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Crisis Caregiver's Allowance

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

A Crisis Caregiver's Allowance (Krizové ošetřovné) was provided to allow 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

Employed individuals or workers with non-standard employment contracts who had to care for children aged under 10

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

30/10/2020

End Date

30/06/2021

Amount

70% of the daily calculation base up to Kč400 per day during during the closure of schools or other facilities for children

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Eurofound (2020) Care allowance in crisis - during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, case CZ-2020-42/1383 (measures in Czechia), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch