What benefits are there for pregnant women? All about maternity benefits: when and who pays, what is the maximum and minimum amount? When should benefits be paid?

Exciting 9 months fly by unnoticed, and now future mom begins to do pleasant chores - preparing a cozy “nest” for her baby, buying him clothes, diapers and toys.

The joyful anticipation of the birth of a toddler is often accompanied by concern about the financial component of the issue. Therefore, expectant mothers and those women who are just planning to expand their family strive to obtain the maximum amount of information about what maternity benefits they are entitled to. Can every pregnant woman count on financial assistance and support from the state? The answer will, unfortunately, be negative. In addition, the amount of financial assistance will be different in each individual case.

Maternity payments in 2017

Maternity payments 2017: types of benefits

There are several types of financial assistance in the form of benefits for women in special situations, which are assigned to expectant mothers in certain cases. What benefits are due during pregnancy?

“Maternity” – the right to receive this type of financial support is available to women whose pregnancy has “exceeded” 30 weeks (if they are expecting one toddler). If two or more toddlers have settled in a woman’s womb, then she can go on a well-deserved rest from the 28th week.
A one-time benefit to which expectant mothers who apply to the antenatal clinic in advance are entitled (the waiting period for the baby should not exceed 12 weeks at the time of contacting the antenatal clinic).
Women in a situation whose spouses are undergoing conscript service. This type of support for women is also lump sum payment on pregnancy.

Payment of maternity benefits 2017: grounds for receiving financial compensation

When processing any type of payment, and maternity benefits are no exception, it is necessary to provide documentary evidence of the existence of grounds for receiving financial assistance. What documents does the expectant mother need to prepare for calculating benefits?

Sick leave.
Application for maternity benefits.
Certificate of income, on the basis of which the benefit amount will be calculated.

The Social Insurance Fund makes payments for sick leave for pregnancy, which is calculated individually in each case, within 10 days from the date of receipt of information from the enterprise. In addition, there are other nuances when applying for this financial assistance:

A woman must provide a certificate of incapacity for work to calculate the amount of financial assistance no later than 6 months from the end of her sick leave.
One of the most important differences between this type of assistance and other benefits for the baby, which the father of the baby can apply for, is that only a woman can apply for this type of payment.
Financial compensation is not provided to a woman in parallel with her salary. The expectant mother must choose either to receive payments for maternity leave, or she does not interrupt her labor activity and generally receives a salary.

Pregnancy: applicants for payments and benefits 2017

Many pregnant women mistakenly believe that the mere fact of having a toddler in the womb gives them the right to financial benefits from the state. This opinion is wrong. The following can count on financial support:

Employed women. The amount of assistance is 100% of the average income for the 24 months preceding the maternity leave. If the expectant mother was a part-time worker at several enterprises, each of the organizations is obliged to accrue maternity benefits for the working employee.
Those who were fired before maternity leave, but managed to register as unemployed during this period.
Female students undergoing full-time (full-time) studies. Whether the training takes place on a budget or contract basis does not matter. Financial support is calculated based on the amount of the scholarship. To calculate the amount of assistance you are entitled to, please contact the dean’s office.
Maternity payments to non-working women are also made, although this statement is not true for everyone. Only those unemployed women who were deprived of their jobs due to the liquidation of the organization can apply for payments.
Women who have registered as individual entrepreneurs. The amount of financial compensation will be influenced by the amount of contributions made to the Social Insurance Fund.
Women military personnel on a contract basis. To calculate financial assistance in this case, the amount of her financial allowance is taken as the basis.
Spouses of conscripts.

In addition, if a woman belongs to one of the categories from the list above and plans to adopt a baby under three months old, she can also apply for government assistance.

One-time financial assistance: payments upon registration in early pregnancy 2017

If a pregnant woman applied to the LCD with the intention of registering in the first weeks (up to the 12th) of an “interesting situation,” she is entitled to an additional payment. The amount is issued once, its amount is 581.73 rubles. This type of assistance is assigned simultaneously with the accrual of payments for sick leave for pregnancy (“maternity leave”), but no later than 10 days after the submission of a document from the housing complex. The benefit does not exclude other accruals due to the woman, but has a number of features that the expectant mother should be aware of.

