Benefits and insurance to continue: official

The right to benefits and continuity of insurance will be maintained, said Gertruda Uścińska, head of Poland’s Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) in an interview for “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, a well-known Polish daily.

Uścińska was asked on April 9, among others, how many applications for exemption from contributions for three months for small businesses in connection with the epidemic had already been received by ZUS.

She explained that “the exemption covers two types of eligible persons. The first group consists of self-employed persons paying contributions solely on their own insurance. It is about 1.2 million people.”

“The second is micro-enterprises that register less than 10 insured persons for social security. This group has approx. 2.4 million people, including approx. 520,000 entrepreneurs. In total, this option gives approx. PLN 3.6 million to potential beneficiaries,” she was quoted as saying.

(DGP, PAP)