In Russia from January 1, 2023 rise maximum amount of sickness benefit. The agency writes about it on Tuesday, December 20. “Hitting the Primer” Regarding the press service of the Social Insurance Fund (FSS).
The daily “ceiling” of payments will be 2,736.99 rubles, and a month from the text (31 days) – 84,846.69 rubles.
It has been announced that workers with more than eight years of work experience can count on this money. In this case, on sick leave, you can receive 100% of the average earnings, but the FSS cannot be more than the amount specified as the maximum.
“The calculation method remains the same – the pay for sick leave is directly dependent on the employee’s income and length of service in the previous two years.
If the experience is less than five years, the person receives only 60% of the average earnings. If the experience is between five and eight years, the allowance is 80%,” he said.
In addition, from 2023, sick leave payments will also be received by employees working under civil law contracts (GPC).
On January 1, amendments to the Federal Law of July 14, 2022 N 237 will enter into force, to which the list of insured persons in the system of compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with maternity is added.
Persons with a civil law contract (GPA) will also be insured. “This innovation means that GPA employees will be eligible for temporary disability benefits in 2023 if the sum of insurance premiums calculated from payments made in their favor by policyholders within the framework of their employment relationship in 2022 is not less than the cost. insurance year,” the FSS said.
The cost of the insurance year is equal to the minimum wage x 12 months x 2.9% at the beginning of the year. At the beginning of 2022, the minimum wage was 13,890 rubles. Thus, the cost of the insurance year for employees under the GPA will be 4,833.72 rubles.
In addition, if a district coefficient is applied in the neighborhood, the minimum wage should be increased accordingly. The Fund concluded that the calculation of temporary disability benefits for employees under a GPC contract would be the same as for employees under employment contracts, based on two years of earnings or minimum wage.
Let us add that at the beginning of December, a bill was submitted to the State Duma providing for the payment of an annual supplement, namely the 13th old-age pension. A year ago, a similar document was received from Vladimir Zhirinovsky, which received a negative opinion from the government. Experts point out that even now the question is where to get the necessary funds (about 600 billion rubles), remains open.
Against this background, the average weekly expenditure of Russians increased by 4.4%, according to the study. “Romir”. According to his estimates, the index amounted to 6,221 rubles. It grew by 7% in annual dynamics.
The average weekly invoice index increased by 2.6% and amounted to 716 rubles in monetary terms. (an average purchase amount in the store). The study notes that the indicator is 3.8% higher compared to the same period last year.
Source: Gazeta
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