For the birth of 2 children in Belarus. Child birth benefit in Belarus: accrual period, payment amounts, documents

There are several payments made before and after the birth of a child in neighboring Belarus. The state takes good care of families who decide to have a child. Many parents are planning to make large joint purchases for this important period in their lives.

The expectant mother receives her first money when she goes on so-called maternity leave at 30 weeks of pregnancy. This payment is entirely dependent on the woman's salary and wages. Because planned sick leave usually lasts 126 days, then the size of the total amount can be calculated by multiplying the average daily earnings for 6 months by these 126 days.

Only those women who prudently registered with the antenatal clinic at their place of residence before 12 weeks of pregnancy can count on the next large amount.

After the birth of the baby, the mother will receive 100% of the BPM (living wage budget). In August 2016, this amount is 175 rubles. 50 kopecks (1,755,0000) or $88.

The largest benefit associated with the birth of a child is a one-time benefit.

It currently amounts to 1,755 rubles (17,550,000) or $878 for the first child and 2,457 rubles (24,570,000) or $1,229 for the second and subsequent children.

After birth and until the child turns three years old, the mother is paid a monthly allowance in the amount of 35% of the average monthly salary (today it is 252.39 (2,523,900) BYR) or $126 for the first-born and 40% of the average monthly salary (288.44 (2 884,400) Belarusian rubles) or $144 for the second, third and subsequent children.

How much do they pay for the birth of a child in 2017?

What will the benefit for the birth of a child be in 2017? It should be recalled that wages at the beginning of 2017 were increased to 780 rubles. Accordingly, financial assistance for the maintenance of a child under three years of age has also changed in size for the better.

Here are the amounts of these social payments:

• At the birth of their first child, future parents can count on 262 rubles;
• At the birth of the second and all subsequent ones, the amount will be about 300 rubles;
• At the birth of a child with health problems (who have the status of a disabled person), 336 rubles will be paid.

If a family is counting on a one-time payment, then in 2017 it will be:

• At the birth of the first child – 1800 rubles;
• At the birth of the second and all subsequent ones - 2500 rubles.

It should be recalled that only those women who managed to register with the antenatal clinic before the twelfth week of pregnancy can apply for a one-time payment. If this happens later, you will not be able to receive this payment.

The assistance that is received monthly to families with disabled children and other categories of citizens provided for by law will amount to 126 rubles in 2017.

Monthly assistance to parents of disabled children provides financial assistance until the child reaches adulthood and amounts to 180 rubles per month.

If there are several children in a family and there is a child under three years old, then parents can qualify for monthly payments in the amount of 90 rubles.

Substantial financial assistance from the state encourages Belarusian citizens to have children and maintain their family happiness.

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In the Republic of Belarus, as in most developed countries of the world, special benefits are paid to non-working mothers raising children. The law also provides for the possibility of paying such benefits to persons who replace the child’s mother - for example, a widowed spouse-father or guardian.

There are several types of child benefits in Belarus. It is paid both as a one-time payment and until the child reaches 3 years of age. The amount of benefits is clearly tied to the subsistence level budget (LSB), the average salary in the country and is regularly indexed.

Types of child benefits in the Republic of Belarus

At the moment there are 3 main types of child benefits:

1. Benefit for women who registered for pregnancy before the 12th week of pregnancy. Its size is equal to the maximum BPM value. Payment of this benefit is usually made after the birth.
2. One-time benefit in connection with the birth of a child. Its value is determined by the number of children born in the family. If this is the first-born, then the state pays the parents (or parent, if the family is single-parent) 10 subsistence minimum budgets. If this is the second and subsequent child, then the payments are already 14 BPM.
3. Child benefit for child care. This is what they most often mean when they talk about child benefits in Belarus. Paid until the child turns 3 years old. For the first child in a family, the benefit is 35% of the average monthly salary in the country. For the second and subsequent ones - already 40%. Cases with disabled children are separately covered - the state pays their parents 45% of the average salary.

Child benefit in 2018, as of July is equal to:

• for child care up to 3 years old - from 312 to 401 rubles;
• one-time in connection with the birth of a child - from 2065 to 2892 rubles;
• women registered for pregnancy before 12 months - 206 rubles.

