Pandemic Care Benefit

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

A Pandemic Care Benefit (Pandemického Ošetrovného) was provided to allow people to take time off from work to care for children during the school closure

History

Country

Slovakia

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Employed or self-employed individuals and non-standard workers with children aged under 12 who could not attend ECEC settings or schools due to their closure, illness or self-quarantine

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

27/03/2020

End Date

30/04/2021

Amount

Until March 2021: 55% Between 01/04/2021 and 30/04/2021: 75%

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Dančíková, Z. (2020) ‘Slovak Republic country note’, in Blum, S., Koslowski, A., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/ Eurofound (2020) Introduction of a pandemic nursing benefit, case SK-2020-13/294 (measures in Slovakia), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch Gerbery, D. and Bednárik, R. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Slovakia. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=25&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0 UNDP COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker: https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/