What payments are due to pregnant women: terms and amounts of payments. Calculation of maternity benefits Maternity allowance limit amount

02.06.2022

Exciting 9 months fly by unnoticed, and now the expectant mother begins to do pleasant chores - preparing a cozy "nest" for her baby, buying him clothes, diapers and toys.

The joyful expectation of the appearance of a peanut in the world is often accompanied by concern about the financial component of the issue. Therefore, expectant mothers and those women who are just planning to expand their families seek to obtain the maximum amount of information about what payments for pregnancy and childbirth they are entitled to. Can every pregnant woman count on financial assistance and support from the state? The answer will, unfortunately, be negative. In addition, the amount of financial assistance will be different in each individual case.

Maternity benefits in 2017

Payments for pregnancy 2017: types of benefits

There are several types of financial assistance in the form of benefits for women in a special position, which are assigned to expectant mothers in certain cases. What benefits are due during pregnancy?

“Maternity” - the right to receive this type of financial support is for women whose gestational age has “stepped over” 30 weeks (in case of waiting for one baby). If two or more little ones have settled in the female womb, then she can go on a well-deserved rest from the 28th week.
A one-time allowance, to which future mothers who applied to the antenatal clinic in advance are entitled (the waiting period for the baby should not exceed 12 weeks at the time of applying to the LCD).
Women in a position whose spouses are doing military service can count on a separate type of payment. This type of support for women is also a one-time payment for pregnancy.

Payment of benefits for pregnancy and childbirth 2017: grounds for receiving material compensation

In the course of processing any type of payment, and pregnancy benefits were no exception, documentary evidence of the existence of grounds for receiving material assistance is required. What documents do expectant mothers need to prepare for the calculation of benefits?

Hospital sheet.
Application for maternity benefits.
Income certificate, on the basis of which the amount of the allowance will be calculated.

The FSS makes a payment on sick leave for pregnancy, which is calculated individually in each case, within 10 days from the date of receipt of information from the enterprise. In addition, there are other nuances when applying for this financial assistance:

A woman must provide a certificate of incapacity for work to calculate the amount of material assistance no later than 6 months from the day the sick leave ends.
One of the most important differences between this type of assistance and other benefits for the baby, which the father of the crumbs can also apply for, is that only a woman can apply for this type of payment.
Material compensation is not provided to a woman in parallel with wages. The expectant mother must choose either to receive payments for maternity leave, or she does not interrupt her work activity and receives a salary in the general manner.

Pregnancy: claimants for payments and benefits 2017

Many women in a position mistakenly believe that only the fact of having a toddler in the womb entitles them to financial benefits from the state. This opinion is wrong. Financial support can be counted on:

Employed women. The amount of assistance is 100% of the average income for the 24 months preceding the decree. If, at the same time, the expectant mother was a part-time worker at several enterprises, each of the organizations is obliged to accrue payments for pregnancy and childbirth for a working employee.
Dismissed before the decree, but managed to register as unemployed during this period.
Students studying full-time (daytime) form of education. On a budgetary or contractual basis, training does not matter. The calculation of financial support is based on the amount of the scholarship. To calculate the entitlement assistance, you should contact the dean's office.
Pregnancy payments to non-working women are also made, although this statement is not true for everyone. Only those unemployed women who were deprived of their jobs due to the liquidation of the organization can claim payments.
Women who have registered IP. The amount of financial compensation will be affected by the amount of deductions that were made in the FSS.
Women in the military on a contract basis. In this case, the amount of her financial allowance is taken as the basis for calculating financial assistance.
Spouses of conscripts.

In addition, if a woman belongs to one of the categories from the list above and plans to adopt a baby under three months old, she can also apply for state assistance.