Other types of child benefits existing in Belarus

The law provides for payments of other types of benefits in addition to the above. Let's name the main ones:

• benefits for disabled children and HIV-infected children. This benefit is paid until children reach 18 years of age. In both cases, its size is 70% of the BPM;
• allowance for caring for a disabled child. Its size is 1 BPM, payments are made to parents or persons replacing them;
• benefits for children aged 3 to 18 years, if the family has one or more other children under 3 years of age. This is a relatively new benefit, existing since 2015. Its size is half of the maximum BPM per capita in Belarus.

Summary table of changes in child benefits in Belarus since 2016

Of course, the amount of Belarusian child benefits cannot be called very high. However, they are indexed several times a year, and the state regularly fulfills its duties and never delays payments. Currently, the amount of child benefits in Belarus is absolutely adequate to the current economic situation and is an important part of the family budget for many residents of the country.

Child benefit is a social payment made by the state to non-working mothers or other persons who replace them in accordance with current legislation (guardians, single fathers, etc.).

In Belarus, there are several types of child benefits, paid both once and over a certain period of time. The amounts, frequency and duration of payments depend on the specific situation.

Benefit up to 12 weeks

One-time benefit. The expectant mother must register with the antenatal clinic no later than 12 weeks of pregnancy. The amount of payment coincides with the subsistence level budget and is reviewed quarterly. The amount is paid after the birth along with the birth benefit.

Payments upon birth of a child

Payment in connection with the birth of a child is a one-time payment. Its size depends on the number of children in the family: upon the birth of the first child, 10 BPM are paid, and for each subsequent child, 14 BPM.

You should contact social security with a corresponding application before the child reaches 6 months of age, and submit:

• passport;
• birth certificate and certificate;
• birth certificates for each of the older children (if available).

Depending on the situation, social security workers may request additional documents, for example, certificates of residence or family composition, an extract from the work record book, etc.

Child care allowance up to 3 years old

Payments are made monthly until the child reaches three years of age (until the end of maternity leave). The amount of the benefit is calculated as a legally established percentage of the average monthly salary in the Republic of Belarus:

• 35% - for the first-born;
• 40% – for the second and for each subsequent one;
• 45% – for a disabled child.

The monthly payment amount will be halved if the mother leaves work early at more than half the rate. When working less than half-time, the benefit will remain in full, provided that an employment contract has been concluded with the woman. If the same amount of work is formalized by a civil contract (contract), this is interpreted as an early return to work, so the amount of payments will be halved. The same applies to mothers who are entrepreneurs, private lawyers or notaries, or artisans.

Payments for children with HIV and disabled children

Payments are monthly, paid for each HIV-infected child or disabled person until he reaches adulthood and amount to 70% of the BPM.

Allowance for caring for a disabled child

The benefit is paid to parents or persons who replace them in accordance with current legislation. Payments are made until the disabled child reaches adulthood in an amount corresponding to 1 BPM.

Allowance for children from 3 to 18 years old if there is a child under 3 years old in the family

A relatively new type of payment that appeared in 2015. The amount is 0.5 BPM, the benefit is paid monthly to families with children under three years old, and aged 3-18 years, until the youngest child reaches the age of three.

Summary table:

Who will not receive child benefit?

Payments are not made:

• for children whose parents were deprived of parental rights;
• for children removed from families;
• to surrogate mothers.

Also, benefits are not paid for children raised in family-type orphanages, in foster families, or in state care.

And now we decided to look at how in these same countries the government supports families with small children. In comparison, we did not take into account tax deductions that parents of minor children receive in almost all countries, as well as special benefits that are paid for disabled children, children from military families, and so on.

BELARUS

Belarusians who become mothers for the first time receive from the state a one-time payment of 10 subsistence minimum budgets (15.7 million rubles, or $1,000 at the current exchange rate), and for the second and subsequent times - 14 (21.9 million rubles, or $1,395 ).

In addition, the mother is paid maternity benefits for the time she spent on sick leave (126 days for the birth of one child, 140 for the birth of two or more children at the same time, as well as for complicated births). For each day, a woman receives 100% of her average daily earnings for the last six months. After that, the state will pay her a monthly child care allowance until he turns three years old. This benefit is tied to the average salary in the country. The benefit for the first child is 35% (2 million 344 thousand, or $149), and for the second and subsequent ones - 40% (2 million 679 thousand, or $171).

