Additional care allowance for whom and how to obtain?

On 25 March, the Polish government announced the closure of all educational institutions. It’s part of a plan to limit the formation of large clusters of people. The goal was to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading. Schools are closed for four weeks. The coronavirus speciality therefore provides for the provision of child parents up to 8 years of age with additional care allowance.

In accordance with the communication published on the Social Insurance Institution website, two conditions need to be met in order to be able to apply for extra welfare benefits. It benefits parents or legal guardians of children who:

• care of a child under 8 (until the day before his eighth birthday)
• are covered by sickness insurance

Insurance is covered by employees, contractors or non-agricultural persons (company managers, self-employed).

According to coronavirus speciality, the period of payment of the supplementary allowance is not included in the total limit of 60 days that parents or legal guardians are entitled to care for the child until the age of 14.

In order to receive an additional care allowance, a statement must be made to your employer or payer. The model document is available on the ZUS website. On the other hand, non-agricultural persons make a statement directly to ZUS.

The statement should include information on the combined period of childcare. The benefit is paid for each day of care and is financed by the Social Insurance Fund. Allowance is due to one of the two working parents.

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