A Caregiver Allowance for the Self-Employed (Ošetřovné pro osoba samostatně výdělečně činná) was provided to allow self-employed people to take time off from work to care for children during the closure of ECEC settings and schools
History
Country
Czechia
Policy Area
Parental leave
Measure
Paid parental leave
Eligibility
Self-employed individuals who could not run their businesses so as to care for children aged under 13 (between April and September 2020) and then aged 10 (from October 2020)
Type
Cash (social insurance)
Start / Announced Date
12/03/2020
End Date
N/A
Amount
Kč424 per day in March 2020; Kč500 per day between April and June 2020; Kč400 from October 2020
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (2020) O „ošetřovné“ pro OSVČ bude možné žádat od 1. dubna. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221130161042/https://www.mpo.cz/cz/rozcestnik/pro-media/tiskove-zpravy/o-_osetrovne_-pro-osvc-bude-mozne-zadat-od-1--dubna--a-to-pres-zivnostenske-urady--253699/