The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the law "on maternity and sickness insurance" to make the law "on maternity and sickness insurance" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, 1., no. 4; 1998, 15, nr. 24) as follows: 1. Turn off the article 1, paragraph 1, the words "great additional".
2. Supplement article 3 first paragraph with paragraph 4 by the following: "4) paternity allowance."
3. Supplement article 4, title and text after the word "maternity" with the word "paternity".
4. Make the text of article 9 as follows: "the grant of maternity benefit is set by cabinet order issued to the sick, the employer's confirmation of the absence of workers or self-employed job approval for failing to work during the period of incapacity for work. This law laid down in article 8 of the case — only the sick. "
5. To supplement the law with the chapter II (A) by the following: "chapter II A paternity allowance 10.1 paternity grants benefits and paternity allowance period of paternity benefits are granted and paid to the child's father on the birth of a child the leave granted due ten calendar days.
10.2 paternity allowance basis for granting paternity grant award Foundation is requesting the application of the allowance, the child's birth certificate with the entry of the child's father and the employer's confirmation of the child's father being on vacation due to childbirth.
paternity allowance amounting to 10.3 paternity allowance be granted 80 percent of beneficiaries the average insurance salaries. "
6. Add to article 12 of the text by the following: "the confirmation of employed or self-employed is unable to work. Article 15 of this law in the first part of the case in point — only the sick. "
7. Turn off article 13, first paragraph, the words "or disability determination".
8. Turn off the article 18, paragraph 1, the word "accession".
9. Article 23: replace the first paragraph, the words "triple the national minimum wage (salary), which was in force when the insured person's death day" with the words "the national average monthly insurance contribution wage fixed in the insurance contribution wages in the country for 12 months of the calendar year, the period ending this period one calendar year before the year in which the members the right to a death grant (hereinafter the national average monthly insurance contribution wage)";
replace the second paragraph, the words "national double minimum wage (salary), what was the effect of the death of the family day" with the words "triple State social security benefit, which was in effect a family member at the time of death".
10. Article 31: replace the second paragraph, the words "national minimum wage (salary)" with the words "the national average monthly insurance contribution wage of 40 percent";
to supplement the article with the fourth and fifth by the following: "(4) calendar days average insurance contributions wage for the calculation of benefits shall not exceed 50% of 1/365 of the State social insurance compulsory contribution object's year of the maximum amount of insurance in force at the date of accession in the case.
(5) the average insurance salaries in the country determined by the Ministry of welfare. "
11. Considering the current text of transitional provisions the transitional provisions and transitional provisions be supplemented with paragraph 2 by the following: "2. Until such time as the social insurance special budget expenditure exceeds revenue and not fully repaid the General State of the loan amount, of article 23 of this law laid down in the first subparagraph the amount of the death benefit may not be less than 150, the second part of article 23 establishes the amount of the death benefit is LVL 100 31. in the second subparagraph of article where the State social insurance benefit calculated from 50 lats, as well as the entry into force of this law amended article 3, first paragraph, and article 4, title and text and does not enter into force in the new chapter II (A) of the Act. That is fully repaid the General State of the amount of the loan, the Minister of Finance shall notify the newspaper "journal". With next year's January 1 is interrupted the limitation provided for in this paragraph. "
The law shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.
The Parliament adopted the law on 23 November 2000.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2000 December 12