- receives maternity benefit,
- they would continue to be entitled to maternity benefit, if the right to maternity benefit did not commence due to failure to meet the condition of completing at least 270 days of sickness insurance according to Art. 48 (1) or Art. 49 (1) of the Act on Social Insurance.
This means that they will have an exempted obligation to pay insurance premium during the period during which they do not receive maternity benefit, while their entitlement to maternity benefit would continue and the only reason for not awarding maternity benefit is that they did not complete the necessary 270 days of sickness insurance.
Exemption from the obligation to pay insurance premium will last for the same period and under the same conditions as the entitlement to maternity benefit would otherwise last, i.e. the conditions for duration of the entitlement to maternity benefit are the conditions for the duration of exemption from the obligation to pay insurance premium. The conditions for the duration of exemption from the obligation to pay social insurance premium are, for example, child care, duration of the status of another insuree, age of the child cared for by another insuree, absence of income for work performed from the insurance from which you claimed maternity benefit.
The condition of child care is assessed individually in each case. If the insuree performs a gainful activity in addition to taking care of a child (regardless of whether it is a new employment relationship or a business), the Social Insurance Agency must evaluate whether the time of work, even in the home environment, allows taking care of the child, i.e. whether it is realistic for the insuree to take full care of the child in addition to working. Child care must be provided personally and around the clock, i.e. is irreplaceable by another person and the person must take care of the child on a daily basis. At the same time, the Social Insurance Agency must also investigate whether there has been a decrease in the insurer’s income, since maternity benefit is provided as a replacement for lost or reduced income.
- from the first day of the need for personal and all-day care of a natural person referred to in Art. 39 (1) a) the first point or the need for personal and all-day care for the child (Art. 39 (1) b) until the end of the need for this treatment or the need for this care, no later than the 14th day of this nursing or this care,
- during the period during which they are recognized as temporarily incapable of work, and during the period during which rehabilitation or retraining is paid,
- in the period during which they have an excused absence from work due to participation in a strike,
- from the first day of personal and full-day care of a natural person who requires nursing by another natural person due to the need to provide personal care in the person's natural environment until the end of this nursing, up to the 90th day of this nursing at the latest.