Additional care allowances for working parents who had to provide personal daycare for children due to lockdown (zasiłki opiekuńcze dla pracujących rodziców zmuszonych do sprawowania osobistej dziennej opieki nad dziećmi w związku z zamknięciem placówek oświatowych) were provided during the entire school closure period
Country
PolandPolicy Area
Parental leaveMeasure
Paid parental leaveEligibility
Employed or self-employed individuals or frelancers who had children aged under 8, disabled children aged under 16 or children aged under 18 with special educational needs; were covered by public sick leave insurance scheme (ubezpieczenie chorobowe); and did not have spouses taking child-related leaveType
Cash (social insurance)Start / Announced Date
12/03/2020End Date
20/09/2020Amount
For employed individuals: 80% of gross wages for the employed
For self-employed individuals and freelancers: average monthly revenue (calculated for past 12 months)Total Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Eurofound (2020) Care allowances for working parents forced to provide personal daycare for young children due to school/pre-school system lockdown, case PL-2020-11/833 (measures in Poland), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch
OECD (2020) The OECD tax benefit model for Poland. Available at: https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/TaxBEN-Poland-2020.pdfAccess the full dataset here