minimum allowance in 2018 is: (7500 × 12 × 2) / 730 × 140 = 43,675 rubles 40 kopecks.

You can program the maternity pay calculator at the enterprise yourself (for example, in Microsoft Excel) or determine payments manually.

The income for the previous 2 years does not include sick leave, previous maternity, as well as payments made for any other periods during which the income received was not accrued established by laws insurance premiums. If it so happened that the employee was on maternity leave during the previous 2 years required for the calculation, then she can completely replace one or both of the calculation years with the previous years. So she can increase the amount of benefits. That is, in this case, she has the right to choose the years for which her maternity leave is calculated.

As mentioned above, the length of service of an employee can affect the size maternity allowance. What should an employer do if his employee has 1 year of experience? The rule is the same for all officially employed women, so the billing period will also be the previous 2 calendar years. In this case, the actually worked time that falls on the previous calendar year is taken in the amount of 100% of the average earnings (say, the last 5 months of that year), for the remaining months (in our example there are 19), earnings are set at the minimum wage.

The length of service of an employee may affect the amount of maternity benefit. The rule is the same for all officially employed women.

At the same time, each worker has her own maternity calendar, however, the allowance itself is calculated according to the same formula.

How maternity pay is calculated

As soon as the pregnancy reaches 30 weeks, the gynecologist writes out a sick leave in the antenatal clinic. It indicates the days for which maternity leave is paid.

The employee must provide the following documents to the accounting or personnel department:

1. Disability certificate for pregnancy and childbirth.
2. Information about early production for registration, if it is appropriate (required for an additional lump sum payment in favor of a pregnant employee).
3. Free form application. The sample can be viewed.
4. Certificate of actually received earnings for the previous 2 years in the form established by Order of the Ministry of Labor No. 182n. It is provided if the employee has worked in another company for the last 2 years.

Decree sick leave is paid in the general manner, in accordance with Art. 15 of Federal Law No. 255-FZ. Within 10 days from the date of receipt of the documents from the employee, the calculation and accrual of benefits takes place, while the payment is made on the next day the salary is issued. The payment deadline must be observed - for violation by the employer, in accordance with Art. 236 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, is obliged to pay a penalty. The surcharge to the overdue payment is 1/300 of the established refinancing rate of the Central Bank for each overdue day.

The employer assigns and pays the maternity allowance. The state compensates the funds paid by the employer, as stated in Art. 4 of Federal Law No. 81-FZ. Employees of the Social Insurance Fund transfer these funds within 10 days to the employer's account. By the way, maternity benefits are taxable (Article 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).

Maternity leave benefits are not taxable.

Additional payments

In addition to the basic sick leave payment, employees on maternity leave are entitled to additional payments:

1. Lump sum payment.

It is fixed, established taking into account the annual indexation and until February 1, 2017 is 15382 rubles 17 kopecks. One-time payment is made only to one of the parents. To receive it, you must provide the employer with a child's birth certificate, a statement from the parent claiming the payment and a certificate stating that the other parent has not received this payment and does not plan to.

2. Payment for early registration in the antenatal clinic.

The 12th week of pregnancy is the milestone before which you need to register in order to receive this payment. Until February 1, 2017, it amounts to 576 rubles 83 kopecks and is paid simultaneously with the maternity allowance. To receive a lump sum payment, an employee must provide the accounting department with a relevant certificate from the antenatal clinic.

The basic allowance and additional payments are also due if a woman, being pregnant after a period of 30 weeks, continues to work and her salary is kept. However, as soon as the maternity leave turns into parental leave, the monthly social allowance will be paid only if the woman is part-time or working at home ().

If an employee continues to work after 30 weeks and receives wages, she still needs to pay benefits.

Some formalities

Before going on vacation, immediately after it, or after 3 years have passed since the birth of the child, the employee has the right to go on vacation if she wishes, while her work experience does not affect the situation (). Some women take this leave after 140 paid days because they get a little more money than the child care allowance, thereby slightly stabilizing their financial situation.

