When will the child benefit for June arrive? What payments are due at the birth of the first child?
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One of the most ambitious areas of social policy in Russia is support for families with children.
Family and childhood support programs are implemented by a number of interested departments, and payments come from federal and regional sources.
How child benefits are financed in practice, and what applicants must do to take advantage of the benefits.
List of types of assistance
Cash support is divided into one-time benefits and regular payments.
Depending on the source of support, benefits can be financed through social insurance or within the framework of state social security.
For pregnancy and childbirth
Intended for women who have temporarily lost their ability to work due to pregnancy and childbirth.
With impressive government support can count only applicants insured under the federal social insurance system:
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The amount of the benefit in a standard situation is determined based on the applicant’s salary fund for the two-year period of work preceding the maternity leave. Average daily earnings are determined by dividing accruals for the billing period by the number of days in it. The resulting coefficient is used to calculate maternity benefits.
His sum depends on the length of the vacation:
- 140 days – for singleton pregnancy and regular childbirth;
- 156 days – for difficult childbirth;
- 194 days – for multiple motherhood.
When a pregnant woman’s work experience is short (less than 6 months) or the salary is very meager, the federal one in the amount of 11,280 rubles is used in calculating maternity benefits.
In addition, the law establishes minimum payout limits:
- 51,9019 rubles – normal childbirth;
- 57,852 rubles – complications during childbirth;
- 71,944 – multiple pregnancy.
Maximum cash benefits in connection with maternity are limited to the average insurance base for employer transfers. In 2018 – 815,000, in 2017 – 755,000 rubles.
This year, the period 2017-2018 is used to calculate maternity leave. Based on the current accrual algorithm and the accepted insurance base, it is determined maximum limit for 2019:
- 140 days – 301,095.2 rubles;
- 156 days – RUB 335,506.08;
- 194 days – 417231.92 rubles.
For the birth of a child
It is one-time in nature.
In 2019, the amount of assistance is set at 17 479,73 rubles(including indexation 2019). If the addition consists of several babies, the benefit is accrued for each newborn.
Any parent can apply to their employer for its accrual within 6 months after the baby arrives in the family. Unemployed citizens receive maternity support at the regional department of social protection.
Child care up to 1.5 and 3 years old
After completing the postpartum part of maternity leave, a woman has the right to apply. The father or other relative of the child also has the right to devote one and a half years to raising a child.
It will amount to 40% of the average salary for two years per birth.
Unemployed and low-income applicants are entitled to minimum bid:
- 3277.45 rub. for the first baby;
- 6554.89 rub. – for the second and further children.
The total benefit should not exceed 100 percent of average earnings.
If there is a need to care for an older child, the mother or one of the relatives has the right to leave until the child turns 3 years old while maintaining her job. However, the state is symbolic - 50 rubles monthly transfers.
For a child under 16 and 18 years old
This regional benefit, assigned by the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to the needy segments of the population: parents and some others.
Depending on the conditions of a particular region, it may be monthly or quarterly. The grounds, size and order of transfer are established locally.
Maternity capital program
Financial support from the state is provided to citizens who become parents for their second and subsequent children. Regardless of the number of children in the family, you can only get a state one once.
In 2019, it is not indexed and is 453,026 rubles. Inflationary adjustment support has been stopped since 2015. At the end of 2016, a decision was made to freeze the amount of family capital until January 1, 2020.
The program is carried out on a non-cash basis and only for the purposes established by law: purchase of housing, education of a child, rehabilitation of a disabled minor, funded pension of a parent.
Legal regulation of the allocation of funds
The legislative basis for the financial provision of social benefits supporting maternity/paternity and childhood is Federal Law No. 81-FZ “On state benefits for citizens with children” of 1995.
It is supplemented by an extensive set of federal and regional laws, decrees, resolutions and clarifications of the Government of the Russian Federation, and the legal framework of government agencies. For example, Federal Law 255 of December 29, 2006 will determine the procedure for calculating maternity benefits for caring for a young child.
