Payment of maternity leave to unemployed people in Russia in 2020

Changes in payments from 2020

In 2020, families for their first and second child will be able to receive payments until they turn 3 years old. The amounts of all other child and pregnancy benefits will increase, since from 2020 the minimum wage amount has increased to 12,130 rubles. New rules for compensation payments:

1. Parents of children born after January 1, 2020 will be paid monthly payments if the average family income does not exceed two minimum wages established in their region of residence. In this case, the minimum wage for the second quarter of the previous year is taken as a basis. In 2020, these benefits were received only by those families whose average income was less than 1.5 times the minimum income. Now the number of families applying for payments and meeting the conditions will be many times greater.
2. In 2020, payments for children are received until they reach the age of 3. But to qualify for these benefits, you need annual proof of income for all family members. Payments for the first child are issued by the social protection authorities, and for the second - by the Pension Fund. When calculating the amount of cash assistance, the cost of living for children in the second quarter of the previous year is taken as a basis.

In 2020, payments were issued only for children up to the age of 1.5 years.

How can working mothers calculate the amount of benefits for their first child?

When your family is about to have a baby for the first time, even before you go on maternity leave, you can independently calculate how much your employer will pay you. To do this, as we have already said, we first calculate our average daily income for the previous two years.

So, let's look at an example of how to calculate the amount of maternity benefits for your first child if you work. First, write down all your income for the previous two years.

Let’s say that in 2020 you earned 300,000 rubles, of which 10,000 rubles are payment for 14 days of sick leave. And in 2020, your income was 400,000 rubles without a single sick leave. Thus, first we calculate your total earnings for two years without sick leave: 300,000 + 400,000 – 10,000 = 690,000 rubles.

Now let’s calculate the number of days for two years without sick leave: 730 – 14 = 716. Next, we calculate the average daily income for 2018 and 2020: 690,000 / 716 = 963 rubles 60 kopecks. In the case of a one-time maternity payment under BiR without complicated childbirth 963.6 * 140 we get 134,904 rubles. Calculating the amount of the monthly allowance for caring for a child up to one and a half years old, 963.6 * 30.4 * 0.4, we get approximately 11,717 rubles.

In addition, according to the instructions of Russian President V.V. Putin, if your first child was born no earlier than January 1, 2020, and the total family income is less than one and a half times the subsistence level, you have the right to receive a monthly state payment in the amount of 11,522 rubles.

What other innovations came into force in 2020

Innovations for other payments for children, which were adopted by legislators and have already entered into force in 2020:

1. Raising the minimum income . The minimum wage has increased since 2020, and on its basis the amount of other benefits, for example, for pregnancy and childbirth, is calculated. This year, the lowest average daily income, which is taken as the basis for calculating benefits, is 398.79 rubles, and last year this amount was 370.85 rubles.
2. New maximum average income. The maximum amount of financial assistance for pregnant and postpartum women is also increasing. For 2019 and 2020, the highest insurance premiums were 865 and 815 thousand rubles. Based on these numbers, the average daily maximum income will be 2301.37 rubles. The largest benefit during maternity leave will be 322,191.80 rubles. In 2020, the maximum benefit was 21 thousand rubles less.

Also, from February 1, 2020, the amounts of other fixed payments will change. They depend on the coefficient, which this year is 1030.

Payments and benefits when going on maternity leave under a fixed-term employment contract

According to Article 261 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, an employer can terminate any contract only upon liquidation of the organization. Otherwise, he is obliged to renew the fixed-term contract with the employee and has the right to demand a pregnancy certificate from her no more than once every three months.

Therefore, if a woman at work under a fixed-term employment contract finds out that she is pregnant, she needs to write a corresponding statement addressed to management and attach a certificate from the antenatal clinic to it. In this case, an additional agreement is concluded with the pregnant employee and her period of employment at this enterprise is extended.

Accordingly, such a woman, when going on maternity leave, has the right to the same payments as a working mother under an open-ended employment contract: payment of sick leave under the BiR, one-time benefits for early registration and at the birth of a baby, as well as monthly child care payments up to 1.5 years.

True, she will receive child care benefits only if her employment relationship with the employer is not terminated at the end of her maternity leave. Otherwise, the woman should apply to social security for the calculation of the corresponding maternity payments in the minimum amount.