A pregnant woman or a woman caring for a child under the age of 3 is not allowed. Based on Art. 261 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, dismissal is possible only in the case of an agreement with a pregnant woman, but with its extension until the moment of delivery or on her initiative at any time. If the termination of the employment contract nevertheless occurred, the woman is entitled to estimated compensation. She is entitled to cash for the next vacation of the previous period.

Maternity payments are due to every officially employed woman who is going to become a mother. They are 100% of her average earnings for the previous 2 years. The head must pay her an allowance, but not from his own pocket, but at the expense of the Social Insurance Fund. Any delay in payments is "punished" by law, so you should be careful in the performance of your duties.

Maternity payments for pregnancy, childbirth and childcare are due to every woman. However, their composition and total amounts depend on the seniority of the insured. Therefore, often for employees going on maternity leave, the question arises - how much you need to work out in order to receive maternity leave in the maximum amount.

What is included in maternity benefits

Under maternity payments it is customary to understand the totality of benefits due to a woman in case of pregnancy and childbirth. This includes:

• allowance for registration in early pregnancy;
• monthly allowance for the care of children up to 1.5 years.

All payments are made by the state. All expectant mothers are eligible to apply for maternity benefits, but working women have some advantages.

In addition to fixed payments (benefits when registering with early dates and at the birth of children), women employed at the time of pregnancy have the right to take maternity leave. This period is confirmed by a sick leave from the relevant medical institution. The calculation of the sick leave is carried out in the same way as in the case of an ordinary illness, except that the amount of payments is 100%, regardless of the length of service.

In relation to non-working women, maternity leave is not paid, and what payments they are entitled to, read.

When calculating benefits for caring for children under 1.5 years old, working women are also entitled to count on amounts reaching 40% of the previous average earnings, but not lower than the current minimum. In case of an insufficient level of wages and for the unemployed, the statutory minimum payments are guaranteed in the following amount (valid from 01.02.2017):

• for the care of 1 child under 1.5 years old - 3065.69 rubles;
• when caring for the 2nd child and subsequent children - 6131.37 rubles.

How much do you need to work to get maternity leave

Every woman has the right to receive maternity benefits. The exception is maternity leave. It is issued for the period before and after childbirth with a total length of 140 days (in case of difficult childbirth, this period increases). Only those employed at the time of pregnancy and those who have concluded a voluntary insurance agreement with the FSS have the right to pay it. So how much do you need to work to get maternity leave?

The calculation of maternity leave, as well as the monthly childcare allowance, is identical to the accrual of other sick leave. For this, the amounts of accruals for the 2 years preceding pregnancy are taken. The calculation of benefits is based on the average daily earnings received.

How long do you have to work to receive maternity benefits? To receive the maximum possible amount, it is enough to be employed for 2 years before the year of pregnancy. However, all working women can claim vacation pay, the duration of employment will only affect the amount of payments.

Calculation of maternity leave with insufficient insurance experience

Calculation of benefits for child care and calculation of maternity leave depends on the amount of earnings for the previous 2 years. The total amount of accruals is divided into 730 (731) days. The calculation excludes periods (amounts and days) when the accrual of insurance premiums does not occur (days of illness).

How is maternity pay calculated for a woman if she has not worked for two years? If the duration of employment is less than 2 years, the total accrued amount is also divided by 730 (731) days. In cases where the amount of the average daily earnings is less than the average daily income based on the minimum wage, vacation pay is based on the current minimum wage. Leave accrual on the basis of the minimum wage is also made if the duration of labor activity does not exceed six months.

The list of documents provided by the employer to the insurer is regulated by the Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 951n dated December 4, 2009. In turn, the employer must receive from the expectant mother preparing to go on maternity leave documents for the FSS to reimburse maternity. 2019 was no exception in this regard. The procedure for collecting documents for the calculation of benefits remained the same.