In addition, last year we introduced benefits for those families with at least one child under three years old and at least one child between 3 and 18 years old. It is equal to 50% of the subsistence level budget (785 thousand, or $50).

RUSSIA

In Russia, all mothers receive a lump sum benefit upon the birth of a child. This year it is 14,498 Russian rubles (approximately $231 at the current exchange rate). Russian women are also paid maternity leave: 140 days for those who give birth for the first time, 194 for those who give birth for the second or subsequent times. During these days, the woman will receive 100% of her average daily earnings for the last two years of work. And thirdly, until the child turns one and a half years old, his mother will receive child care benefits every month. It is equal to 40% of her average salary (not the national average) for the last two years. But in the period from one and a half to three years, mothers do not receive benefits, but only compensation - 50 rubles per month. Now it's less than a dollar.

In addition to general federal benefits, there are regional benefits in Russia. For example, a Muscovite will receive another one-time maternity benefit (equal to one of her salaries), a one-time benefit for the birth of a child (14,498 rubles - approximately $230) and a monthly child care benefit for up to 1.5 years (the same 40% from salary). And, say, in the city of Kurgan and the Kurgan region, local benefits will be different: this is a one-time benefit for the birth of a child, equal to 15,050 rubles ($240), a fixed monthly benefit (2,822 rubles, or $45 - for the first child, 5,644 rubles, or $90 - on the second and subsequent ones).

In addition, in Russia there is also maternity capital. Those who take it this year will receive 453,026 Russian rubles ($7,222). Those who have a second and subsequent child in the family have the right to it, and you can use it three years after his birth. You can spend the capital on improving living conditions, education or a pension for your mother.

LITHUANIA

At the birth of a child, the state pays parents a lump sum benefit of 415 euros. In addition, Lithuanian mothers go on maternity leave for 126 calendar days: 70 before the birth of the child and 56 after. At this time, they will receive the same amount as they received at work - that is, 100% of their average daily earnings. By the way, dad also has the right to take maternity leave, but for 28 calendar days. It will be paid according to the same principle.

After this, parental leave begins - until the child turns three years old. But the state will not pay benefits all this time. There are two options: either receive it for one year in the amount of 90% of the salary, or two years, but then it will be equal to 70% of the salary in the first and 40% in the second, respectively. If a woman gives birth to two or more children at the same time, her benefit also increases. But it cannot exceed the average salary in the country by 3.2 times.

POLAND

Our western neighbors are rather stingy when it comes to young mothers. The one-time benefit for the birth of a child is only 1000 zlotys (about $262). Moreover, not everyone can receive it, but only those who, firstly, registered before the 10th week of pregnancy, and secondly, whose income per person in the family does not exceed 1922 zlotys per month ($503). If twins, triplets, etc. are born, the benefit will be paid for each newborn.

After this, the mother can go on maternity leave for two years, during which she will be paid a monthly allowance of 400 zlotys (about $105). This is where the state's financial assistance ends.

GERMANY

There is no lump sum payment at the birth of a child in Germany, but new parents can claim several different benefits at once. Firstly, this is a child care benefit. It is paid during maternity leave, which lasts 14 months (12 of which must be taken by one parent, and another 2 months by the second). If someone who stays at home with a child earns less than 1,240 euros per month, he will receive 67% of his salary as a benefit, and if more, then 65%. Payments for subsequent children increase by 10%. Those who decide to return to the office part-time during maternity leave will receive a reduced benefit (its amount depends on the number of working hours). And parents, if they wish, can extend the receipt of benefits for two years, but then they will receive half the amount per month.

Secondly, in Germany there are monthly payments for child support. For the first and second children they pay 184 euros per month, for the third - 194 euros, for all subsequent ones - 215 euros. Parents receive this money until the child turns 19 years old. Moreover, these payments can be extended up to 25 years! To do this, the child must either continue to study at the university (you can work part-time, but no more than 20 hours a week), or officially register as unemployed.

And thirdly, in Germany there is a benefit for those who do not send children under three years of age to kindergarten, but raise them at home. It is paid from the 15th to the 36th month of the child’s life, and it amounts to 150 euros per month. It doesn’t matter who is sitting with the baby: mom, dad, grandparents or even a nanny.

