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Cash Transfer for Unpaid Leave Takers

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

A cash payment (Помощ за родители, които ползват неплатен отпуск поради извънредното положени) was provided for unpaid leave takers

History

Country

Bulgaria

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash for care

Eligibility

Parents whose child aged under 12 attended an ECEC setting or a school as of 13/03/2020, with insurance for the last six months, being on unpaid leave for at least 20 successive working days due to an inability to work from home during the state of emergency, without other assistance under the Social Assistance Act, and not earning more than BGN 610 (per each family member)

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

11/04/2020 (retroactively from 13/03/2020)

End Date

N/A

Amount

A one-off payment of BGN 375

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

UNDP COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker: https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/ Eurofound (2020) COVID-19: Assistance for parents taking unpaid leave due to a state of emergency, measure BG-2020-11/499 (measures in Bulgaria), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/BG-2020-11_499.html