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Amendments To The Law "on Maternity And Sickness Benefits"

Original Language Title: Grozījumi likumā "Par maternitātes un slimības pabalstiem"

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the law "on maternity and sickness benefits" to make the law "on maternity and sickness benefits" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, nr. 1, 4.) the following amendments: 1. Put the name of the law as follows: "On maternity and sickness insurance".
2. Replace the entire Act, with the exception of article 26, the words "the national social insurance institution" (the number and fold) with the words "State social insurance agency" (fold).
3. Replace the entire law, the word "employee" (the number and fold) with the word "worker" (the number and fold).
4. Replace the entire law, except article 36, the word "earnings" (fold) with the words "insurance contributions wage" (fold).
5. Make the text of article 1 as follows: "the law is applied in the following terms: 1) — claims the social risks associated with the socially insured person's loss or significant capacity reductions, if as a result of the total or partial loss of income, as well as the case where a person incurs large costs in connection with the death of a family member or due to the socially insured persons death, moreover, in accordance with the provisions of this law, those cases are identified that creates a right to a State social insurance allowance;
2) wage-insurance income, of which in accordance with the law "on State social insurance" at the State social insurance contributions;
3) beneficiaries: a person who, in accordance with the provisions of this Act is assigned to the State social insurance benefit;
4) dependent family member — a socially insured person's family member, who according to the law "on State pensions" would be entitled to a survivor's pension the socially insured persons (hereinafter insured person) in the event of death;
5) disease — a gainful occupation money incomes, paid by the employer from the pay of an employee of the Foundation in the event of the incapacity of work. "
6. To express the text of article 2 as follows: "the task of this law is to regulate the State social insurance benefits, the cost of the calculation and the procedure provided for in this law, insurance, as well as to define the persons who are entitled to these benefits, and where that right arises."
7. Article 3: Add to the text of the article, after the words "State social insurance benefits" with the words "(the benefits)";
to turn off the second part of the article.
8. Make the text of article 4 as follows: "(1) the right to maternity, sickness and funeral benefits for persons who are socially insured in accordance with the law" on State social insurance ". Other people have the right to a death grant the insured person's death.
(2) persons not socially insured, but are socially insured person dependent, are entitled to a maternity allowance in the amount of the minimum wage. "
9. Article 5: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) maternity benefits are granted and paid for the entire pregnancy leave and maternity leave, if the woman did not appear for work and thus loses employment income or in gūstamo if the self-employed woman loses income.";
turn off the fifth paragraph, the words "and the child lived more than seven 24-hour";
to supplement the article with the sixth part as follows: "(6) a woman after childbirth laws duly waived parental upbringing, and maternity benefits for maternity leave is not granted."
10. Replace article 6 of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, the words "the procedure laid down in the law" with the words "the procedure laid down in the laws".
11. Make the text of article 9 as follows: "the grant of maternity benefit is set by cabinet order issued to the sick and the employer's confirmation of the absence of workers work in the period of incapacity."
12. Article 11 shall be expressed by the following chapeau: "granting sickness benefits if the person does not appear for work and thus loses employment income or in gūstamo if the self-employed person loses income for the following reasons:".
13. off in article 12 the words "and the information about the pay, which made (or had to be) social insurance contributions".
14. in article 15: replace the title and the text, the words "social security" with the words "State social insurance";
turn off the first paragraph, the words "and total length of service of insurance breaks within this period shall not exceed seven calendar days".
15. Express article 16 as follows: "article 16. The grant of sickness benefits people with disability occurred during annual leave or while they were on leave without salary retention (1) If the incapacity for work occurred during the annual leave due to a sick child care, benefits for a sick day, a person had to come to work after the end of the leave.
(2) If the incapacity for work occurred at the time when the person was on leave without salary, sickness benefit of saving a sick day 15, but no earlier than the day when the person had to come to work after the end of this holiday. "
16. the express article 20 second paragraph as follows: "(2) death benefit is also granted in the event of the insured person or the survivors of former members of the family's death occurred a month after State social insurance period and the person was insured in the last two months before the end of the period of contribution."
17. Make the text of article 23 by the following: "(1) the insured person's death benefit granted and paid a total amount corresponding to the deceased's monthly average of double insurance salary, but not less than triple the national minimum wage (salary) that was in effect on the day of death of the insured person.
(2) the insured person's dependent former family member death benefits are granted and paid a total amount corresponding to double the national minimum wage (salary) that was in effect on the day of the death of a family member.
(3) if the insured person dies is entitled to benefit in accordance with this law and the law "on State pensions", granted and paid in the most benefit. "
18. Make the text of article 25 as follows: "(1) the Allowance is requested within a period of 12 months from the date of accession of the insurance case.
(2) the amount of the allowance, calculated by the recipient of the allowance is not received in time, the cost of the passage of time, but not more than 12 months do not receive benefit from date of request. "
19. in article 26: replace the first paragraph, the words "State social insurance institution" with the words "the State social insurance agency's branch";
to turn off the second part.
20. off article 28.
21. the express article 30 the first part as follows: "(1) the amount of the benefits allocated to or owed, but not paid, benefits in case of death of the beneficiary is entitled to the benefit of the recipient spouse and first-and second-degree relatives."
22. Put the sixth chapter name and article 31 and 32 by the following: "chapter VI. The average insurance contributions wage of State social insurance benefits for the calculation of article 31. The average insurance contributions wage determination of the State social insurance benefit (1) calculating the average insurance contributions wage of State social insurance benefits shall be determined from the calculation of the insured person's insurance contribution wage for the period of six calendar months, the period ending two calendar months before the month in which the accident occurs, except in article 32 of this law, in certain cases.
(2) If the first part of this article and article 32 of this law for the average insurance contributions wage determination period, the insured person has not been registered as a national social insurance contributors or insurance contributions wage had no permanent incapacity for work, maternity leave or parental leave, the State social insurance benefit from the national minimum wage (salary).
(3) the average insurance contributions wage calculation procedures of the State social insurance benefit calculation is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
32. article. The average insurance contributions wage determination of State social insurance benefits for self-employed the self-employed for the calculation of the average insurance contributions wage of State social insurance benefits shall be determined from the calculation of the insurance contribution salary for the period of 12 calendar months, the period ending three calendar months before the quarter of the year, which was currently in the insurance case. "
23. Article 33 of the expression as follows: "article 33. Features maternity, sickness and death benefit payment of

