Compensation for Loss of Earnings During ECEC/School Closure

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.22128308

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The government compensated for the loss of parents' earnings caused by the closure of ECEC settings and schools

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Country

Switzerland

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Employees and the self-employed who had to take care for their children aged under 12 (or those aged under 20 attending a special school) due to the closure of ECEC setting or schools and who were insured by AVS/AHV (Swiss social security insurance)

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

20/03/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

For employed parents: 80% of income up to CHF 196 per day until the end date of the special COVID-19 leave legislation For self-employed parents: 80% of income up to CHF 196 per day for up to 30 days

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

OECD (2020) Paid sick leave policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Version 30 June 2020. Available at: www.oecd.org/employment/COVID19-paid-sick-leave-policy-responses.xlsx Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen (2020) Coronavirus: Massnahmenpaket zur Abfederung der wirtschaftlichen Folgen. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221121205802/https://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/de/home/publikationen-und-service/medieninformationen/nsb-anzeigeseite.msg-id-78515.html