Date of payment for maternity and childhood
Maternity
To receive benefits, a woman in labor submits an application and a certificate of incapacity for work to the accounting department of the enterprise.
The full amount of funds is credited on the date of the next salary receipt.
One-time benefit for a newborn
When applying at your place of work, the transfer is carried out within 10 days after submitting the documents.
Social security authorities transfer money by the 26th day of the month following the submission of the application.
For child care
For young children under 1.5 – 3 years of age, the appointment and payment are made by the employer within the generally established deadlines for the payment of wages. The date of transfer of benefits for children aged 16-18 is determined by regional laws.
Maternal capital
Cash tranches under certificates are transferred to the accounts of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation from the federal budget twice a year before the 3rd day of the first month in the billing half-year.
To do this, the fund sends an application for the required amount of funds to the Ministry of Finance:
- until November 15 for the tranche in January of the coming year;
- until June 15 to transfer funds in July for the second half of the year.
If a family plans to spend on a family certificate in the first half of next year, an application to the pension fund is submitted before October 1. To use funds in the second half of the current period, a package of documents is sent before May 1.
Sources of financing
Maternity and child benefits are financed from funds Social Insurance Fund (SIF).
Accrual happens as follows:
- at the parents' place of employment. Subsequently, the Social Insurance Fund reimburses the employer for expenses when paying taxes. This procedure applies to maternity benefits for child care up to 1.5 years;
- the social insurance fund, in the event of a pregnant woman losing her job;
- departments of social protection of the population - for transfers for the maintenance of children in large, low-income families, to non-working parents;
- The Pension Fund finances maternity capital, controls and acts as an operator for the disposal of these funds.
To assign a benefit, you must confirm your right to benefit. Therefore, all child benefits will begin to be transferred to the recipient after an appropriate application to the social protection authorities at the place of work.
If the standard registration stage has been successfully completed, you can be interested in receiving it directly. Today, the easiest way to do this is via the Internet on the official website of the agency financing the payment. If the benefit is provided by the employer, you can contact the company’s accounting department in person or by telephone.
For information on the timing of payments for a child under three years of age, see the following video:
There has been no indexation of child benefits since January 1, 2017. Therefore, in January 2017, employees were paid child benefits in the same amounts as in 2016.
However, from February 1, 2017, “children’s” benefits must be indexed to the coefficient of actual consumer price growth for 2016. This is provided for in Article 4.2 of Federal Law No. 68-FZ dated 04/06/2015. The Government of the Russian Federation approved this indexation coefficient in the amount of 1.054. This coefficient is recorded in the following documents:
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated January 19, 2017 No. 36 “On approval of the indexation coefficient from February 1, 2017 of the amount of a fixed payment to the insurance pension”;
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated January 19, 2017 No. 35 “On approval of the consumer price growth index for 2016 to establish the cost of one pension coefficient from February 1, 2017”;
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated January 26, 2017 No. 88 “On approval of the amount of indexation of payments, benefits and compensation in 2017.”
1,054 – indexation coefficient
from February 1, 2017, “children’s” benefits will be paid taking into account the new coefficient established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Taking into account the new coefficient, from February 1, 2017, “children’s” benefits will be paid in the amounts shown in the table below.
In districts and localities where regional wage coefficients have been established, “children’s” benefits (both in January 2017 and from February 1, 2017) will be higher, since they need to be additionally increased by the amount of the increasing coefficient (Article 5 of Law No. 81-FZ).
Features of indexation of child care benefits
The minimum basic amount of child care benefits is established by Part 1 of Article 15 of the Law of May 19, 1995 No. 81-FZ and is:
- when caring for the first child - 1500 rubles. per month;
- when caring for the second and subsequent children - 3000 rubles. per month.
These amounts are indexed each year by the appropriate coefficient. Taking into account all indexation coefficients, as of February 1, 2016, the minimum amounts of child care benefits were:
- 2908.62 rub. – caring for the first child;
- 5817, 24 rub. – caring for the second and subsequent children.
