Table for granting benefit and duration of payment thereof as well as for benefit % of the average income per calendar day:
| Reason for release from work | Type of certificate | % until 30.06.2009 |
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Benefit is paid | How and by whom benefit is paid as of 01.07.2009 |
| Illness | Certificate for sick leave | 80 | As of the second day | Up to 182 days (up to 240 days in the case of tuberculosis) |
First 3 days are without benefit The Health Insurance Board pays 70% as of the 9th day |
| Out-of-work injury | Up to 182 days | ||||
| Injury sustained in traffic | |||||
| Quarantine | Up to 7 days |
First 3 days are without benefit The employer pays 70% from the 4th until the 7th day of quarantine |
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| Occupational disease | 100 | Up to 182 days |
(so no changes) |
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| Occupational accident | |||||
| Complication or illness as a result of an occupational accident | |||||
| Injury sustained in protecting the interests of the state or the society or in obstructing a criminal offence | |||||
| Nursing a child under 12 years of age | Certificate for care leave | 100 at home, 80 in hospital | As of the first day | Up to 14 days |
The Health Insurance Board pays 80% from the first day irrespective of where the nursing takes place |
| Nursing a sick family member at home | 80 | Up to 7 days |
The Health Insurance Board pays from the first day (so no changes) |
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| Taking care of a child under 3 years of age or a disabled child under 16 years of age while the mother of the child is ill or receiving obstetrical care | 80 | Up to 10 days | |||
| Adopting a child under 10 years of age |
Certificate for adoption leave |
100 |
70 days |
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| Pregnancy and maternity leave |
Certificate for maternity leave |
140 days, additional 14 days |
It is possible to receive maternity benefit up to 140 days | ||
| NEW! Illness or injury during pregnancy |
Certificate for sick leave | Up to 182 days |
Starting from 01.07.2009 The Health Insurance Board pays 70% from the 2nd day |
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| Transfer to another position | 80 or wage differential |
As of the first day of commencement of easier work or assumption of new position | Up to 60 days in the case of illness,
until pregnancy and maternity leave in the case of pregnancy |
It is possible to receive benefit of 70% only in the case of pregnancy until pregnancy and maternity leave |
See also the same table in Estonian HERE and in Russian HERE.