GREAT BRITAIN

Maternity leave in Britain begins only after childbirth. The law obliges young mothers to spend at least two weeks at home with their newborn child. In total, parental leave can last no more than a year, but benefits will be paid for 39 weeks. Moreover, for the first six weeks, mommy will be given 90% of her weekly salary (calculated for the last year), and for all the remaining weeks - either the same 90%, or 139 pounds (about $211), if the share of the salary turns out to be more than this amount.

But the state will pay a small allowance for the child until he turns 16 years old. For an only or older child they give 20.7 pounds per week (about $145 per month), for all subsequent children - 13.7 pounds (about $96 per month). However, the benefit can be extended until the offspring turns 20 and if he is studying at a college or university.

American mothers can go on maternity leave for a maximum of 12 weeks after giving birth (sometimes, however, an employer may allow its employee to stay longer). This time is not paid in any way. There are no benefits that are familiar to us in the States at all - neither monthly, nor one-time at the birth of a child, nor any payments for a young mother. You can receive assistance from the state only if the family income does not reach a certain minimum. Each state has its own, but the average amount is about $2,000 per month. And then in this case, mommy will receive not money, but so-called food stamps - food coupons, which can only be used to pay in certain stores.

In Belarus, benefits are being assigned to families raising children in a new way. For example, they introduced additional payments to maternity benefits for those women who receive low payments - students, officially unemployed, as well as those with short work experience and those who receive less than the minimum wage. the site looked at what has changed since July 1 in the payment of benefits to families raising children.

Additional payments to maternity benefits will appear

In Belarus, additional payments have been introduced to the maternity benefit paid in the minimum amount (in the amount of 50% of the BPM for each month established by the certificate of incapacity for work in connection with pregnancy and childbirth, as of July 2017 - 91.91 rubles per month) or close to the minimum size. Additional pay will be given to those women who receive low benefits - schoolchildren, students, the officially unemployed, as well as those with short work experience and those who receive less than the minimum wage.

At the same time, the procedure for paying maternity benefits when providing a certificate of incapacity for work remains the same. Additional payment to maternity benefits will be made after the certificate of incapacity for work is closed. At the same time, only those women who opened sick leave after July 1 will be able to add money.

What will change for individual entrepreneurs, notaries, lawyers, craftsmen?

Not only the child’s parents, but also other relatives and family members will be able to receive child care benefits for children under 3 years of age, not only when they are on parental leave, but also if they are individual entrepreneurs, notaries, lawyers, or artisans. or owners of agricultural estates, while suspending the relevant activities.

Previously, the right to receive benefits in full when the relevant activity was suspended in connection with caring for a child under 3 years of age was provided only for the child’s parents, and for other relatives
- provided that they were on parental leave at their place of work until the child reached the age of 3 years. That is, now individual entrepreneurs, notaries, lawyers, artisans and owners of agricultural estates can suspend these activities in connection with caring for a child under 3 years of age.

How will benefits for disabled children be paid?

For other persons actually caring for a disabled child under the age of 18, the previous conditions for assigning benefits remain the same, provided that they do not work or have any other employment.

At the same time, a condition was introduced for its appointment - the benefit is assigned to them if both parents in a complete family, a parent in an incomplete family, an adoptive parent, a guardian (trustee) of a disabled child are not entitled to a benefit for caring for a disabled child under the age of 18 years old or cannot care for a disabled child due to a Group I disability.

At the same time, benefits for those caring for a disabled child under 18 years of age with III or IV degree of health loss increased from 100 to 120% of the subsistence level budget.

The destination of the benefit for caring for a disabled child under 18 years of age is determined by the place where the pension for this child is received, and not the place of registration of the recipient of such a benefit. Previously, these benefits were assigned by the labor, employment and social security authorities in accordance with the registration at the place of residence (place of stay) of the person entitled to payments. But the place of registration and the actual residence of the family may not coincide, and since the pension is paid at the place of actual residence, the destination of this benefit is now determined to be the place where the pension is paid.

Changes for foreigners

Foreigners and stateless persons who have received refugee status in Belarus will be able to receive child benefits if they reside permanently in our country or temporarily, but with the payment of mandatory insurance contributions (at least 6 months in total). Previously, foreigners who received refugee status in Belarus could receive benefits without any conditions.

To assign benefits, registration and actual residence of children in Belarus on the day of applying for benefits is required. Accordingly, benefits will not be assigned to children who, on the day of applying for benefits, are not registered in Belarus at their place of residence or do not actually reside in Belarus.

