New rules for granting benefits for temporary disability will be applied starting tomorrow.
According to Modern.az, in accordance with the relevant rules, benefits for temporary disability are granted for the calendar days of disability, based on information about the sick leave compiled by a medical institution in the form of an electronic document and transmitted to the centralized electronic information system of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The right to receive this benefit applies to persons with at least 6 months of social insurance experience.
Thus, the benefit is paid from the first day of temporary disability until the ability to work is restored, but for a period not exceeding one year.
According to the rules, the maximum monthly amount of the benefit cannot exceed twenty-five times the minimum amount of the labor pension or twice the monthly salary or tariff rate of the insured person. The benefit is paid in the amount of one hundred percent of the total earnings, regardless of the social insurance experience.
The calculation of the benefit is determined taking into account the total earnings of the insured person for four consecutive quarters preceding the month of temporary disability and the calendar days for that period.
At the same time, when calculating the dividing calendar days, days falling on periods of temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth, as well as partially paid social leave, are excluded from the total calendar days.
Additionally, the benefit for the first 14 calendar days of illness is paid at the expense of the insurer, and for the remaining days, at the expense of mandatory state social insurance funds. If the illness continues without interruption, payment for the first fourteen days is made only once, and if it continues with interruptions, it is calculated separately each time.
If the insured person has an additional place of work in addition to the main place of work, the benefit for the first fourteen days is calculated and paid separately for each place of work, and for the remaining days, it is granted at the expense of mandatory state social insurance funds, taking into account the total earnings.
Additionally, for insured persons who receive income not related to salaried activities outside their main place of work, the benefit for the first fourteen days is calculated only on the basis of earnings from the main place of work, and for subsequent days, the total income is taken into account.
In cases where automated assignment is not possible, the benefit is provided after an application is made by the insurer in accordance with the relevant annex to the “Rules for the Assignment, Calculation and Payment of Payments for Mandatory State Social Insurance and Benefits Paid at the Expense of the Insurer to Insured Persons Who Have Temporarily Lost Their Ability to Work”.
The new rule applies from May 1. For a social insurance event that occurred before this date and (or) continues after this date, the assignment, calculation and payment of payments for mandatory state social insurance and benefits paid at the expense of the insurer to insured persons who have temporarily lost their ability to work are carried out in accordance with the norms in force on that date.