Who is eligible to receive benefits?

Unemployed pregnant women do not receive benefits from the state. But there are several conditions under which an unemployed pregnant Russian woman will be able to receive financial assistance from the budget:

• Women who were fired due to the cessation of the company's activities or the complete liquidation of the employer's company can count on maternity payments;
• benefits are paid to girls who are studying full-time in secondary specialized, vocational or higher educational institutions.

In all other cases, unemployed women are not paid benefits.

The amount of payments to an unemployed pregnant woman depends on individual conditions and the income she currently receives:

This procedure and types of payments are approved in Articles 6 and 8 of Federal Law No. 81.

Sick leave

To receive maternity benefits for non-working women, you must also belong to a certain category of the unemployed population:

• full-time students;
• dismissed as a result of liquidation of an enterprise (private entrepreneur).

A sick leave certificate for pregnancy and childbirth is issued at a residential complex or other medical institution where pregnancy monitoring is carried out. It is issued at 30 weeks (or 28 if there is more than one fetus). For non-working citizens, it will provide a fixed amount of money, which is tied to the minimum wage. In 2019, the payment is 20.81 rubles per day. Thus, with a standard sick leave of 140 days (singleton pregnancy, childbirth without complications), the amount will be 2913.4 rubles.

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To receive a financial payment, you must provide a sick leave certificate at the place of study (for full-time students), to the Social Insurance Fund (for former entrepreneurs), to the USZN (for unemployed citizens). It is also necessary to write an application of the appropriate sample, provide a copy of the work record book and a certificate from the Employment Service.

Where to apply for payments to the unemployed

In order for a non-working woman to receive maternity benefits, she must contact the social security department at her place of residence. Full-time students must visit the accounting office at their place of study.

To apply for maternity leave and benefits, you must submit the following documents:

• a statement written by hand or with a handwritten signature;
• sick leave, which is filled out by a medical institution according to established requirements;
• an extract from the work book, if available, indicating the last place of work;
• confirmation from the tax office that the enterprise has been liquidated or the individual entrepreneur has ceased work;
• a document confirming the fact of absence of work, it is provided at the employment center;
• a certificate from an educational institution stating that the pregnant student is a full-time student.

After submitting the documentation, the institution reviews the application and attached papers. Before the expiration of 10 days, a decision is made on the accrual of payments or refusal if the papers contain errors.

Women who were fired due to the liquidation of the company are paid maternity benefits by postal order or into a bank account. To do this, in the text of the application you will need to indicate the bank card number or bank account where to transfer the money. The deadline for receiving payments is the 26th of the next month.

Benefits for contract employees

Expectant mothers who serve under a contract can receive a salary every month.
This includes employees:

1. penal system;
2. fire service;
3. customs authorities.

To apply for benefits, you must write an application. Attached to it is a certificate issued at the place of residence. You also need a certificate from a medical institution, certified by doctors’ signatures and a seal.

Handbook on BiR for full-time students

Receipt of payments is not affected by the type of training - paid or free. Payments will be made from funds from the budget allocated to the university.
The degree of accreditation of the educational institution is also not taken into account. Procedure:

• take the application and documents to the accounting department at the place of study;
• the money will be given in the form of a scholarship.

From the documents you will need a certificate of incapacity for work, issued at 30 weeks of pregnancy.

Federal benefits for all women in 2020

Benefits for children and pregnant women are paid from the federal and regional budgets. All Russians can count on federal payments, while regional ones are set by local authorities for residents of their territorial district.

Federal payments and benefits that pregnant women and postpartum women receive:

1. When registering up to 12 weeks - 675 rubles from February 1, 2020. These payments should motivate young mothers to register with the antenatal clinic as early as possible to monitor the health of the baby and the expectant mother. This amount is fixed, it is the same for residents of the entire country.
2. Maternity payments - in the amount of 100% of average income. Working young mothers are given maternity benefits when they provide sick leave. The duration of maternity leave depends on several parameters. Such as the complexity of childbirth or postpartum consequences, surgical intervention, the number of children born at the same time. Sick leave for childbirth can last from 140 to 194 days.
3. Payments at birth - 18,004 rubles from February 1, 2020. This is a benefit for one child. If twins are born, the amount is doubled; if triplets are born, the amount is tripled, that is, the amount is paid for each child born.
4. Payments to the wives of military personnel - 28,511 rubles from February 1, 2020. You can apply for this payment if your pregnancy is at least 180 days old. After the end of the spouse’s service, the woman in labor has the right to apply for payments within 6 months.
5. Maternity capital - 453,025 rubles for children born after January 1, 2007. This benefit was adopted to improve the demographic situation and stimulate childbearing in Russia, since payments are issued only after the birth of a second child.

