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Extended Child Homecare Allowancese

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

Child homecare allowances for uninsured parents (GYES or gyermekgondozási segély), which are generally available for parents or grandparents until children's third birthday, were temporarily extended

History

Country

Hungary

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Parents whose GYES 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 child per month

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