However, from July 1, 2016, the minimum wage increased to 7,500 rubles. And it turned out that if you calculate the allowance for caring for one child from the minimum wage, then the amount of the benefit would be more than 2908.62 rubles. Namely - 3000 rubles. (RUB 7,500 x 40%). In this regard, from July 1, 2016, it was impossible to pay less than 3,000 rubles per child. However from February 1, 2017, it is necessary to index not 3000 rubles, but 2908.62 rubles. Therefore, in the table, the child care allowance from February 1, 2017 is presented as 3065.69.
Benefit for registration in early pregnancy
This benefit is supposed to be paid once. Women who:
- registered in medical institutions before 12 weeks of pregnancy;
- have the right to maternity benefits (Article 9 of Law No. 81-FZ).
This benefit will be paid in a new amount from February 1, 2017 – 613.14 rubles. However, a controversial situation is possible. Let's give an example.
Allowance for registration in 2017
The employee goes on maternity leave from February 2, 2017. On January 26, 2017, the woman submitted to the accounting department a certificate from the antenatal clinic stating that in 2016 she registered in the early stages of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks). How much benefits should I pay for early registration?
The benefit for registration in the early stages of pregnancy should be paid in addition to the maternity benefit (Article 9 of Law No. 81-FZ). Therefore, the benefit for registration in the early stages of pregnancy must be transferred in the amount that is established on the start date of maternity leave. In our case, the woman went on maternity leave on February 2, 2017. Therefore, the registration allowance should be paid in the amount of 613.14 rubles (including indexation by a factor of 1.054). If the start of maternity leave was in January 2017, then the benefit would be in a smaller amount - 581.73 rubles.
One-time benefit for the birth of a child
One of the parents has the right to a lump sum benefit upon the birth of a child. If two or more children were born, then the benefit is paid for each of them (Article 11 of Law No. 81-FZ). A one-time benefit for the birth of a child is assigned if the application is made no later than six months from the date of birth of the child (Article 17.2 of Law No. 81-FZ). Due to the indexation of benefits from February 1, 2017, an ambiguous situation may arise when assigning.
Situation
The child was born in 2016, and the woman came to the accounting department in February 2017 to receive a one-time benefit for the birth of a child. How much benefits should I pay?
The amount of a lump sum benefit for the birth of a child should be calculated on the date of birth, and not on the date of application for benefits (FSS letter dated January 17, 2006 No. 02-18/07-337). In our case, the child was born in 2016, so the benefit amount will be 15,512.65 rubles. R. (excluding indexation by a factor of 1.054). Pay a one-time benefit for the birth of a child in the indexed amount (16,350.33 rubles) if the child is born from February 1, 2017.
Monthly allowance for child care up to 1.5 years
We described the minimum monthly child care benefit as of February 2017 above. New sizes:
- RUB 3,065.69 – when caring for the first child;
- 6131, 37 rub. - when caring for a second child.
This benefit is not limited to a maximum amount. However, the amount of average daily earnings on the basis of which child care benefits are calculated is limited.
It has been established that the amount of average daily earnings for calculating benefits cannot be greater than the sum of the maximum values of the base for calculating insurance premiums for the two years preceding the year of parental leave, divided by 730 (Part 3.3 of Article 14 of Law No. 255-FZ ). Therefore, to calculate the maximum amount of average daily earnings, the following formula is used:
Maximum average daily earnings = sum of the maximum values of the base for calculating Social Insurance contributions for the two previous years / 730
Therefore, if a woman’s vacation begins in 2017, then in the calculations we should take the values of the maximum values of the base for calculating contributions to the Social Insurance Fund for 2015 and 2016.
In 2015, the maximum value of the base was 670,000 rubles. (Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 4, 2014 No. 1316), and in 2016 – 718,000 rubles. (Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated November 26, 2015 No. 1265).
Taking into account the indicated values for the marginal base, in 2017 the maximum value of the average daily earnings for calculating the monthly care allowance is 1901.37 rubles. (670,000 rub. + 718,000 rub.) / 730.
