In Russia, a pregnancy and childbirth allowance is due to every pregnant and giving birth woman, regardless of her occupation and social status. The amount of payments, however, is somewhat different in each individual case.
How to get your first payment for early pregnancy
The first allowance should be received at the place of work or study, its amount is 515 rubles. To receive a payment, a pregnant woman needs to write a corresponding application and attach a certificate from the clinic about early registration to it.
Medical care in state polyclinics is free of charge, and monitoring during pregnancy is necessary to avoid complications and infections dangerous for the child, including rubella (rubella).
The first payment at an early date is paid to all pregnant women, without exception, who are registered with the antenatal clinic before the 12-week gestation period.
How to calculate your maternity allowance
The maternity allowance is a lump sum, and its amount directly depends on the salary and all taxable payments received by the mother in childbirth over the past two years, it is 100 percent of the average earnings.
The period of maternity leave itself with the issuance of a sick leave is calculated based on the following terms:
- 140 calendar days in the normal course of pregnancy and childbirth;
- 156 days for complications of pregnancy or childbirth;
- 194 days for multiple pregnancies.
The allowance must be legally assigned within 10 days after the submission of the application and the certificate of incapacity for work from the antenatal clinic, and paid on the next set day of receipt of the salary.
The amount of total income for the year for calculating the benefit is limited. So, for 2012 the "ceiling" was 512,000 rubles, and for 2013 - 568,000 rubles.
For officially unemployed women, the benefit is directly correlated with the minimum wage (minimum wage), which in 2014 was set at 5,554 rubles. The same amount serves as the basis for calculating the maternity benefit for the unemployed, if the average earnings do not exceed the established minimum wage or the total insurance experience does not reach 6 months.
The lower and upper limits of the size of the maternity allowance, depending on the number of vacation days for 2014, will be as follows:
- 140 days - from 25,578 to 206,840 rubles;
- 156 days - from 28 501 to 230 479 rubles;
- 194 days - from 34,553 to 286,621 rubles.
Women who were dismissed during maternity leave in connection with the liquidation of the organization and registered at the employment center within a year are paid a monthly allowance by the social security authorities - 515 rubles.
Additional payments due to the wives of military personnel
A lump sum allowance for a pregnant wife of a military serviceman is paid for a gestational age of at least 180 days if the husband is called up for military service. The amount of the allowance is 21761, 88 rubles. The wives of cadets of military educational institutions do not have the right to such an allowance.
At the birth of a child, the family of a conscript soldier is entitled to a monthly allowance in the amount of 9326.52 rubles. for every child.