What are maternity payments

The expectant mother is entitled to maternity leave and leave to care for the baby (Articles 255, 256 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). Both are drawn up in a declarative manner, that is, the employee herself decides what is more profitable for her: to take a break from work prescribed by law or to continue working.

Situations are different, perhaps a woman does not want to lose a profitable place, good earnings, etc. The legislator takes into account the wishes of the pregnant woman. In particular, any working member of the family, and not just the mother, can take parental leave.

Note: if the mother of the baby does not work, she is not entitled to receive all benefits, but only some of those that are due to a pregnant woman.

If future mom works, but decides to interrupt its labor activity and go on maternity leave, you need to issue it in accordance with the rules established by law.

This means that she should without fail bring to the employer all the necessary documents, on the basis of which they will calculate and pay monetary compensation for the entire period of maternity leave.

Allowance for early registration, maternity allowance, lump-sum payment at the birth of a child, allowance for caring for a child up to one and a half years - all these payments are called maternity.

Let's see what documents are needed for a pregnancy decree.

List of documents for receiving maternity payments

It should be noted right away that maternity payments are assigned and paid in stages.

First step. A woman is paid an allowance for pregnancy and childbirth.

The second stage begins on the day following the end of the B&R leave and is called parental leave. This part of maternity leave is also provided on a declarative basis. What this means, we will consider below.

As follows from the provisions of Art. 255 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, a woman, at her request and on the basis of a certificate of incapacity for work issued by a medical institution, is granted maternity leave of at least 140 days in the standard case. It is paid at the expense of the Social Insurance Fund in the amount established by law.

It is worth noting: although maternity leave is issued on a sick leave and is essentially equivalent to sick leave, the rule of payment for the first three days at the expense of the employer does not apply in this case. The payment of benefits for BiR from the 1st day occurs only at the expense of the FSS.

What documents are needed to obtain maternity leave is regulated by Art. 12 FZ-No. 255 "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood":

1. Free-form application for the desire to receive benefits for BiR. At the same time, a request is made for receiving an early registration allowance.
2. Bulletin and certificate of early registration.
3. Salary certificate, if the last two years before going on maternity leave the woman worked in several organizations.

This list of documents is mandatory for working women. For the unemployed, paragraph 3 should be excluded.

Working woman

Hands over a package of documents to the employer. It will depend on how timely the expectant mother will issue all the certificates, whether she will receive them all. What should be done.

Step 1. Get registered as early as possible.

Step 2. At 30 weeks, get a B&R sick leave from your obstetrician. If the doctor predicts a singleton pregnancy without complications, the sick leave is issued for 140 days. If the pregnancy is multiple, the duration of the sick leave increases to 194 days. If a pregnant woman lives in an area of ​​ecological disaster, a sick leave according to BiR is issued for 160 days.

Note: if a working mother-to-be decides not to go on leave for BiR and works until the day of delivery, she will be paid only the post-natal part of the maternity leave. The default is 70 days.

Step 3. If a woman worked in several organizations for two years before the year of maternity leave, a certificate from these places of work on the average salary for the hours worked will be required. A pregnant woman has the right to apply for a BiR allowance in two places at once.

Step 4. Having the above documents in hand, the expectant mother writes a statement to the employer about her desire to go on maternity leave. The first and last days of leave for BiR are determined by the dates indicated on the sick leave.

See in the video what statements should be written to an employee who is about to go on maternity leave

Unemployed, dismissed due to the liquidation of the organization

Contacting management social protection at the place of residence. The expectant mother has the right to receive the BiR benefit in the minimum amount calculated according to the minimum wage established in the region. Child care allowance, a one-time allowance for the birth of a child is also required. The amount of care allowance also depends on the minimum wage in the region. What documents are needed to go on maternity leave, indicated above; You also need a copy of your workbook.

