As in Belarus expect hospital for young professionals and mothers after the decree

Belarusian legislation protects the interests of young employees and mothers after the decree and guarantees them sick pay even with minimal experience, the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti” with reference to the Ministry of labor and social protection.

For a young employee who took a position and soon after opened a sick leave, the key guideline is his actual earnings for the days worked. If the average daily income is too low, the minimum wage (currently 858 BYN) is taken as the basis for the calculation.

A special approach applies to women who have left parental leave, worked less than a month and again took sick leave. In this case, the calculation is also based on actual earnings or on the minimum wage (if the income is too low). At the same time, parental leave is excluded from the calculation period.

It is important to note that the maximum size of a sick leave cannot be higher than three average salaries in the republic in the month preceding the month in which the disability certificate was issued.