An officially unemployed pregnant woman will be able to qualify for all types of payments listed, except for the second, if the described conditions are met.

Birth benefit

Regardless of a citizen’s employment status, each child born is entitled to financial assistance in the amount of a fixed amount. It can be issued to any of the parents or a person who will officially perform their functions (for example, a guardian). In 2019, the fixed benefit amount is 16,759.09 rubles. This amount is also due to adoptive parents when adopting a child.

The benefit is paid to the employed mother or father, but if both are unemployed, then the accrual is made to the one who will actually care for the child. To provide financial assistance, you must contact the social security authority at the place of registration no later than six months from the date of birth of the baby.

A one-time allowance is provided to the wives of military personnel who are undergoing military service. In this case, it is 26,539.76 rubles. Registration also takes place at the USZN.

Monthly payments

In addition to the payments listed in the previous section, women can receive:

1. Payments for child care up to 1.5 years old - 40% of average income for the last 2 years. But, as when calculating maternity payments, the average minimum and maximum amount is calculated for them.
2. Compensation for children under 3 years old is in the amount of the subsistence minimum for the second quarter of the previous year.

These payments are financed from the budget of the Russian Federation. All mothers, including unemployed women, can receive them, but under certain conditions. The following are not entitled to payments from the state:

• citizens of Russia, foreigners or stateless persons who have been deprived of their parental rights;
• Russian citizens who have moved for permanent residence to another country;
• foreigners, citizens of Russia or stateless persons whose children are supported entirely at the expense of public funds.

All other women who are not on this list may qualify for benefits. If the expectant mother is single, then she is provided with other types of government payments.

What maternity benefits are available to a disabled mother and a single mother?

A disabled mother in our country has the right to receive three types of pensions - social, state and labor. The first two are paid regardless of the presence or absence of children. Their size varies depending on the disability group and the cause of disability.

But the labor pension is assigned to disabled mothers in an amount that depends on the number of dependents and the assigned group, and varies from 3,000 to 12,000 rubles. In addition, you have the right to receive monthly cash payments if you apply to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

You are also entitled to the same maternity benefits as non-working mothers, maternity capital and the opportunity to participate in the Family Mortgage program at the birth of a second and third child, payments and benefits to large families at the regional and federal levels.

As for single mothers, it should be recalled that legally only those women who are recorded as the only parents on the birth certificate of their children (there is a dash in the father column) receive this status. If the mother is divorced, left a widow, or the child’s father is deprived of parental rights, she is not considered a loner.

Moreover, in Russia at the moment there are no special maternity payments for single mothers. If her financial situation leaves much to be desired, then the maximum she can apply for is an increased child benefit for the poor. And so a mother raising children alone can count on the same payments as ordinary parents.

And in this video, a single mother shares her thoughts on how this category of citizens can live in Russia on an allowance of 1,500 rubles per month.

Regional payments

Each federal subject has its own regional benefits. In some regions, the government has established maternity capital for 2 and 3 children born after January 1, 2011. In the Moscow region, for example, the amount of this payment is 100 thousand rubles.

The authorities in Nizhny Novgorod also pay regional capital. It is received by families in which the second child was born after September 1, 2011. But the amount of this monetary compensation is less than in Moscow. It is 25 thousand rubles. And for the third and subsequent children, maternity capital increases to 100 thousand rubles. The procedure for receiving regional payments is established separately for each constituent entity of Russia.

Regional payments are assigned simultaneously with federal ones. Therefore, residents of the regions receive double subsidies from the state. However, not everywhere regional authorities decide on additional incentives for families.

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What payments are due for the second and third child of the unemployed?

In 2020, a subsidy was introduced for families in need. Care for the second baby is carried out at the expense of maternal capital. To obtain a certificate, an application is submitted to the Pension Fund.

