Employed and self-employed beneficiaries
Maternity leave is taken by an employed or self-employed pregnant woman, i.e., mother from the 28th day before expected birth date to the 70th day after the birth of the child. That is the mandatory part of maternity leave used by the mother of the child.
Maternity leave can also start 45 days before the expected birth date.
After the expiration of the mandatory part of maternity leave, and until the child is 6 months old, an additional part of maternity leave follows, which the mother may, in whole or in part, transfer to the father of the child.
- The financial support for a maternity leave for employed or self-employed parent who meets the requirement regarding insurance periods is 100% of the basis for salary compensation calculated in accordance with compulsory health insurance regulations. If the requirement regarding the insurance periods is not met, the financial support amounts to 125% of budget basis (551,80 Eur).
Paternity leave
An employed or self-employed father can take a paternity leave in the period from the ate of the child’s birth until the child is six months old, depending on the number of children born, from:
– ten working days for the birth of one child
– 15 working days for the birth of twins, triplets or the simultaneous birth of several children.
An employed or self-employed father can exercise this right for an uninterrupted period and provided that he is not exercising one of the rights under the maternity and parental benefits system for the same child at the same time.
Additionally, the father exercises this right regardless of the employment status of the mother, and regardless of whether she is taking a maternity leave. However, this right is non-transferable, and can exclusively be exercised by the employed or self-employed father of the child.
In the period when one is exercising their right to paternity leave, salary compensation amounts to 100% of the salary compensation base determined according to the regulations governing compulsory health insurance (without limit), and it is paid out from state budget funds.
Beneficiaries who receive other income, farmers outside the income tax or revenue tax system, unemployed beneficiaries
These beneficiaries are entitled to maternity exemption from work until the child reaches 6 months of age.
Beneficiaries outside the work system
These beneficiaries are entitled to maternity care for a child in the same duration.
- Financial support for maternity exemption from work and maternity care for the child amounts to 309,01 Eur per month.
