How to do the calculation on a calculator
Using this calculator requires the user to fill out certain fields on the service. In some of them you need to enter data (period, date of birth, amount of earnings, etc.), while in others you need to select the appropriate values from the drop-down list (type of benefit being calculated, number of children, etc.).
This calculator is universal, as it allows you to calculate several types of benefits at once - payment for maternity leave, parental leave for up to 1.5 years.
After all the necessary data has been entered, the service calculates the benefit, displaying the final value.
This calculator takes into account all existing requirements for calculations based on the correspondence of minimum and maximum values.
About maternity leave
A woman has the right to go on sick leave due to pregnancy. We are talking about a certificate of incapacity for work issued in the period before the birth of the baby and after. There is a specific period during which it will be valid. However, the duration may vary as certain factors may affect it.
On average, sick leave for pregnancy and childbirth lasts 140 days, and it is divided into two periods - before and after childbirth. Each consists of 70 days, but under certain conditions they can change. Maternity leave can only be shortened if the woman decides to take it later. Because the state does not oblige people to leave work at a specific time. If desired, a girl can work until the birth of a child, if her health allows. However, in this case, you will be able to receive less money for maternity leave, because both wages and payments due to disability cannot be accrued at the same time.
Important! Sick leave may be extended in case of multiple pregnancy, as well as if childbirth occurs with complications. The entire additional period is paid, and the amount of payments will not be less, so the mother of the child can calmly recover after childbirth and not worry about money.
Please note that only women have the right to go on sick leave. That is, for example, the husband cannot stay at home for the last month of vacation, and the girl goes to work. However, this rule applies exclusively to sick leave. As you know, after 140 days it will be possible to take maternity leave to care for a child, because not every mother can afford to leave her baby with relatives every day.
By the way, in this case, the husband can leave work instead of the wife if it is decided that he will be the one to take care of the baby. As a rule, such a decision is made if a woman has a higher salary, and it is not profitable for her to sit on maternity leave. In any case, this issue is resolved within the family circle, and each couple must make their own decision.
Basis for calculating maternity benefits in 2019
In order to calculate maternity benefits, applicants for their receipt must submit certain documents.
A woman who is pregnant must be registered with a doctor who monitors her condition from a certain stage of pregnancy. As soon as the gynecologist records the 30th week of pregnancy, he issues a certificate of incapacity for work for his patient.
This document is the basis for her receiving maternity leave at work, as well as paying her maternity benefits.
Having received this document, the employee must draw up an application for granting her this period, and attaching sick leave to it, submit these forms to the personnel department.
Attention! The application should be drawn up, because the employee has the right to immediately apply for this period, or to work for some more time. Therefore, this document is also of paramount importance.
How long do you need to work?
The fact that the expectant mother has insurance coverage does not in any way affect her eligibility to receive the benefits in question. This factor affects the amount of payment. This provision is connected by the fact that when calculating the amount, a couple of calendar years that preceded the decree are taken into account. Also of key importance is the size of a citizen’s salary.
Legislative acts define the rules in accordance with which benefits are calculated:
- when the time worked is a couple of years or more, the payment will be equal to forty percent of the employee’s average income;
- if the output is less than this value, then benefits are calculated based on the amount of payment for this time.
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Sometimes situations arise that the expectant mother has worked partly for the required period of time, and the output is less than a couple of years. In this situation, when calculating, it will be necessary to take into account what level of average wages occurred during the period worked.
When the output is less than six months, the calculations take into account the minimum wage established in the country. As of 2019, this figure is about 11.2 thousand. If the citizen was registered in the Central Taxpayer's Office, this indicates her authority to deduct the amounts in question. The accruals take into account the amount of benefits accrued by the specified service.
Rules for calculating maternity benefits
Calculating maternity leave requires compliance with a number of rules.
This benefit is calculated based on the employee’s average daily earnings received in the previous two years. If a woman goes on maternity leave in 2020, then her salary indicators for 2020 and 2020 are taken for calculation.
When calculating benefits, you must take into account the maximum value of average daily earnings for this case.
It is determined based on the limit bases that apply in the selected periods:
- 2016 – 718,000 rub.
- 2017 - 755,000 rubles.
- 2018 – 815,000 rub.
- 2019 – 865,000 rub.
Payment calculation example
An employee with insurance experience is going on maternity leave from January 20, 2019.
Amount of income (100%) and calendar days (non-leap periods):
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Example of calculating maternity benefits
Let's look at examples of how to calculate maternity benefits in various life situations.
We use the following data as basic indicators for calculating each case:
- The maximum base for the Social Insurance Fund is 755,000 rubles for 2020, 815,000 rubles for 2018.
- The duration of the calculation period for these years is 730 days.
Standard conditions for calculating maternity leave
Ivanova A.G. in 2020 brought to the accounting department a sick leave issued due to pregnancy and childbirth.
Her salary, on which contributions were calculated, amounted to 358,000 rubles in 2020, and 418,000 rubles in 2020. According to the employee’s sick leave certificate, the standard period of maternity leave is 140 days.
First of all, we compare information about the employee’s salary with the maximum bases for these years. Since they do not exceed the limits determined by law, data on the salary of A. G. Ivanova are used for calculations.
Are sick leave taken into account when calculating maternity leave?
The amount of accrued maternity benefits depends on the correct inclusion of all types of remuneration for the employee in the total income and the calculation of the number of paydays. When determining income, all payments from which the employer paid insurance contributions to the Social Insurance Fund are taken (Part 2 of Article 14 of Law No. 255-FZ). This is the salary of a pregnant woman, vacation pay, bonuses, financial assistance from 4,000 rubles, various compensations, regional increasing coefficients, travel allowances, additional payments and allowances, etc.