The application must be submitted 14 days after the birth of the baby. The fund approves payments within a month and a half. When a citizen receives a certificate, she has the right to use material resources.

Unemployed mothers also receive certificates. If the spouse's salary is lower than 1.5 times the monthly minimum wage, the family is considered needy.

An unemployed Russian woman will be able to receive maternity capital before her child is one and a half years old. The amount is equal to the regional subsistence minimum. It is calculated taking into account data from two quarters of the past year.

A large family is considered to be a family with more than 3 minor children. In addition to maternity capital, parents receive additional income - payments from the state. Targeted financial assistance is determined individually. It depends on the average earnings of all family members.

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1. Alina
   10/12/2020 at 12:27 Hello, I wanted to clarify, I got pregnant, and I don’t work, my husband only works unofficially, can I get some money before the baby is born?
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   10/12/2020 at 12:35 pm

   Dear Alina, it is possible that in your region payments are provided for early registration. Contact your local social services office for advice.

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What types of benefits are there?

If a girl registers at the hospital within 12 weeks , she receives a one-time payment. Closer to 28 or 30 weeks, a pregnant woman is paid a maternity benefit, also one-time. Another benefit can be received by a young mother, immediately after the birth of the baby . Then, funds are transferred to her account every month to care for a child who is not yet 1.5 years old .

Starting from 2020, mothers will receive a special new allowance for their first child . If the parent is on maternity leave, she receives monthly compensation, but only until the child turns 3 years old. In addition to benefits from the state, a woman can count on regional payments as additional funds.

It is worth considering that in order to receive any of these payments you need to collect the appropriate package of documents. Only after this the application will be considered and it will be possible to receive money.

Caring for the disabled

Regardless of whether they have a permanent job, a parent raising a child with a certain disability group may receive the following monthly payments:

The final amount of support depends on the assigned disability group.

The list of additional social services for the corresponding category of citizens includes:

• distribution of free medicines and essential food products;
• providing opportunities for treatment in specialized sanatoriums;
• the possibility of free travel to the place of treatment.

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For the 3rd child and large families

Families with three or more minor children in full-time care are recognized as having many children. A similar status applies to students studying at universities and military personnel in most regions of Russia. A certain set of benefits is allocated on a targeted basis if the average income of one family member does not exceed the established subsistence level.

Residents of the capital and the Moscow region receive a one-time payment in a fixed amount based on local legislation. Previously born children are subject to mandatory registration.

Some federal subjects have bonus benefits:

Going on vacation

Maternity leave is initiated on the basis of an application submitted to the employer or the State Employment Service. Before this, you can go on sick leave to increase your rest time.

Accounting at the labor exchange

The state provides financial support to mothers registered with regional employment centers. The amount of assistance varies from 850 to 4,900 rubles monthly. From the beginning of the 28th week of pregnancy, it is possible to receive benefits under the BIR for the unemployed.

The mother receives legal payments until the child is 1.5 years .

Is maternity capital required?

Is swearing required at the birth of a child? capital if he is the first in the family? No, funds are paid for the second, third and subsequent children. We remind you that in 2020 the mat payment program. capital was extended until 2021, but its size remained unchanged - 453,026 rubles.

The changes adopted on January 1, 2020 to support parents and children have already become significant financial assistance for many families. The President of the Russian Federation noted that the introduced standards are only the beginning on the path to improving this area.

Author: Elena Shander, lawyer, especially for Mama66.ru

Benefit for single mothers

Unfortunately, today single mothers have very few privileges. Single mothers receive maternity payments, as well as benefits for the birth of a child and for caring for him, in the same amount as other mothers.

Additional payments are determined by regional budgets and may differ in different regions of the Russian Federation.

Local authorities, whenever possible, support this category of women in various ways:

• preferential tariffs for utilities;
• free medicines for their children under three years of age;
• in the form of in-kind assistance, including clothing and food.

Documents for going on maternity leave include an application and sick leave. How long is maternity leave in 2020? Read here.

How is maternity leave paid in 2020? Detailed information in this article.

Single mothers can find out about the required benefits and allowances from the social security authorities at their place of residence. Along with them, mothers of disabled people and large families can count on social support.