On March 19, the provisions introducing maternity allowance for these parents of premature babies and children requiring hospitalization just after birth, who will take a complementary maternity leave, will come into force. The vacation will be granted once and it will not be possible to divide it into parts.
ZUS He said that z maternity allowance for the complementary period maternity leave Insured will be able to use – mother or father raising a child. The dimension of the allowance will depend on the week of pregnancy in which the child will be born, his weight on the day of birth and from the period of the child's stay in the hospital.
This applies to children who were born: before the end of the 28th week of pregnancy or with a weight not more than 1000 g; After completing the 28th week of pregnancy, but before the 37th week of pregnancy and with a weight greater than 1000 g; After completing the 37th week of pregnancy, if the child spent at least two days after delivery, the first of which falls from 5 to 28 day after birth.
Maternity allowance for parents of premature babies
In the case of birth, more than one child during one delivery when determining the supplementary dimension of maternity leave, the weight of the smallest child on the day of birth and the time of hospitalization of the child who was in the hospital will be taken into account. The monthly allowance for parents of premature babies will be 100 percent. Basics of maternity allowance. A supplementary maternity leave will be granted once. It cannot be divided into parts. The right to complementary leave will be entitled immediately after the use of maternity leave. Therefore, the application should be submitted before the end of maternity leave or leave under maternity leave.
Necessary documents
ZUS pointed out that a necessary document to determine the right to this benefit will be issued by the hospital a certificate of the child's stay in the hospital in the hospital and the birth of a child with data on the week of pregnancy and weight on the day of birth.
The right to complementary maternity leave will also be entitled to the insured who took the child to upbringing as part of a foster family (except for professional foster families) or in the case of adopting a child, provided that the child was in the hospital after admitting him to upbringing. The updated templates of the application for maternity allowance (ZUS ZAM) and the certificate of contribution payer (Z-3) will be available on the ZUS website and in PUE/EZUS from March 19, 2025. In 2024, ZUS paid nearly 568 thousand. maternity benefits.
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