One-time Financial Assistance: Early Registration Payments 2017

If a pregnant woman applied to the LCD with the intention of registering in the first weeks (up to the 12th) of an “interesting situation”, she is entitled to an additional payment. The amount is issued once, its size is 581.73 rubles. This type of assistance is assigned simultaneously with the accrual of sick leave payments for pregnancy (“maternity leave”), but no later than 10 days after the submission of the document from the LCD. The allowance does not exclude other accruals due to a woman, but has a number of features that a future mother should be aware of.

Applying for benefits and maternity benefits 2017

In general, a woman in a position to receive "maternity" financial support must contact her employer. The following situations are exceptions:

If within six months after the end of the period of the disability certificate issued in connection with the expectation of the baby and his birth, the woman did not turn to the employer for the due payment, she should go to the FSS. And then the fund will decide whether there was a valid reason for the absence and whether it is worth accruing state assistance.
The woman is registered as an individual entrepreneur. In this case, she must immediately contact the insurance fund. In this situation, the FSS calculates the pregnancy benefit.
If, when a woman contacts an organization, the latter has ceased to exist or has insufficient funds in her accounts, mom must also be sent to the FSS.

List of documents for receiving state compensation

A woman who registered for pregnancy earlier than 12 weeks is entitled to a payment not only on a “maternity” sick leave, but also a one-time fixed amount. To complete the latter, you will need:

A document from the LCD (certificate) confirming that the pregnant woman is observed earlier than 12 weeks of waiting for the baby.
Application for payment of maternity benefit.
Identification document (passport).

Calculation of payments for pregnancy in 2017

Financial assistance in connection with the expectation of the crumbs and its subsequent birth is paid in a lump sum, in full for the entire period on the disability sheet.

sick leave period

How many days of rest is due to the mother in connection with the upcoming appearance of the baby in the world?

70 + 70. A total of 140 days is due to a mother who is expecting the birth of one baby.
70 + 86. In total, a woman receives 156 days of “vacation” if she gave birth to one toddler, but the birth was pathological (caesarean section).
84 + 110. A total of 194 days of sick leave should be paid for a woman expecting two or more crumbs.

Upper and lower limit of financial assistance

To determine the size of the due payments, an important role is played by the length of service of a woman preceding the decree.

If the expectant mother has worked this moment for less than six months, then the payment of financial assistance is made on the basis of the minimum wage - the minimum wage rate. Until June 30, 2017, its value is 7,500 rubles, so the amount of the minimum allowance during this period will be equal to
7500 * 24 / 730 * 140 = 34520.00 rubles

From July 1, 2017, it is planned to increase the minimum wage to 7800 rubles. If this happens, the woman can count on 35,901.37 rubles of material assistance.

The upper limit of the allowance is also defined. For its calculation, I use the data of 2015 and 2016.

The maximum amount of payment 2017 = (718,000 + 680,000) / 730 = 1901.37 * 140 (days of disability) = 266,191.80 rubles in case of natural childbirth of one baby.

If the birth was pathological, the maximum amount of the pregnancy benefit will be 353,654.82 rubles. When two or more peanuts are born, the amount of material assistance is determined in the amount of 368,865.78 rubles.

Benefit calculation rules

Material compensation for a woman's pregnancy and the birth of a baby does not have a clearly defined value. Its size is influenced by several factors:

The value of the insurance experience of a woman.
The total income for the 2 years that lasted until the start of the decree.
Labor mode.

As you can see, the timing of registration for pregnancy does not affect the payments of "maternity" payments. When calculating the amount of state assistance for sick leave, the following formula is used:

C (amount of benefit) \u003d D (average daily earnings) * K (number of "sick" days - 140, 156 or 194), while the following algorithm is used to determine the average daily income:

D \u003d M (monthly income) * 24 / 730
When determining the amount of total monthly income, all types of payments from which taxes are withheld are used. There is no withholding tax on benefits received (personal income tax).

Thus, it is easy to see that most of the expectant mothers are entitled to state financial assistance. In order to meet the deadlines for the payment of financial support for pregnancy and childbirth, provide documents in a timely manner for the accrual of compensation due to you.

