Updated as of 25. 3. 2020
Parents of children up to the age of 13 are entitled to attendance benefits for as long as schools and child-care facilities are closed as part of the emergency measures adopted against the coronavirus pandemic.
The benefit will be paid retroactively and for all the days the parent was home with the child, even after the initial 9 days for which it is normally paid. Parents are entitled to this benefit even if the child-care facility closure was ordered by the organizer of such facility and not the government. Two parents can take turns caring for the child and can switch places as many times as they need (until now, it was only possible to switch once in who was home caring for the child).
Applications relating to all sickness insurance benefits, including attendance allowance, may be handled electronically (scanned and sent by email to the employer), even without the insured person’s electronic signature, it is not necessary to deliver them in person or send by post.
The basis for calculating attendance benefits is the average daily income for the decisive period (usually 12 months before the month in which the need for care arose). This is further regulated by three reduction limits, thus creating the so-called reduced daily assessment base. The attendance benefit allowance is paid for each calendar day and amounts to 60 % of the reduced daily assessment base. In reality, for example for someone with an average wage this would amount to approximately 70 % of their net income.
Self-employed people can claim a daily attendance benefit of 424 CZK.
The new law was already discussed and supported by the Parliament and there is no reason why it should not pass, but it still needs to be approved by the Senate and the President. It is advised not to claim this prolonged attendance benefit yet and to wait until the law is approved, which
should hopefully happen soon, and then the benefit will be paid retroactively as well to those who are already home with their children.
Please feel free to contact us in case of any further questions at
karolina.neuvirtova@interexpert.cz
