The minimum amount of maternity is calculated based on the value of the minimum wage in the current year. Maternity leave of a minimum size based on the following categories pregnant:
- women with seniority in last place less than six months;
- for women whose average daily wage is less than the minimum guaranteed by the state;
- Yip, voluntarily insured in the social insurance Fund.
Consider that unemployed women maternity leave are not put, even into a minimum amount. Women who have been reduced in the enterprise, students and discontinued business activities get maternity by different rules at the rate of about 500 R. on a monthly basis. Therefore, to receive guaranteed minimum payments are not all pregnant.
Each year, the minimum benefit is reviewed. This is due to the indexation of the minimum wage, which is the basis of the calculation of benefits.
For 2016, the minimum wage is set at 6204 rubles per month. It determines the minimum average daily earnings. In 2016, it is calculated according to the formula (6204*24)/730 and is 203,97 R.
Accordingly, maternity leave of a minimum size will be at the level of 28 555,4 R. (203,97*140 sick days). If a woman has obstructed labour, maternity leave increase to 31819,3 R. (203,97*156), in the case of multiple pregnancy - up to 39570,2 R. (203,97*194). If a woman works part-time, maternity leave she will receive twice as less: 14277,7 R.
For example, a woman got a job in 2015 and her income for the entire period amounted to 126 thousand rubles, Respectively, the average daily earnings - 172,6 R (126 000/730). After all, according to the rules it is defined only for 730 days, even if seniority was less. The obtained value is less than the state minimum for 2016 in the amount of 203,97 R. Accordingly, she will receive maternity leave of a minimum size - 28 555,4 R.