Pregnancy is a wonderful time in a woman's life, but at the same time a headache for 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 carry, 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 of 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. The length of her official work may have some influence. If it is less than six months, then the minimum wage rate - 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.

The formula for the general definition of maternity payment includes 3 quantities:

An employee's income for the previous 2 years (if, for example, the calculation is in 2018, then 2016 and 2017 are taken).
The number of days in this period (730 or 731 days if the year was a leap year).
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 leaves, previous maternity, as well as payments made for any other periods during which the statutory insurance premiums were not charged on the income received. 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 amount of maternity benefits. 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 benefits. The rule is the same for all officially employed women.

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

How maternity pay is calculated

As soon as the pregnancy reaches 30 weeks, a 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:

Disability certificate for pregnancy and childbirth.
Certificate of early registration, if applicable (required for an additional lump sum payment in favor of a pregnant employee).
Free form application. The sample can be viewed.
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 birth certificate of the child, 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 she keeps her salary. 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 the paid 140 days, because they get a little more money than the child care allowance, thereby stabilizing their financial situation a little.

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 has the right to receive money 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.

The maternity benefit is a type of material assistance paid to women for the entire period of maternity leave from the Social Insurance Fund (FSS). This type of allowance is also popularly called "maternity allowance".

Who will receive the payment and under what conditions?

The list of those who can count on state support when going on maternity leave includes:

working women;
recently lost their jobs due to the bankruptcy of the enterprise;
full-time students of universities, technical schools, colleges;
women under contract in military structures;
adoptive parents belonging to one of the above groups.

Maternity Benefit (M&B) is guaranteed only to women. Neither the spouse nor other family members can count on the corresponding payments. If the pregnant woman continues to work, then no allowance is paid, since the woman still receives a salary. If a woman is eligible for the B&D and child care benefits at the same time, then she must choose one.

Who pays?

Payments to pregnant working women at the place of work are charged by the employer, who reimburses the funds from the Social Insurance Fund. If a woman was fired due to the cessation of the enterprise, then the application and the sick leave are submitted to the social security authorities. There are frequent cases when the employer delays the payment of funds, then you can contact the Labor Inspectorate or, if there is a delay of 2 months or more, the Prosecutor's Office.

Order of appointment and terms of receipt

At the place of work. The employer undertakes to appoint the payment of benefits for BiR within 10 days from the date of submission of the necessary documents. The full amount of the benefit for all months of vacation is given to the employee with the next salary. If the employee has been working recently and has not provided a timely certificate of the amount of earnings for the last two years from the previous place of work, then the amount of the payment is assigned in accordance with the data available to the employer. After the insured person provides the relevant certificate, the benefit must be recalculated. The amount of maternity allowance overcharged to an employee cannot be recovered. An exception is a counting error or the provision of knowingly incorrect information by the recipient of the allowance.
By place of study. Full-time students need to contact the accounting department of the educational institution. Funds can be transferred in the same way as a scholarship from the budget allocated to the educational institution.
in the social security authorities. Funds are transferred through a bank or by postal order until the 26th day of the next month. The source of money is the FSS.
By direct contact with the FSS. The payment is made directly through the FSS within the framework of the Direct Payments project and does not require the mediation of the employer.

The amount of the maternity benefit

The amount of payments under the decree depends on the social status of the pregnant woman:

employed women receive 100% of the average monthly earnings (before tax is taken into account);
full-time female students receive 100% of the scholarship;
female military personnel serving under a contract can count on the entire amount equal to the amount of monetary allowance multiplied by the number of months of vacation;
if the experience of a pregnant woman at the place of work is less than six months, then she will receive an allowance equal to the minimum wage for each month;
women fired due to the liquidation of the organization, the termination of the IP receive for each month of vacation - the amount of 628.47 rubles, which from February 2019 will be 655.49 rubles.