Maternity, sickness and funeral benefits paid from the disability, maternity and sickness special budget. "
24. Article 34 be expressed as follows: "article 34. Deduction from maternity, sickness and funeral benefits (1) deduction of maternity and sickness benefits can be made: 1) on the basis of the Court's rulings and other institutions (officials) decisions under the law enforced in order to perform;
2) on the basis of the public authority (official) decisions enforceable non-contentious procedure;
3) based on the State social insurance agency's Director-General or his authorized officer's order to recover the amount of the benefit to the recipient of benefits overpaid his fault if he lodged the documents with intentionally false information, provided false or incomplete information or do not have announced changes that affect entitlement to benefits, and the cost of it. In this case, the forfeited each month not more than 10 per cent of the benefit to be paid.
(2) the deduction of death grants shall not be made. "
25. Article 36: to supplement the first part before the numbers "75" and "80" with the words "not less than";
to supplement the first part with the following text: "the term of cash costs of disease, comparable to the Latvian labour code specified in the payroll costs.";
to turn off the second paragraph, the words "a statement of the employee's pay, which made social insurance contributions".
26. Turn off article 38, the words "the Welfare Ministry, but its decision".
27. Express transitional provisions the following wording: "this law amended the title of the sixth chapter and in article 31 and 32 shall enter into force on 1 august 1998.
The law adopted by the Parliament in June 19, 1998.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga on 8 July 1998 in