Definition / Purpose of the benefit
The sickness benefit shall be provided to a female employee under in the following cases:
- The employee was transferred to another job due to her pregnancy (because the work she had previously performed is forbidden to pregnant women according to a special regulation or, according to medical opinion, threatens her pregnancy) and at the work to which she was transferred she has a lower income than she had before she was transferred.
- Was transferred to another job during her maternity until the end of the ninth month after the giving birth (because the work he previously performed is forbidden to mothers up to the ninth month after the delivery, or according to medical opinion, threatens her health or maternity) and at the work to which she was transferred she has a lower income (without her fault) than she had before she was transferred.
Who is eligible
A female employee who are transferred to another job
- during pregnancy, because the work she had previously performed is forbidden to pregnant women, according to a special regulation, or, according to medical opinion, threatens her pregnancy; or
- before the end of the ninth month after the giving birth (because the work he previously performed is forbidden to mothers up to the ninth month after the delivery, or according to medical opinion, threatens her health or maternity)
at the work to which she was transferred she has a lower income (without her fault) than she had before she was transferred.
Claiming
The claim should be claimed by claim for compensation benefit.
It is a of the Social Insurance Agency, which is not freely available and which shall be issued by a physician of a health care facility after become aware of the need for the . transfer to another job.
Where and when should I claim?
- Before the claiming, the employee should submit the application to her employer, who should fill in and sign the confirmation of the employer.
- Then she should submit the application form to branch of the Social Insurance Agency.
- Before the sending the Social Insurance Agency, the claimant shall be obliged to indicate statement data (whether benefit from overlapping insurances is claimed and the way of payment of the benefit) and a signature should be added.
- The claim for the compensation benefit should be submitted immediately after the issue of the application.