1901.37 rub.
maximum daily earnings for calculating benefits in 2017
Now let’s calculate the maximum average earnings for a whole month. For these purposes, we multiply the average daily earnings by the average monthly number of calendar days - 30.4 (Part 5.1 of Article 14 of Law No. 255-FZ). In 2017, the maximum average monthly earnings for calculating benefits will be 57,801.64 rubles. (RUR 1,901.37 × 30.4).
The amount of the monthly childcare benefit for a child up to 1.5 years old is generally equal to 40% of the average monthly earnings (Part 1, Article 15 of Law No. 81-FZ). Therefore, in 2017, the maximum amount of monthly benefit per child will be 23,120.66 rubles. (RUB 57,801.64 × 40%). Moreover, this size is valid both in January and February 2017. The February indexation of benefits by a factor of 1.054 did not affect him in any way.
from February 1, 2017, the amount of child care benefit paid for a full month cannot be less
RUB 3,065.69
Maternity benefits are not indexed annually. That is, from February 1, 2017, maternity benefits have not increased. However, please note that the maximum benefit amount has increased since 1 January 2017, as the new maximum average daily earnings must be taken into account when calculating benefits from the beginning of 2017. Let me explain.
Maternity benefits are paid in a lump sum and in total for the entire period of maternity leave, which is (Part 1, Article 10 of Law No. 255-FZ):
- 140 days (in general);
- 194 days (with multiple pregnancies);
- 156 days (for complicated births).
Maximum maternity benefit
To calculate the maximum amount of maternity benefit from January 2017, you need to take into account the maximum average daily earnings. It is calculated using the same formula as when calculating child care benefits for children up to 1.5 years old (Part 3.3 of Article 14 of Law No. 255-FZ). That is, in 2017 it will also be 1901.37 rubles. (670,000 rubles + 718,000 rubles) / 730. Therefore, from 2017, the maximum amounts of maternity benefits reimbursed from the Social Insurance Fund are:
- RUB 266,191.8 (RUR 1,901.37 × 140 days) – in the general case;
- RUR 368,865.78 (RUR 1,901.37 × 194 days) – for multiple pregnancies;
- RUB 296,613.72 (RUR 1,901.37 × 156 days) – for complicated childbirth.
From February 1, 2017, the maximum amounts of maternity benefits have not changed. The indexation coefficient did not affect these values.
Minimum maternity benefit
When calculating maternity benefits, the average daily earnings cannot be less than the value determined by the following formula (Part 1.1, Article 14 of Law No. 255-FZ):
Minimum average daily earnings = minimum wage at the beginning of vacation x 24 / 730
From January 1, 2017, the federal minimum wage is 7,500 rubles. Therefore, if maternity leave began in 2017 (from February 1 to June 30), then the minimum average daily earnings for calculating maternity benefits should be taken equal to 246.58 rubles. (RUB 7,500 × 24 / 730). This value is used for further calculation if it turns out to be greater than the actual average daily earnings of the employee. The minimum amounts of maternity benefits in January 2017 are as follows:
- RUB 34,521.20 (246.58 rubles × 140 days) – in the general case;
- RUB 47,836.52 (246.58 rubles x 194 days) – in case of multiple pregnancy;
- RUB 38,466.48 (RUR 246.58 x 156 days) – for complicated childbirth.
The minimum maternity benefits have also remained unchanged since February 1, 2017. They have remained the same sizes.
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Russian legislation provides for a whole system of measures to support families in which children are born and grow up. Among them are all kinds of children's benefits. They have their own specifics: they differ in size, conditions for appointment and deadlines.
Early pregnancy benefit
An expectant mother can receive this if she registers during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. In 2015, this one-time payment is 543.67 rubles.
It is paid at the place of residence or at work on the basis of a certificate from a medical institution that registers the woman.
In what numbers this benefit will be transferred depends on when the certificate is submitted. Typically, documents are submitted along with papers for BIR benefits, and the transfer of money will arrive in the next paycheck.
Social security will transfer funds to women laid off due to the liquidation of an enterprise no later than the 26th of the next month.
