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Extended Employment-related Childcare Benefits

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

Employment-related childcare benefits for insured parents (GYED or gyermekgondozási díj), which are generally available from the end of maternity leave until children's second birthday or twin children's third birthday, were temporarily extended

History

Country

Hungary

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Parents whose GYED finished during the state emergency situation

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

16/03/2020 (retroactively from 11/03/2020)

End Date

18/06/2020

Amount

70% of average daily earnings calculated for the last 180 days prior to birth, up to a limit of 70% of twice the minimum daily wage (i.e. Ft161,000)

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