Maternity payments are calculated according to the following formula:

Income for the previous 2 years, excluding tax deductions ÷ 731 or 730 (number of days in the specified period) × number of days of maternity leave.

In 2019, the size of the minimum and maximum maternity allowances increased due to inflation calculated by Rosstat. The indexation of the R&D allowance and other payments is carried out in accordance with inflation at the end of 2018. Rosstat determined inflation at 3.5%, which corresponds to an increasing indexation coefficient of 1.035, but later changed this coefficient to 1.043, since the actual inflation was 4.3%.

In connection with the indexation of benefits, two more indicators have changed that affect the amount of payment:

minimum wage rose to 11,280 rubles, which is 117 rubles. more than from 01 May 2018.
Limit base for calculating insurance premiums amounts to 815,000 rubles and 755,000 rubles for the last two years.

The average salary of an employee should not exceed the established minimum and maximum. Let's consider the current figures according to the table of maximum and minimum payments after indexation.

Minimum allowance assigned to women employed (calculated based on the minimum wage for all days of the period of temporary disability).

RUB 51,918.90 - with a sick leave of 140 days;
RUB 57,852.49 - with an additional 16 days of vacation, 156 days of maternity leave;
71,944.76 - for 194 days of maternity leave.

Maximum Benefit laid to working women.

301,095.89 - for 140 days of decree;
335,506.85 - if the vacation is 156 days;
417,232.88 - with maternity leave 194 days.

The maximum and minimum values may change if there are district coefficients in the region that increase the payment. These amounts can only be received by those who became eligible for the corresponding amount after February 1, 2019. Benefits that have already been calculated are not subject to indexation.

There are a few things to keep in mind when calculating cash.

When calculating the average monthly income, periods of illness, maternity leave, and parental leave are not taken into account.
The periods when the employee was released from work are also not taken into account, while the salary was retained in full or in part.
If the employee has been on maternity or parental leave for the past two years, these dates will be excluded from the total calculation. But a woman has the right to replace the time when there was no salary for the previous year or two years. This is allowed if the woman receives a large amount.

Benefit Calculation Example

Let's consider a possible example of calculating the B&R benefit using the example of complicated childbirth, in which 156 days of vacation are required. Let's assume that during the previous two years there was not a single period of incapacity for work. Let's say that the salary in 2017 turned out to be 450,000 rubles, and in 2018, the funds received amounted to 522,000 rubles. The number of calendar days for two years, as mentioned above, is 730 days.

From here we start calculating the allowance: (450,000 + 522,000) / 730 × 156 = 207,715.07 rubles.

This amount will be paid in a lump sum to the employee with the next salary after the acceptance of documents and calculation. The pregnancy benefit is not subject to taxes and fees, so the woman will receive all the money at once.

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Required documents

To receive maternity benefits, the expectant mother must provide the employer with a small package of documents:

certificate of incapacity for work;
an application for a one-time B&D allowance (it is drawn up in free form or according to a model issued by the personnel department);
for women who have been working for less than two years in this organization, an additional certificate with the amount of earnings for the last two years from the previous place of employment or from the enterprise where the woman works part-time can be provided.

In 2019, a package of documents can be sent to the employer by mail, then certified copies or in electronic form are attached to the letter.

For the unemployed, maternity leave will be issued on the basis of the following documents:

application for the appropriate payment;
certificate of salary from the place of work or application for a request for information on the amount of wages;
certificate of incapacity for work from the antenatal clinic, signed by an obstetrician-gynecologist.

Sick leave

The payment of benefits for BiR is made on the basis of a sick leave issued to a pregnant woman. It is obtained in the antenatal clinic, where a pregnant woman is observed. The document prescribes the exact number of days of maternity leave, and sick leave is issued on a certain day. The table will help you figure out when a woman can go on vacation.