Will they pay a lump sum benefit for a child who has died?

Previously, if a child born alive died at the time of applying for benefits, a lump sum birth benefit and other types of state benefits (until the day of death), as well as a funeral benefit, were paid for him. Now benefits in such a situation are not assigned or paid, since the requirement of actual residence in Belarus on the day of application is not met. The child is entitled only to a funeral benefit.

Benefits for children who stay in the country for less than 2 months a year will not be paid.

Also, benefits will not be assigned if children live outside the country at the time of their appointment and during the period of their payment. In this case, you can count on cash payments for short-term travel outside the country for a period of less than two months. Accordingly, children who are registered in Belarus at their place of residence, but are mainly located outside of it and enter Belarus only for a short-term stay, including once every two months, do not have the right to the appointment and payment of state benefits, since they reside outside the country.

Additional conditions have appeared for the appointment of benefits for the birth of a child abroad. The benefit is assigned to a child born outside the country who is registered at the place of residence in Belarus, provided that within a year before his birth one of the parents in a complete family, a parent in a single-parent family, an adoptive parent, or a guardian of the child were registered at place of residence (had a temporary residence permit in Belarus) and actually lived in the country for a total of at least six months.

Will there be payments during the social respite?

The new version of the law “On State Benefits for Families Raising Children” clarified that when disabled children receive services social respite the family retains the right to receive government benefits. This service is provided by boarding homes for disabled children on a paid basis to free parents (family members) from caring for a disabled child for a certain period of time to recuperate and resolve family and household issues. The duration of the service is no more than 28 days per calendar year.

What will change for clinical residents

Clinical residents are given the right to receive full-time child care benefits for children under 3 years of age when undergoing full-time clinical residency training at their own expense.

Previously, clinical residents undergoing full-time training were paid a childcare benefit of 50% for children under 3 years of age. At the same time, training in clinical residency can take place both on a budgetary basis with the receipt of a scholarship, and on a paid basis, therefore the same approach is applied to them as is applied to persons receiving postgraduate education: if on a budgetary basis with the receipt of a scholarship, the benefit is paid in size 50%; if at your own expense - in full.

What will change for the “alternatives”?

The right to benefits for children over 3 years of age from certain categories of families has been granted to families in which the father (stepfather), adoptive parent (adoptive parent) is undergoing alternative service, as well as to families of conscript military personnel. This change was adopted in connection with the adoption of the law “On Alternative Service”. When assigning benefits, “alternative workers” are close in their legal status to conscripts.

Disabled parents will be able to receive benefits for children until they reach adulthood

Families in which the parents (parent) are disabled people of group I or II, and families where one parent is disabled group I, and the other carries out caring for him with the receipt of a care allowance, will be able to receive benefits for children over 3 years of age until they reach the age of majority (regardless of the form of education and at what expense means such training is carried out, and also if the training is not continued).

Previously, for children raised in families of disabled people of group I or II, the payment of this benefit ceased upon admission to a free department at a vocational school, college or university, as well as upon reaching 16 years of age, if they did not continue their education.

If a minor gives birth to a child

A minor mother who is not married and for whom benefits are paid will retain the right to these payments upon the birth of a child. Previously, the payment of benefits in this case stopped.

How will money be paid during the spa treatment?

The right is granted to the mother (stepmother) or father (stepfather), adoptive parent (adoptive parent), guardian (trustee) of a disabled child to receive temporary disability benefits to care for him during the period of his sanatorium treatment, medical rehabilitation, also in the case if the recipient of benefits for caring for a disabled child under the age of 18 is another person or another parent who is not able to care for a disabled child during this period for objective reasons.

Objective reasons include: health status, caring for a child under 3 years of age, another disabled child under 18 years of age, and a sick child under 14 years of age.

Previously, in such situations, parents, guardians (trustees) had the right to receive benefits for temporary disability to care for a child only if the payment of benefits for caring for a disabled child under 18 years of age was suspended for the period of his sanatorium treatment or medical rehabilitation.

Benefits for children under 3 years old will be reviewed twice a year

A new procedure has been established for recalculating the amount of childcare benefits for children under 3 years of age. The recalculation and revision of the amount of this benefit will be carried out not four times a year, but twice a year - from February 1 and August 1.