Applying for payments and maternity benefits 2017

In general, a woman in a position to receive “maternity” financial support must contact her employer. The following situations are exceptions:

If, within six months after the end of the period of sick leave issued in connection with the expectation of the baby and its birth, the woman has not contacted the employer for the required payment, she should go to the Social Insurance Fund. And then the fund will decide whether there was a valid reason for absence and whether it is worth calculating state aid.
The woman is registered as an individual entrepreneur. In this case, she must immediately contact the insurance fund. In this situation, the Social Insurance Fund calculates maternity benefits.
If, when a woman applies to an organization, the latter has ceased to exist or has insufficient funds in its accounts, the mother must also be sent to the Social Insurance Fund.

List of documents for receiving state compensation

A woman who registered for pregnancy before 12 weeks is entitled to payment not only for maternity sick leave, but also a one-time fixed amount. To complete the latter you will need:

A document from the LCD (certificate) confirming that the pregnant woman is being observed earlier than 12 weeks of expecting a baby.
Application for payment of maternity benefits.
Identity document (passport).

Calculation of maternity benefits in 2017

Financial assistance in connection with the expectation of the baby and its subsequent birth is paid one-time, in full amount for the entire period on the certificate of incapacity for work.

Sick leave period

How many days of rest is a mother entitled to in connection with the upcoming birth of the baby into the world?

70 + 70. A total of 140 days is allotted to a mother who is expecting the birth of one baby.
70 + 86. A woman receives a total of 156 days of “vacation” if she gave birth to one toddler, but the birth was pathological (caesarean section).
84 + 110. A total of 194 days of sick leave should be paid to a woman expecting two or more crumbs.

Upper and lower limits of financial aid

To determine the size due payments an important role is played by those preceding maternity leave seniority women.

If at this point the expectant mother has worked for less than six months, then payment of cash assistance is made on the basis of the minimum wage - the minimum wage rate. Until June 30, 2017, its value is 7,500 rubles, so the amount of the minimum benefit during this period will be equal to
7500 * 24 /730 * 140 = 34520.00 rub.

From July 1, 2017, it is planned to increase the minimum wage to 7,800 rubles. If this happens, the woman can count on 35901.37 rubles in financial assistance.

The upper limit of the benefit has also been determined. To calculate it, I use data from 2015 and 2016.

Maximum payment amount 2017 = (718,000 + 680,000) / 730 = 1901.37 * 140 (days of incapacity for work) = 266,191.80 rubles in case natural birth one baby.

If the birth was pathological, the maximum amount of pregnancy benefits will be 353,654.82 rubles. When two or more toddlers are born, the amount of financial assistance is determined in the amount of 368,865.78 rubles.

Rules for calculating the benefit amount

Financial compensation for a woman’s pregnancy and the birth of a baby does not have a clearly defined amount. Its size is influenced by several factors:

Magnitude insurance period women.
Total income for the 2 years that lasted before the start of maternity leave.
Working hours.

As you can see, the timing of pregnancy registration does not affect maternity benefits. When calculating the amount of state assistance for a certificate of incapacity for work, the following formula is used:

C (benefits amount) = D (average daily earnings) * K (number of sick days - 140, 156 or 194), while the following algorithm is used to determine the average daily income:

D = M (monthly income) * 24 / 730
When determining the amount of total monthly income, all types of payments from which taxes are withheld are used. Tax on benefits received (NDFL) is not withheld.

Thus, it is easy to notice that most expectant mothers are entitled to government financial assistance. To ensure that the deadlines for payment of financial support for pregnancy and childbirth are met, promptly provide documents for calculating the compensation due to you.

During pregnancy and postpartum recovery, a woman, like no one else, needs support. Therefore, at work, women are provided with maternity benefits.

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Nowadays, giving birth and raising a child is quite an expensive “pleasure”.

In Russia, the state is loyal to expectant mothers, both in terms of material benefits and in terms of maternity leave; no country that is more economically developed provides such leave, although being a mother and raising a child is also hard work.

Therefore, when going on maternity leave, mothers should know when they must pay maternity benefits at work.

basic information

The size of the one-time amount is fixed, it is 15,512.65 rubles. In addition to this payment, parents will also receive payments for up to six months.