The nature of the course of pregnancy and childbirth	Number of days before delivery	Number of days after birth	The entire period of maternity leave
Uncomplicated delivery, pregnancy is uneventful	70	70	140
Normal pregnancy, complications in the postpartum period	70	86 (16 extra days)	156
Childbirth occurred at 22 - 30 obstetric weeks	-	156	156
Pregnancy is multiple	84	110	194
Multiple pregnancy (established during childbirth)	70	124	194

In addition to obstetrician-gynecologists in antenatal clinics, a sick leave certificate can be filled out and signed by general practitioners (family doctors) or paramedics. If a woman refuses to receive this document for a period of 30 weeks due to her unwillingness to leave her workplace and go on maternity leave, then when the pregnant woman reapplies, a certificate of incapacity for work is issued in the general manner. The countdown of the days set by the state still starts from 30 weeks.

The sick leave form for BiR is identical to the one that is issued for general diseases, but there are features of filling out:

In the field "Cause of disability" code 05 is indicated.
In the section "Exemption from work", the column "From what date" the day of the start of maternity leave is printed. The column “By what date” counts down the day when a woman can start work or write an application for leave to care for a newborn.
When applying to a antenatal clinic with registration for a gestational age of up to 12 weeks, there should be a corresponding mark.
The employer does not need to fill in the employee's TIN (the field should be left blank).
The line "Amount of benefit" remains empty, since the Social Insurance Fund accrues the money.
All other items are filled in the same way as for other sick leave sheets.

Important! In the column "Registration in the early stages of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks)" there should be a mark on the word "yes". This is necessary in order for the woman to receive a lump sum payment. An obstetrician-gynecologist will issue a special certificate confirming the right to receive funds. It will need to be presented to the employer or to the FSS.

The main document is issued, including to women who fall from decree to decree. For adoptive parents of children under three months of age, a decree is also provided for up to 70 days, the paper is drawn up from the moment of actual adoption. But the countdown of 70 days starts from the day the baby is born. If parents adopt two or more babies, then the duration of the decree increases and becomes, as in a multiple pregnancy, 110 days.

According to the current legislative norms, a woman is entitled to established payments from the state in connection with motherhood, they depend on the amount of her salary in the billing period, but are limited to the maximum amount, which is determined annually.

Calculation procedure

A woman during her pregnancy, as well as immediately after its completion, is given a sick leave, lasting from 140 days.

This period of time is called maternity leave.

Then she has the right to issue for the implementation of direct newborn care until he is a year and a half old. This type of exemption from work can be taken not only by the mother, but also by any other member of the family, if he directly cares for the child. These two periods are named and subject, according to the current legislation.

They are paid according to the following algorithm:

The basis for accrual is two years before the start of the current year, in which the sick leave was issued.
The average daily earnings are calculated, then multiplied by the number of days of the paid period.
Leave associated with pregnancy and subsequent childbirth is paid in full, regardless of whether the woman has an insurance period.
Care leave is paid in the amount of 40%, also regardless of the length of service and who takes it.

Both of these payments are limited minimum and maximum limits, which change almost annually, depending on the value of and .

Upper limit of prenatal care

In 2019, the following maximum allowable amount of benefits in connection with pregnancy and childbirth was legalized - 301,095.89 rubles.

This amount applies to sick leave of 140 days. If this period has been extended due to complications or multiple pregnancy, then the amount will be increased in proportion to the added days.

This amount is obtained when calculating the base for benefits. The FSS sets a maximum amount for the transfer of contributions for each year.

Payments in 2019 will be determined from bases installed in 2017-2018.

They will be equal:

2017 - 755,000;
2018 - 815,000 rubles.

This limit cannot be exceeded, even if in one of the years the woman did not have accruals and the minimum wage is taken as the basis.

Then, from this amount, the average daily payment is calculated, with the help of which sick leave payments will be calculated. According to this calculation, the limit average daily wage cannot exceed 2150.68 rubles.

