ZUS wants to limit maternity benefit payments to mothers
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ZUS wants to introduce the so-called waiting period for the payment for maternity benefit. It will not be paid after the child's birth if the employment contract was signed shortly before its birth according to Gazeta Wyborcza.
ZUS does not specify how long the waiting period will be, it is to depend on individual cases. If, for example, a woman signs an employment contract a month before giving birth, she will not have the right to receive benefits for 12 months, but for a shorter period.
How much depends on the length of the waiting period. In case of a three-month waiting period, the benefit would be due for only 10 months.
According to Jeremy Mordasewicz of the Lewiatan Confederation, the ZUS proposal is correct, because, in his opinion, many people take advantage of the loopholes in the system and extort benefits in this way.
ZUS, in turn, informs that the current proposals are consulted with entrepreneurs and it is not known when and in what form they will come into force.
According to Katarzyna Nabożna Motała, a lawyer and social activist, this institution has been working against demography for a long time. It also deprives women of a sense of security and stability in such an important period as maternity.