Its size is not fixed, and depends directly on the official salary of one of the parents. It will be as follows:

for officially employed people, the amount is about 40% of the average salary. Payments are made once a month;
for informally employed people, the payment amount corresponds to one minimum wage.

Parents who are unofficially employed receive payments from the local social security authority.

If the father receives money, he must provide evidence that the wife did not receive any other payments.

Up to what age can funds be issued to children?

You can take maternity leave to care for a child up to 3 years. A working woman retains her job at the enterprise for up to 3 years. But maternity payments are made only up to one and a half years.

After a year and a half, the employer pays compensation in the amount of 50 rubles per month, since 1994 there has never been an indexation of this amount, the amount is ridiculous, and sometimes it may not even be enough for travel.

How much do you have to pay (monthly amount)

According to all established rules, maternity leave lasts 140 days, 70 days before birth, and 70 days after birth, with the exception of multiple pregnancy, therefore payments occur depending on the duration of the maternity leave.

Maternity payments are accrued according to a certain calculation procedure and in the amount prescribed by law:

The amounts of maternity benefits are based on and are paid at 100%, regardless of length of service.

Is it possible to register benefits at my husband’s place of work?

If both parents work officially and, while going on maternity leave, decided that benefits would be paid at the husband’s place of work, then the wife needs to obtain a certificate from the accounting department of her organization stating that there were no payments.

Payment amounts are made for each child separately. For one child there is a one-time payment of 16,350 rubles.

In order for the father to be able to receive payments at his place of work, it is necessary to submit a special application to the accounting department and attach some documents to it:

passports of both parents;
marriage registration;
a certificate from the wife’s place of work stating that she did not receive any payments;
baby's birth certificate.

If the question is about monthly child benefits, then the parents come from the one who has the higher official salary, since such benefits will be in the amount of 40% of the salary.

Actions in case of breach of contract

Failure to pay maternity benefits entails a violation of the mother's rights and a violation of the law.

Let's look at what each of the payments represents.

Maternity benefit (M&B)

By law, an employed woman can go on maternity leave when her pregnancy reaches thirty weeks. If the ultrasound shows not one child, but twins, then the time for going on vacation is moved forward by two weeks. From now on, the pregnant woman can stay at home, and her salary is replaced by maternity benefits.

But not only employed people are entitled to maternity benefits. Those who lost their jobs due to the liquidation of an enterprise, full-time students, and contract military personnel can also apply for money from the state. In addition to pregnant women, this benefit can be applied for by adoptive parents who belong to the categories listed earlier.

Payments for childbirth will not be made if a woman has left one maternity leave for another and is already receiving money to care for her first child. You can only choose one of the payments. It is convenient to compare which benefit will be higher in cost using a maternity benefits calculator.

Also, you should not count on financial assistance if you refuse to go on maternity leave in favor of a job. The accrual of benefits will begin only after the application for leave has been written.

Maternity benefits will be paid by the employer or the social security department. To complete it, you must write an application accompanied by a maternity sick leave certificate. You can get the latter at the antenatal clinic. It is issued at thirty or twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy.

To calculate maternity benefits, you will be required to present a certificate of average earnings from all employers if you are registered with several organizations. Documents can be provided in person or sent by email.

The maternity benefit is paid in full, which is why it is a one-time benefit. For working women, the benefit is transferred to the card along with the next salary, for non-working women - by mail or to a bank account before the 27th day of the month following the one in which the application was written.

The calculation of benefits is determined by the employment option. For workers it is equal to the average earnings, for those who lost their jobs due to liquidation - 613.14 rubles, for female students - the amount of the scholarship, for contract workers - the amount of monetary allowance. However, if you work at the place from which you are going on vacation for less than half a year, then the amount of payments is limited to the minimum wage.

The minimum value of payments in 2018 is the minimum wage, and the maximum is limited to: 282,106.70 rubles. - during normal childbirth; RUB 314,347.47 - during complicated childbirth; RUB 390,919.29 - during multiple pregnancy.

Read more about payment of child benefits

Question answer

Can the child's father receive a BiP?