Children under 1.5 years old

When determining the monthly child care allowance the above amounts are also taken, only the calculation is made with some differences:

In this way, maximum allowance paid for childcare is: 2150.68 * 30.4 * 0.4 = RUB 26,152.33.

It will paid monthly, regardless of how many days there are in the current month, and will not change with the onset of a new calendar year.

In the month when the child turns one and a half years old, the payment is calculated in proportion to the number of days preceding the birthday.

Regional features

Many regions set various allowances, including for pregnant women.

In areas with difficult conditions, for example in the Far North, these are different, which are set at the federal level. In other regions, such as in Moscow, these may be payments established by local authorities.

In any case, no matter what the surcharges are. They cannot be applied to maximum decree values.

That is, in practice, this means that if the northern coefficient operates in the region, then the maximum amount of payment for pregnancy and child care will not be increased, while they will be applied to the minimum amounts.

The same can be said about allowances in the capital, all of them will be a separate payment and financed from the regional budget, while payments for pregnancy and child care come from the social insurance budget.

In this way, maximum allowances are equal:

for maternity leave for standard 140 days - 301,095.89 rubles.
monthly payment for the care of a child under one and a half years old – RUB 26,152.33.

This means, no matter how high the salary of a woman, or a person who will care for a newborn, is, they will not receive more than the maximum amount.

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Socially oriented states, which include the Russian Federation, care about the demographic situation in the country. One of the manifestations of such care of the state for its citizens is to provide them with guaranteed funds aimed at increasing the birth rate.

The so-called (officially - maternity benefits) allow expectant mothers to count on minimal material support from the state in the last stages of gestation. Who pays maternity leave: the state or the employer? These and other questions should worry future women in labor.

Given the serious psychological and physical stress of the last months of pregnancy and subsequent childbirth for expectant mothers, they should first study the issues governing the financial support of maternity leave. What should you pay attention to?

Maternity leave

In the last stages of pregnancy, according to the legislation of the Russian Federation, officially employed expectant mothers can apply for maternity leave. It is worth focusing on the word “may”, that is, this right is not mandatory: a woman may not go on such a vacation at her own discretion.

If a woman decides to go on such a vacation, she is issued a maternity allowance. If she does not plan to leave her workplace until the time of the birth itself, then such an allowance is not issued at this stage, and she continues to receive her salary.

Who can apply for a maternity allowance?

Payments of benefits for pregnancy and childbirth are carried out not only to officially employed women, transferring deductions to this circle is much wider. Decree law is also allowed to receive:

dismissed in connection with the liquidation of the enterprise and registered with the employment service;
full-time students of education;
military personnel on a contract basis;
adoptive parents.

Who pays maternity leave?

Who pays maternity leave - the state or the employer? It is worth dwelling on this issue in more detail.

Maternity benefits are among the insurance cases dealt with. A separate topic may be the issue of maternity leave up to 3 years. But initially, attention is paid to payments in connection with pregnancy and childbirth.

According to the legislation of Russia, each employer is obliged to make contributions to this fund. When fulfilling their duties as an employer, expectant mothers will not have problems in paying 100% of the average earnings from the Social Insurance Fund. If a woman, before the moment of the decree, officially worked for several employers for at least two years, each of them must carry out calculations of her maternity pay.

Features of the payment of maternity

It would seem that in the previous section it was possible to determine the subject of maternity payments. However, not everything is so clear. Considering the ongoing social insurance reform in Russia since 2011, there are two options for making payments of maternity benefits.

The regional offices participating in the pilot project of the Social Insurance Fund: Karachay-Cherkess, Astrakhan, Kurgan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Tambov, Khabarovsk make maternity payments directly to women on maternity leave. The FSS, the payment of maternity leave to which is carried out directly, transfers funds to the woman's card or to the address of the post office at her place of registration. The calculation of the amount of maternity payments is carried out by the employer.

