The birth of a child is a crucial moment, because a new member of the family undoubtedly requires a lot of attention to himself. It is for this purpose that the law provides for the possibility to take leave to take care of a child, after all, as a rule, there simply does not remain the energy and time for work.
How to apply for a vacation?
Leave for nursing is provided until the child reaches the age of three. For the entire period, the employee retains his place of work and is counted both in the total length of service and in the specialty. At once it is necessary to specify, that it can be used not only by mother or the father, but even the grandmother, the grandfather or other guardian. That is, any relative who directly deals with the newborn and takes care of him.
According to the legal norms for the preparation of benefits you will need the following documents:
- Passport.
- Application for the provision of cash benefits, completed in a special form.
- The main document of the baby is the birth certificate .
- If you do not work, you need to present the original and a copy of the work book. If you are registered with the employment center, you will need a document confirming that at the moment there are no payments or material assistance for unemployment. As a rule, this is a certificate of approved form.
- If you belong to the category of students, you will need a certificate or other document from the place of study that confirms the status of the student.
- For adopters, the necessary document will be a decision on adoption or guardianship.
Special cases
Special cases relate, for example, to the specifics of issuing a leave to care for twins, and there are also many questions about how to receive benefits. In this case, the option is possible when different members of the family take care of themselves, education and care for different children. Including material payments relies on several relatives.
It is important to remember one simple rule - the legislation does not provide for simultaneous vacation for the care of twins and maternity leave in connection with pregnancy and childbirth. Therefore, payments can be received by different members of the family. However, it is worth noting the need to indicate in the application, for which child and
To care for the child carried out by a grandparent, to design this option for leave to care for your grandson, you must produce in addition to the application, the official documented confirmation that the parents do not yet use such leave and do not receive any benefits and additional payments to the baby. Under this condition, the care allowance is paid to the actual guardian. In addition, he is allowed to work, however, only on the condition of a shorter working day or, alternatively, work at home.