Child raising support (GYET or gyermeknevelési támogatás, which is generally available for large families with the youngest child aged between 3 and 8 and the oldest child aged under 18, was temporarily extended
History
Country
Hungary
Policy Area
Parental leave
Measure
Paid parental leave
Eligibility
Parents whose GYET finished during the state emergency situation
Type
Cash (social assistance)
Start / Announced Date
16/03/2020 (retroactively from 11/03/2020)
End Date
18/06/2020
Amount
Ft28,500 per month regardless of the number of children
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Gábos, A and Makay Zs. (2020) ‘Hungary country note,’ in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/
Hajdú, J. (2017) The Hungarian maternity/paternity and family cash benefits system. Available at: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/69140/1/polay_068_157-170.pdf