Parent's benefit is granted and paid to socially insured person who is taking care of a child or several children at one delivery (one of child's parents, one of adoptive parents who take care for and supervision of a child before approved adoption in court with a decision from the orphan's court to place the adoptable child the family, a member of the foster family who has signed a contract with the local government, custodian or other person who, pursuant to the decision of orphan's court, is actually taking care and raising the child).
Person is entitled to choose one benefit period and amount for one child which cannot be changed after the final decision:
- until the child reaches the age of 1 – in the amount of 60% of the recipient’s average wage subject to insurance contributions or
- until the child reaches the age of 1.5 – in the amount of 43.75% of the recipient’s average wage subject to insurance contributions.
The recipient of the parents’ benefit, who resumes work, discontinuing the parental leave, or resumes earning income as a self-employed, the benefit is paid in the amount of 30% of the benefit granted.
From 1 January 2020 women who are not employed on the day of granting the benefit (are not regarded as an employees or self-employed in accordance with the law “On State Social Insurance”), yet who have been granted maternity benefit in the following case: as a woman who has lost the status of employee or self-employed person no more than 60 days before the date when maternity leave starts, are also entitled to parents’ benefit.
More detailed information:
https://www.vsaa.gov.lv/en/services/for-parents/parents-benefit/
From 1 September 2020 persons, for which compulsory contributions for parents’ insurance have been made or had to be made in the Republic of Latvia:
- for at least 3 months in the period of the last 6 months before the month when the insurance event has occurred, or
- for at least 6 months in the last 24 months
are also entitled to parents’ benefit.