Full time student

Receives payments at the place of study. If the educational institution is state-owned and the woman is studying at a budget faculty, the amount of benefits depends on the size of the scholarship, but cannot be less than the minimum established by the legislator.

Previously unemployed, dismissed of their own free will, etc.

B&R allowance is not required. But such a mother is entitled to a one-time allowance at the birth of a baby and paid leave for care for up to a year and a half. You need to come to the department of social protection with a passport, birth certificate, work book. By writing an application, the young mother will receive payments. Money is transferred to bank card, by postal transfer at the place of residence, to a bank account.

So. We examined what documents for receiving maternity leave in 2019 need to be prepared by the expectant mother before the birth of the baby.

The second part of maternity leave and, accordingly, payments will be related to parental leave.

What you need to do to receive the second part of maternity payments

If the pregnancy ended with the successful birth of the baby, at the end of the postpartum period, in the standard case it lasts 70 days, the young mother needs to decide on further actions.

She has two options: write an application to the employer for paid leave to care for a child up to one and a half years, or go to work if the father, grandmother or other working relative takes over the duties of looking after the baby. You can read about going to work during maternity leave.

First option

A young mother must submit an application to the employer no later than the final day of the vacation in BiR, attaching to it:

• birth certificate;
• a certificate that the other parent has not issued such an allowance for himself;
• if the child is adopted, the adoption certificate.

The amount of the allowance for a working woman depends on the average income for the billing period, and is taken equal to 40% of it.

Second option

Document submission deadlines

The law provides for the following time limits when submitting documents for calculating maternity leave.

Maternity allowance, allowance for early registration. Paid after the provision of sick leave and a certificate from the antenatal clinic. Deadline submission of documents - 6 months from the date of the end of the leave for BiR, indicated in the sick leave.

Care allowance up to one and a half years. You need to apply for this benefit no later than 6 months from the date the baby is one and a half years old.

Compensation paid once at the birth of a child. In each region, the amount of the allowance is different, depending on the district coefficient, the base value is 16,350 rubles. Documents for its receipt are submitted no later than 6 months from the date of birth of the child.

To go on maternity leave, you need not only to know what documents are needed, but also not to forget about the deadlines for their submission. You will find additional recommendations on how to go on maternity leave.

List of documents submitted to the territorial body of the FSS of the Russian Federation by the employer

The law provides for the reimbursement of maternity from the FSS. 2017-2018 were planned to become transitional for the introduction of the method of direct payments throughout the Russian Federation. Currently, the former scheme is not working in the pilot regions.

Maternity for individual entrepreneurs

What should a future mother do if she individual entrepreneur, and is she not obliged to pay insurance premiums to the FSS? Can she get maternity leave? Yes, it can be paid if a woman concludes a special agreement with the FSS no later than six months before the planned date of the decree, and the availability of all contributions for this period.

The employer is obliged to submit to the territorial FSS of the Russian Federation all documents received from the employee, attaching data on her average salary for the billing period.

Having paid maternity leave from the wage fund, in the future the employer will receive tax deduction on contributions to the Social Insurance Fund and will reimburse the costs incurred to pay benefits.

If the region participates in the FSS pilot project, the employer only sends the documents received from the expectant mother to the insurer. Accrual and calculation is done by the FSS itself. If the documents are executed correctly and additional verification of the insured is not required, within 10 days from the date of receipt of the documents, an accrual is made. The money goes directly to the maternity bank card.

In the case of direct payments, the employer pays taxes to the FSS in full.

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What are maternity payments: a one-time allowance or monthly amounts? What money can you count on? What should you expect if you are a future new mother and are going to take maternity leave from work? Now we will tell you everything in detail.

What is maternity leave?

Maternity payments are provided for by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation

As you probably can easily guess, this is the period of being on sick leave due to pregnancy and childbirth. Sometimes it is also called leave to care for a child until he reaches the age when children are admitted to preschool institutions.