Unemployed parents receive child benefits from social services at the end of the month
Birth benefit
Which is provided to all families with a newborn baby without exception, now amounts to 14,497 rubles. Employed parents receive it at their place of work, while unemployed parents or students receive it from the social security service. Documents must be submitted before the child reaches six months of age.
If the mother does not work and the father is employed, then he will receive the money within ten days.
Social security accrues funds on the same terms as other benefits - until the 26th day of the month following the month of filing documents for payment.
Maternity benefit
Or “maternity” money, paid only to mothers who have a compulsory medical insurance policy.
The benefit is calculated based on the average daily salary (there are fixed rates for the unemployed) multiplied by the number of days spent on BIR leave. The entire amount is paid at once for the entire vacation period.
How and on what date this child benefit will be transferred to you depends on the internal procedures in your organization. By law, this must happen on payday. Money can be issued in cash or transferred to a card.
For employed parents, payments are calculated along with their salary
Child care allowance
This payment is divided into two stages: up to 1.5 years and up to 3 years. For up to one and a half years, you are paid 40% of your average income monthly. For the next year and a half - only 50 rubles a month.
Not only mothers, but also other relatives can receive it. The main thing is that they actually care for the child.
Accrual time – the date of your salary at the company. For non-working persons (for whom there is a fixed amount of payments with a minimum and maximum permitted by law), benefits are paid on any other date.
Monthly child benefit
Assigned and paid by social security starting. In some cases it can be extended until adulthood.
This benefit is monthly. Since local social security is responsible for it, each municipality has its own payment day. The size varies from 800 to 300 rubles depending on the region.
The accrual of “children’s” money depends on the type of benefit and the date of its issuance
Can payments be delayed?
Delays in accrual reached up to one and a half months. Regional authorities attributed this to a lack of funds until the federal center intervened in the spring. Since mid-2015, the situation has more or less returned to normal, however, in some regions of the Russian Federation, interruptions in payments are still observed.
According to statistics, 90% of payments occurred from the 23rd to the 10th. However, at the end of 2014, parents from completely different regions of the country began to complain about the irregular nature of payments.
If the benefit is paid through your employer, you will most likely receive it on payday. If social protection is involved in payments, then payments will depend on the date of registration of the benefit.
Literally from the first days of pregnancy, a woman has the right to claim certain payments from the state. Such social assistance can be provided both at the federal level and within the framework of regional programs, which are a good addition to the amount of the basic benefit. Government agencies make transfers of social payments approximately in one period, towards the end or at the beginning of the month. It also depends on the type of benefit and the period of application for it.
The current legislation of Russia provides for all kinds of child benefits, which are paid both before the birth of a child and upon his immediate birth. Moreover, if certain conditions are met, such financial assistance can be transferred for the maintenance of a minor until he reaches legal age.
The only problem is that some parents do not know about the compensation due to them. Many people are interested in the date on which child benefits are transferred, and why payments are sometimes delayed. The current legislation of the Russian Federation provides for a number of measures to provide financial assistance to families with children. And all benefit options can be divided into two types:
- One-time payments, which are accrued when a certain condition is met (for example, maternity capital paid at the birth of a second child). In this case, the entire benefit amount is accrued once, regardless of the method or timing of accrual;
- Monthly payments received into the account every month for a certain period (this category includes maternity benefits paid until the child reaches one and a half years old).
In the latter case, the exact date of accrual of benefits depends on the organization issuing funds. If this is a company where the parent works, then they are issued along with the salary.
Social security authorities make payments no later than the 26th of each month.
It should be noted that the current benefit system in the Russian Federation is characterized by significant difficulties and is regulated by a number of regulatory documents. All this can lead to confusion, so the first thing to consider is the aid allocation system itself.
Today, Federal Legislation provides for 8 different types of benefits, the payment of which is carried out from pregnancy until the child reaches the 16th birthday.
These include:
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Accrual terms
Depending on the type of payment, a different number of days will pass from the moment the application is submitted to the relevant authorities until the funds are received. However, then regular payments are transferred approximately in one period - the parent should clarify the number of transfers for a specific type of assistance with the authorized bodies.