The rest of the regions continue to practice the payment of maternity benefits in the following mode: the employer - a pregnant woman - the Social Insurance Fund. In such a scheme, maternity benefits are reimbursed from the FSS to the employer, who pays them to his employee. More precisely, offsets are made: next year, the amount of maternity payments paid by the employer is reduced by his contributions to the Social Insurance Fund.

Amounts of maternity benefits payments

Officially employed women, when going on maternity leave, can count on maternity payments in the amount of 100% of their last two years of employment. If a woman has not worked for two years after the previous decree, then it is necessary to take an earlier period of her earnings. There are established payment thresholds that are reviewed annually. So, in 2016, the minimum threshold for payments is 28,555 rubles, and the maximum is 248,164 rubles.

Making a decree, where to start?

Making maternity leave primarily involves a woman contacting a medical consultation at the 30th week of pregnancy (for multiple pregnancy - at the 28th week of pregnancy) in order to receive a sick leave due to temporary disability. It is also necessary to take a certificate of early registration (up to 12 weeks) for medical registration in connection with pregnancy, which will allow you to receive a lump sum payment from the Social Insurance Fund.

Sick leave (maternity leave will be issued only if available) is the official basis for issuing an order for leave in connection with pregnancy and childbirth in a mandatory tandem with a statement about the need to provide such leave. The application must be written by the woman herself.

If a woman in labor has been officially employed in only one place over the previous two years, then this is an exhaustive list of documents to provide. In the case of a woman's official employment in several places, she will need to provide certificates of her income from other places of work.

After the employer issues an order to grant leave in connection with pregnancy and childbirth, the employee must be familiarized with it. This will be evidenced by her personal signature.

When are payments made?

Within ten days from the moment a woman goes on vacation, her allowance must be calculated and accrued. The payment of such allowance by the employer is carried out simultaneously with the payment of subsequent wages.

If the Social Insurance Fund is the subject of maternity benefit payment, then settlement with it must be made no later than the twenty-sixth day of the month following the month in which the Fund received a package of documents from a pregnant woman.

In any of the above options, the payment of benefits must be made at a time, payment in installments is not allowed. In case of violation, it is necessary to inform the state regulatory authorities: the prosecutor's office and the Social Insurance Fund.

Leave due to pregnancy and childbirth

The length of time women are on maternity leave depends on several factors. Traditionally, a woman can count on 70 calendar days before giving birth and 70 calendar days after them. However, if the pregnancy involves multiple pregnancies, prenatal leave is increased to 84 calendar days.

In addition, not all births are the same: depending on the complexity of the process, the period of postpartum leave may increase. That is, if the child was born with complications, which should be evidenced by the corresponding diagnosis on the sick leave from the maternity hospital, then postpartum leave is increased to 86 days.

If more than one child was born, but more - the vacation is increased to 110 calendar days.

Thus, the minimum maternity leave is 140 calendar days, and the maximum is 194 calendar days.

What does a woman who plans to go on maternity leave need to know?

Intending to give birth to a child, a responsible mother should be aware of the main issues that require attention before the birth of a child. It is worth paying attention to the following nuances:

Maternity leave is granted on the basis of an employer's order, which is issued in the presence of a sick leave issued by a medical consultation at 30 (28) weeks of pregnancy, and a woman's application.
The minimum amount of maternity leave is 140 calendar days, the maximum is 194 days.
The payment of benefits for pregnancy and childbirth is based on the average earnings for the last 2 years.
Who pays maternity leave: the state or the employer? Both options are possible, depending on the region where the maternity leaver lives. FSS is maternity only in regions where a pilot project of reforming social insurance is being implemented.
The minimum maternity allowance in 2016 is 28,555 rubles, and the maximum is 248,164 rubles.

Do not forget also about registration for up to 12 weeks in a medical institution. Otherwise, payments to the pregnant woman will not be made. It does not matter who pays maternity, the state or the employer.