The father and other family members cannot, since this benefit is intended only for women.

What is the application period?

It is better to apply for benefits immediately upon receipt of a sick leave certificate at the consultation. There is no need to delay, since the period is limited when the child reaches six months of age.

When do you receive benefits?

The benefit is paid either until the 27th of the month following the application, or on the day of salary.

To calculate, you need to calculate the average income for the last two years and multiply it by the number of days of maternity leave (140/156/194 days). You can also do this using our calculator.

Salary for what period is taken into account in the calculation and does this period include sick leave and vacation?

Income for the two years preceding the decree is taken into account. For example, if you went on maternity leave in 2018, your income for 2016 and 2017 is averaged. Vacations are also included in the calculations. The exception is sick days and maternity and child care leave. In the case when one maternity leave follows another without going to work, this period can be replaced in the calculation by other years when wages were calculated.

Is it possible to fire a pregnant woman and where can she apply for payment if the company goes bankrupt?

If you are in a position, then you can be fired only in case of bankruptcy and liquidation of the organization, but the benefits will still be paid. To do this you need to submit an application and necessary documents to the social security authorities, having the relevant certificates in hand.

How are maternity benefits calculated if a woman worked two jobs?

When combining benefits during the two years preceding the maternity leave, both employers are required to pay benefits.

How will benefits change if I worked part-time?

If a woman worked part-time before maternity leave, the benefit will also be half as much as if she worked full-time.

Is there a benefit if a pregnant woman is studying at a university?

For full-time students, benefits are calculated based on the amount of the scholarship.

Where should the unemployed go?

Payments of benefits to unemployed pregnant women are carried out by social protection authorities.

Birth benefit

If maternity payments are issued and accrued even before the child is born, then this payment can only be received after his birth. The benefit is provided to either parent and is a one-time payment. If you have not one, but two or more children at once, then the amount is allocated to each of them. In case of accidents when a child is stillborn, it is not paid.

Today the minimum payments are 16,350.33 rubles. The amount may increase by multiplying by the regional coefficient, depending on the area of residence. This payment does not depend on income, length of service and other factors.

To receive the money owed, you must contact the accounting department at your enterprise or the nearest FSS department with a corresponding application. You will be asked to attach to it a birth certificate, which is issued upon discharge from the maternity hospital, and a certificate stating that the child’s father did not formalize the payment. When applying to the social security service, unemployed people also need to have with them an extract from their work record book, if available.

Read more about applying for child birth benefits.

Question answer

When should I apply for benefits?

The application and certificates must be submitted no later than the child turns six months old.

When should benefits be paid?

The payment is transferred no later than ten days after writing the application or before the 27th of the next month.

How are maternity benefits calculated at the birth of a child?

The one-time benefit is calculated by multiplying by the basic and regional coefficient, and the number of children born is also taken into account. The calculator will help you calculate them quickly and accurately.

If I am unemployed and my husband is employed, can I apply for benefits for him?

Yes, payment to either parent is allowed. But then he needs to provide a certificate stating that you did not receive this money and do not claim it.

Child care allowance up to one and a half years old

As soon as maternity leave comes to an end, the child’s mother or another relative (not necessarily a close one) can take out a leave to care for him, which will last until he reaches the age of 1 year and 6 months. The benefits due to those on vacation are no longer accrued as a lump sum, but monthly. It is intended to replace the wages of a person who sits at home with a baby.

Monthly maternity benefits must be issued before the child reaches the age of two. They are paid after drawing up an application, to which is attached the child’s birth certificate. If you are adopting a child, you will need a certificate confirming this.

Additionally, you must provide a certificate stating that the other parent (or both, if another relative is with the child) does not receive this benefit. If over the past two years you have managed to change your place of employment, then you also need to take a certificate from your previous employer with the amount of your salary. This certificate will be required to calculate the amount of maternity leave. All documents can be submitted not only in person, but also via the Internet.

Within ten days after submitting the documents, you will be assigned a benefit, which will be paid monthly until the baby turns 1 year and 6 months. The payment day coincides with the salary transfer.

