An Extension of Caregiver's Allowance (Rozšíření Ošetřovného) was made
History
Country
Czechia
Policy Area
Parental leave
Measure
Paid parental leave
Eligibility
Employed individuals or workers with non-standard employment contracts who had to take time off from work to care for children aged between 6 and 13 (previously children aged under 10) due to the closure of ECEC settings or schools
Type
Cash (social insurance)
Start / Announced Date
27/03/2020
End Date
31/06/2020
Amount
80% of the daily calculation base
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Eurofound (2020) Care allowance during emergency period for homeschooling 6 to 13 year-old children, case CZ-2020-12/357 (measures in Czechia), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch
Gentilini, U., Almenfi, M., Orton, I. and Dale, P. (2021) Social protection and jobs responses to COVID-19: a real-time review of country measures ("living paper” version 15). 14 May 2021. Available at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33635