The National Insurance will pay a quarantine benefit to employers who paid a salary to employees in quarantine.
It is important to note that, as of 5.8.21, an employee who did not get vaccinated will only be entitled to a reduced quarantine benefit at a 75% rate.
If the employee is not able to receive a vaccine, he or she will be eligible to a full payment - in this case, a relevant medical certificate must be presented to the employer.
Calculation of the quarantine benefit
The quarantine benefit is calculated as follows:
Payment for a "quarantine day" = value of a sick day + employer costs for insurance contributions paid by the employer to the employee (percentages).
The payment for the quarantine period will be calculated as follows:
- For the first full day of quarantine – the employer will receive a payment for the first day only for period of quarantine that occurred between 21.12.21 and 31.1.22..
- For the second day of quarantine – the employer will receive 100% of the payment for the day of quarantine paid to the employee.
- For the remaining days – the employer will receive a payment according to the number of employees in the company (from 1.8.2020), as follows:
- Those employing 20 employees or less – will receive 75% of the payment for the day of quarantine paid to the employee.
- Those who employ more than 20 employees – will receive 50% of the payment for the quarantine day paid to the employee.
Please note that an employer who, as of August 2020, had no activity and did not employ any workers will be entitled to receive a payment as an employer with fewer than 20 employees. On the other hand, an employer who was active in August 2020 and has filed either no declaration at all or a declaration of non-employment – will not be able to submit a claim until he has corrected his declaration.
Important information!
- Payment for the quarantine period is only made according to the days indicated in the declaration received by the Ministry of Health.
- The calculation of the cost of quarantine day will be determined for the entire quarantine duty period – if the period lasted over several months, the calculation will be based on the salary data of the month of the start of quarantine.
- Debts of employers will not be deducted from the payment.
- Indemnity for employer's expenses - for quarantine periods occurring from 5.8.21, the maximum indemnity for employer's expenses in relation to the employee's salary (such as: social benefits and employers' insurance contributions), will reach up to 30% of the employee's salary.
- Rest days and holidays will be deducted from the payment – the calculation is numerical and not calendar. For a monthly employee who works 6 days a week, one rest day will be deducted every 7 days. A monthly employee who worked 5 days or less per week will have 2 days of rest deducted. The deduction of rest days is in accordance with Section 26(9)c of the Economic Assistance Program Law (Novel Coronavirus).