This benefit depends on the average income for two years and amounts to 40% of its value. However, options for paying a fixed amount are possible. In 2018, the minimum payments are as follows: for the first child - 3788.33 rub., for the second and subsequent children - 6284.65 rub. per month. The maximum is limited to RUB 24,536.57/month.

Read more about the intricacies of applying for child care benefits for children up to 1.5 years old

Question answer

Can someone other than the child's mother receive benefits?

In addition to the child’s mother, any relative can take leave to care for the child. For example, if the wife’s salary is higher than that of her husband, then it is more profitable for her to go to work and register for her husband maternity leave.

How are payments calculated?

Monthly payments are calculated as the average daily earnings over the last two years, multiplied by 40% and an indicator of 30.4. The amount of earnings itself cannot be higher than the established control values, which change annually and are recorded in the Social Insurance Fund database. Our calculator allows you to simplify the calculation of maternity benefits online.

What to do if another child is born during maternity?

At the birth of another baby, the mother can choose the benefit that is more profitable for her to receive. Payments for a second child are usually higher, so women often choose this option. This is permitted by law.

Will benefits continue to be paid if I go back to work and maternity leave has not yet ended?

If you work full time, the benefits will stop being paid. However, you can shorten it by just a couple of minutes, and the benefit will remain, since the law does not stipulate how long the shortened shift should last. There is only a minimum limit of 4 hours. This scheme is only possible when the benefit is paid by the same employer you work for.

How are maternity pay calculated when working two jobs?

You are entitled to payment from only one employer. From whom exactly, you choose yourself. Also take a certificate stating that the benefit was not paid elsewhere.

What to do when liquidating a company?

You must apply for benefits to the social security authorities.

Here is an excerpt from Federal Law dated December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with maternity"

Article 11.1. Conditions and duration of payment of monthly child care benefits

A monthly child care benefit is paid to insured persons (mother, father, other relatives, guardians) who actually care for the child and are on parental leave, from the date of granting child care leave until the child reaches the age of one and a half years.
The right to a monthly child care allowance is retained if the person on parental leave works part-time or at home and continues to care for the child.
Mothers entitled to maternity benefits, during the period after childbirth, have the right from the day of birth of the child to receive either a maternity benefit or a monthly child care benefit with credit for previously paid maternity benefits if the amount of the monthly child care benefits are higher than maternity benefits.
If a child is cared for by several persons at the same time, the right to receive a monthly child care benefit is granted to one of these persons.

Maternity benefits are social assistance to families in which Small child. Such assistance is necessary because during this period parents are most vulnerable financially.

Vacation registration

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Maternity benefits should be issued in various ways, depending on the types of payments and life circumstances. Working women apply for all benefits at their place of work.

Payment for the temporary disability certificate received must be made within ten days from the date of submission of documents and the employee writing an application.

Receipt of benefits for caring for a child under one and a half years old begins from the moment the temporary disability certificate expires.

In addition, there is a federal law on social insurance in case of temporary disability and maternity ().

Reasons for receiving

The grounds for receiving maternity benefits are the fact of pregnancy, the birth of a child and caring for him at an early age.

In some cases, only women have the right to receive them, and in others, both parents.

Registration procedure

Since there are currently several types of benefits related to pregnancy and childbirth, they are issued in various ways.

One hundred percent of the average salary is used to pay for sick leave, and only forty percent of it for the period of caring for the baby.

Unemployed women do not receive the first benefit, but the second is paid to them in the form of a fixed amount.

If mom is unemployed

If a woman expecting a baby does not work under an employment contract, then in this case she must understand that she will not be paid for the sick leave period associated with pregnancy and childbirth.

She will be able to receive only the minimum benefit for the period of caring for the baby up to one and a half years.

In this situation, the benefit will be assigned from the moment the child is born, and not seventy days after the birth.

The payment will be made by the social support service. In this case, money will also be transferred once a month.

Who pays - the Social Insurance Fund or the employer?

Payment of maternity benefits is carried out from the reserves of the social insurance fund.

Employers use their money only if the fund does not transfer funds to the company on time social payment, but later the entire amount will be reimbursed to him in full.

If deadlines are missed

If the deadlines for paying a lump sum benefit for the birth of a child in 2019 are violated by employers, then in this case employees have the right to appeal to the prosecutor or court.