For pregnancy and childbirth
Women who work, study or serve in military service can apply for such benefits. The funds are paid by the accounting department of the educational institution or at the place of work. Typically, the time for calculating benefits is 10 days from the date of registration of the application.
But what about stay-at-home mothers? If a woman is unemployed for a year due to the liquidation of an enterprise, then she can also qualify for such payments. But they will be issued by the social security agency. The benefit is accrued until the 26th of the current month for the previous one. Thus, after submitting documents, the waiting time for payment may be 30-40 days.
Payment of benefits issued in the early stages of pregnancy is carried out in parallel with social assistance for maternity, considered as a supplement to it. Thus, both compensations are credited to the card at the same time.
For child care
Not only the mother, but also the father, guardian, and other person who actually cares for a child under one and a half years of age has the right to receive this type of assistance from the state. But it should be remembered that only one applicant can receive benefits.
Payments of such financial assistance are made every month for one and a half years from the date of birth of the child. This type of compensation cannot supplement maternity benefits, so in this case parents will have to choose only one type of social assistance.
In this case, it is better to do the following: after the birth of the baby, apply for maternity benefits, and as soon as payments for it stop, submit documents to receive assistance in caring for a minor. The latter is provided until the child reaches one and a half years old.
If the person officially caring for the child (parent or guardian) is subject to social insurance, then the funds will be issued monthly along with the salary. The rest of the citizens receive benefits on the card at the local social security authority no later than the 26th of the current month (for the past month).
The first payment is calculated taking into account the following factors:
- It takes about 10 days from the moment the documents are submitted until the funds are issued;
- When calculating funds, the date of the applicant’s official salary is taken into account;
- if the latter is unemployed, then payments are determined according to the social security schedule.
Many parents are interested in the specifics of calculating payments for a child in the period from one and a half to three years. But there is no official benefit provided in this case. The mother retains the right to leave to care for a minor until he turns three years old.
During this period, the state pays only 50 rubles per month per child. And, since this minimum is not enough to support a minor, many parents go to work, deprived of the opportunity to receive this type of assistance.
When conscripted into the army
If one of the child’s parents is a conscript soldier, then benefits are paid in accordance with the social protection schedule described above.
The official recipient of the funds is the child’s mother or his guardian if the second parent:
- is under investigation;
- deprived of parental rights;
- died.
This benefit is paid from the birth of the child until he reaches the age of three. In this case, the presence of other compensation is not taken into account. But since the period of payments is limited to the period of conscription, most often they last no more than a year.
Up to 16 years old
Such payments are regional in nature, and therefore their size and calculation procedure are determined by the local authorities of each specific region. At the moment, there is no single legislative act regulating such issues.
Most often, child benefits up to 16 years of age are paid to low-income families. If the child is disabled, he can also count on receiving this compensation.
As a rule, the nature of payments depends on the organization that makes them. Therefore, the following options are possible here:
- if the parent is officially employed, then the benefit is issued directly by the administration of the organization in which he works (the calculation is carried out together with monthly salary payments);
- unemployed parents receive benefits from social security authorities according to the schedule described above.
Compensation is usually provided to the child's mother. But in some cases, the father or guardian of a minor may also qualify for payments.
If the child continues his studies at a general education institution, the payment period for him can be extended to 18 years. To do this, the parent must provide the authorized body with documentary evidence that the minor is continuing his studies.
Payment delays
Payments of child benefits are regulated by the relevant order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, which makes them mandatory not only for government institutions, but also for other organizations. But this does not eliminate the possibility of delays.
Why is the payment of child benefit delayed? For example, just a couple of years ago, delays of up to one and a half to two months were quite common. This was explained by the fact that funds from the regional budgets were transferred irregularly. As a result, such failures led to untimely issuance of money. Despite this, the money was transferred to the recipient’s account and was paid to all those in need in full.
