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
Country
HungaryPolicy Area
Parental leaveMeasure
Paid parental leaveEligibility
Parents whose GYED finished during the state emergency situationType
Cash (social insurance)Start / Announced Date
16/03/2020 (retroactively from 11/03/2020)End Date
18/06/2020Amount
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/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
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.pdfAccess the full dataset here