You can read more about what it is, how it is provided and how long it lasts in articles 255 and 256 of the Labor Code.

Who is entitled to maternity leave?

The period of stay on sick leave for pregnancy and childbirth, of course, can only be issued to the expectant mother. But parental leave is issued not only to young parents, but even to grandparents. The only condition is that only one family member can stay at home and receive money to care for the baby. That is, if you want your grandmother to sit at home, you can’t also leave the mother of the child at home, for example. If this is discovered, allegations of payout fraud and the corresponding consequences will follow.

maternity allowance

Since the state supports and encourages the birth rate, pregnant women and young parents are entitled to social benefits. These include:

• incentive amount for early medical registration (up to 12 weeks) in the amount of 613.14 rubles;
• a one-time state payment at the birth of the first, second and further children (16350.33 rubles);
• maternity leave allowance;
• allowance for parental leave until the child reaches one and a half or three years of age.

Money for the birth of a baby

Within six months from the date of birth of the child, you can receive a payment in the amount of 16,350.33 rubles. The money is given out regardless of whether the parents work or not. If two or more children are born, maternity leave for the second and subsequent children is paid in the same amount.

Maternity allowance

The amount of maternity benefits depends on the average wage

A working mother-to-be is entitled to maternity benefits. This is a one-time payment, which must be accrued within ten days after the submission of all required documents and paid on the next payday. The amount of the maternity allowance depends on the number of days worked in the billing period - it is on the basis of their number that the average daily earnings will be calculated, in the amount of which each day of maternity leave is paid.

If an employee works part-time for several employers, she can apply for benefits from each of them.

A non-working expectant mother will not be entitled to such benefits.

Child care allowance

Immediately after childbirth, you can take parental leave until the child reaches one and a half or three years. In this case, maternity money is paid in the amount of forty percent of the average wage, but on a monthly basis (up to a year and a half).

Of course, the amounts are paid only on the condition that the employee (or employee - because it can be registered with the father, or even grandparents) is on vacation and does not go to work.

Additional incentive for the birth of a third child

From January 1, 2013, in some regions, an additional monthly payment is provided for the third and subsequent children until they reach the age of three. The allowance is usually issued in the amount of the minimum subsistence minimum.

You can receive this benefit if:

• the third child was born after January 1, 2013;
• income per family member does not exceed the subsistence minimum established in the region;
• parents live at the place of registration;
• parents are citizens Russian Federation(at least one of them).

This list is indicative and may vary depending on the region where the additional benefit is paid.

Documents for obtaining maternity leave

In order to receive the due payments, you need to collect a small package of documents.

For maternity benefit:

• sheet of temporary disability;
• leave application.

For child care allowance:

• a copy of the child's birth certificate;
• leave application;
• a certificate from the spouse's place of work stating that he/she did not apply for exactly the same exemption from work.

Who pays maternity leave?

These benefits, like most social benefits, are paid for by the Social Insurance Fund. That is why only the money that was subject to contributions is taken into account in the calculation - after all, the Fund's reserves are formed from them.

Where to get maternity leave?

Although the benefit is paid by the Social Insurance Fund, it is issued by the employer. You can receive money either in your hands - if the company pays in cash, or to a bank account - if the payment at the enterprise is made through bank cards.

How long do you need to work to get maternity leave?

The calculation of maternity payments must be carried out by the employer

Since, according to the new rules for benefits, the settlement period is taken in the previous two years, it is advisable to work out this period. It should be borne in mind that if you go on vacation, for example, in February 2017, the days from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016 will fall into the billing period, since years are considered full calendar years.

So we can say that the answer to the question of how much you need to work to get maternity leave is quite simple - preferably at least 2 years. But at the same time, even if the employee barely managed to get a job, how she became pregnant, or worked only six months or a year, she will still be credited with benefits. Simply, the amount will be paid based on the minimum wage established in the region where she is employed. The same thing happens when part-time maternity pay is paid or when an employee works part-time.