This was most often observed by social protection authorities serving the category of unemployed citizens. If we talk about employed persons, then in this case the payments are handled by the accounting department of the specific enterprise whose employees the applicant is listed as. However, this money is deducted from the country’s budget or social insurance, but in no case from the employer’s personal funds, therefore the financial difficulties of the organization should not be taken into account, and such companies do not have the right to delay payments.
At the moment, the issue of delays has already been finally resolved, so such situations should not arise. But if the transfer was not credited on time, then the recipient has every right not only to complain to the appropriate authority, but also to go to court if there is a significant debt.
Since the current government does its best to stimulate the birth rate, when a child is born, a family, regardless of social status, can count on some financial assistance. It should be remembered that benefits from the state are available to all citizens of the Russian Federation who have become parents, and therefore it is necessary to submit documents in a timely manner to receive funds.
Many young parents are interested in the question of why child benefits are being delayed. Sometimes we receive information that benefits have been delayed for 6 months or more. Is this legal? Can this be prevented? How to influence the delayed money to be received as quickly as possible?
Within what period of time, according to the law, should child benefits be paid?
To understand all these issues, it is necessary to carefully study the laws governing the payment of child benefits. Only in this case will you know your rights and be able to demand their compliance.
The timing of the transfer of funds largely depends on whether you are paid benefits through your employer or directly from social security authorities. If Social Security does this, then you can expect payments the next month after filing your application, but no later than the 26th.
When the benefit is paid directly by the employer, he transfers these funds on the next day when the company’s employees receive their salaries. But again, the deadline is the 26th of the next month.
If the delay is longer than this period, you can safely contact your employer with claims.
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What reasons usually lead to delays in payments?
As a rule, delays in payments are caused by two main reasons. The transfer of funds may be delayed by the Social Insurance Fund, which, in turn, receives money from the federal or regional budget. In this case, it is entirely the fault of government agencies. But, as a rule, such delays do not exceed 1-2 months and are necessarily paid as soon as regular funding is restored.
Another common reason is the employer’s delay in funds already transferred from the Social Insurance Fund. Indeed, in some situations (for example, when several employees of an enterprise are on maternity leave at once), it happens that the employer’s account simply does not have the necessary funds transferred from the Social Insurance Fund. This problem can be easily solved - the company just needs to contact the Fund with an application to transfer the necessary funds, and the payment will be made within a few days.
It’s another matter when funds for child benefits have been transferred, but the employer uses them for other purposes. Of course, crises happen in every company, but this is not a reason to use funds to pay child benefits to solve your problems, while leaving the family without state support. In this case, it is possible and necessary to combat delays in the payment of child benefits, since this is a direct violation of the law.
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What to do if payments are delayed?
The first thing you need to do when the funds you are entitled to by law have not been received is to find out within what time frame they must be transferred. If there is still time to transfer them, wait - perhaps in a few days the delay will be eliminated.
When child benefits are delayed, this always entails various difficulties. Many families simply cannot live fully without this government support. Therefore, you should not wait - if all the deadlines established by law for transferring money have already passed, you need to act and not wait.
Many women receiving child benefits know where to turn if they do not receive the money on time. If the benefit is transferred by the employer, then you should start by contacting him. However, if for a long time you have not been given a clear answer to the question of when the funds will be available and for what reason they are not paid on time, you can contact your employer in writing to get an official answer. With him, it will be much easier for you to defend your rights in government bodies. In addition, in some situations, an official request can scare the employer and force you to transfer all the required funds to you.
If the employer does not want to resolve the problem peacefully, you have the right to contact the Social Insurance Fund with a written complaint and then bring the matter to court. Be prepared for the fact that this will not be a quick process, but the problem will definitely be solved.
Delays in child benefits are, unfortunately, not uncommon. Recently, this situation has arisen quite often, as some enterprises are now in a difficult financial situation and are trying to use the money for their own purposes. Since this is illegal, you can demand that the payment due to you be transferred immediately. In the most difficult situations, when the conflict cannot be resolved peacefully, you always have the right to resolve this problem in court. In any case, you can rest assured that the law will be on your side, but it may take some time. The main thing is to seek help in time.