Conditions of entitlement


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Wife

  • Payment of insurance contributions for 10 out of the 14 months prior to the determining date, or 15 months out of the 22 months prior to the determining date - the intended mother will be entitled to a birth and parenthood allowance for 15 weeks (105 days).
  • Payment of insurance contributions for six out of the 14 months prior to the determining date - the intended mother will be entitled to a birth and parenthood allowance for eight weeks (56 days).
The following months are considered months in which insurance contributions were paid:
  • Months in which the intended mother worked as a salaried employee and her employer paid insurance contributions, or months in which she was self-employed and paid insurance contributions herself;
  • Months in which the intended mother received a birth and parenthood allowance or vacation pay, injury allowance, unemployment benefit, accident injury allowance, bed rest pregnancy benefit or work disability at 100% rate;
  • The two first months of unpaid leave;
  • Months in which the mother was undergoing vocational training if she was a salaried worker or self-employed for 30 consecutive days before the determining date;
  • Months in which the mother was in regular army service and worked after those months.

Husband

Payment of insurance contributions as a salaried employee or self-employed for 10 out of the 14 months prior to the determining date or 15 months out of the 22 months prior to the determining date - the intended father will be entitled to a birth and parenthood allowance for 15 weeks (105 days).

Please note: The periods of work to be taken into account for self-employed parents are only those in which insurance contributions were paid.