Not included in the calculation:
- Amounts for sick leave, including maternity leave.
- Amounts paid by the Social Insurance Fund to women on children's leave.
- Material assistance is less than 4,000 rubles.
- Other non-taxable payments for which the employer did not accrue or pay contributions to the Social Insurance Fund.
When calculating the number of settlement days, the same rules apply. All days for which non-taxable remuneration was paid are excluded. These are periods of employment and labor, children's leave, sick days, periods of release from work duties with/without maintaining wages, for which insurance premiums were not accrued. In this case, vacations at your own expense are taken into account when determining the number of billing days.
Note! If the answer to the question: does sick leave affect maternity leave? positive, remember that on the basis of a written statement from the employee, you can replace unfavorable periods with others, but only on the condition that in the accounting years you took leave for labor and employment or a child type of leave (to care for children up to the age of 3 years). As a result of such a replacement, at a higher level of income, the average daily earnings and the total amount of maternity payments will change.
Calculation procedure
A woman during her pregnancy, as well as immediately after its completion, is given sick leave for a duration of 140 days.
This period of time is called maternity leave .
Then she has the right to take leave to provide direct care for the newborn until he is one and a half years old. This type of exemption from work can be taken not only by the mother, but also by any other family member if he will directly care for the child. These two periods are called maternity leave and are subject to payment in accordance with current legislation.
They are paid according to the following algorithm :
- The basis for calculation is two years before the start of the current year in which the sick leave was issued.
- The average daily earnings are calculated, then multiplied by the number of days of the paid period.
- Leave related to pregnancy and subsequent childbirth is paid in full, regardless of whether the woman has an insurance period.
- Parental leave is paid at 40%, also regardless of length of service and who takes it.
Both of these payments are limited by minimum and maximum limits , which change almost annually, depending on the minimum wage and the cost of living.
Maternity benefit based on the minimum wage
For women who have less than six months of insurance coverage, payments are calculated based on the minimum wage (minimum wage) for labor, taking into account the regional coefficient. Based on the minimum wage, benefits must be calculated even if the employee’s earnings are below the minimum or were not included in the calculation.
From January 1, 2020, the federal minimum wage is set at 11,280 rubles per month. From January 1 to April 30, 2020, the minimum wage was 9,489. From May 1 to December 31, 2020, the federal minimum wage was 11,163.
Maternity benefits based on the minimum wage are calculated by multiplying the minimum wage, which is in effect at the time of leave, by 24 and dividing by 730 (clause 15.3 of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 15, 2007 No. 375). In this case, no periods need to be subtracted.
While when calculating average daily earnings based on accrued payments, excluded periods, which are established by part 3.1 of Law No. 255-FZ, must be subtracted.
So, if maternity leave began on January 1, 2020 or later, then the minimum average daily earnings is 370.85 rubles. (RUB 11,280 x 24: 730). Depending on the length of maternity leave in 2020, there will be different minimum maternity payments:
- RUB 51,919 (370.85 × 140 days) – in the general case;
- RUB 57,852.60 (370.85 × 156 days) – for complicated childbirth;
- RUR 71,944.90 (370.85 × 194 days) – in case of multiple pregnancy.
How is maternity money calculated?
It should immediately be clarified that the Social Insurance Fund pays benefits, but the amount is calculated by the employer. Therefore, the sooner the registration is started, the greater the chance that all calculations will be made correctly and the money will be credited to the account or will be issued immediately after the employee goes on vacation.
To calculate maternity benefits, you need to know only two parameters: the billing period and average earnings.
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Billing period
The calculation period refers to the fully worked days in which the employee was paid full wages. Exactly what time period falls under this definition is established by Federal Law. Currently, the provisions of Law No. 255 of December 29, 2006 are in effect and must be taken into account in order to understand how to calculate maternity benefits.
The current rules state that the last two calendar years worked are taken as the calculation period. This means that a full year is taken into account, that is, an employee going on vacation in March 2020 will count the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
In this case, all days will be subtracted from the indicated duration:
- calendar leave;
- temporary disability;
- caring for a disabled child or adult relative;
- time off at your own expense;
- absence from work without a valid reason;
- in which wages were maintained at the average value, partially or not at all.
That is, only those work shifts for which contributions to the Social Insurance Fund were made should be taken into account.
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Average earnings
So, let’s repeat: in order to calculate maternity money, you first need to determine the billing period. Why is it important to start with this? Because the calculation will take into account only those payments that the employee received during the designated time period. All of them will be added together and divided by the number of days fully worked. The resulting amount will be the average daily earnings.
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What is included in the calculation
Before you start making your own calculations, you need to know that the benefit calculation includes:
- wage;
- regular bonus;
- vacation pay;
- financial assistance over four thousand rubles;
- travel allowances;
- compensation for unused calendar leave.
All coefficients and premiums established in the region and at the enterprise are also taken into account, but only once - when calculating the average number.
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What is not included in the calculation
To calculate the amount of maternity benefits, you need to know about those amounts that are not taken into account in the overall calculation:
- sick leave payments;
- social benefits;
- financial assistance of less than four thousand rubles;
- payment at the birth of a child (no more than fifty thousand rubles).
As well as all other cash issued that was not subject to contributions to the Social Insurance Fund and the Pension Fund.
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Special cases
Very often, situations arise when employees, before going on maternity leave with one employer, with whom they have been cooperating for only a year or less, worked for several years at another company or did not work at all. How do you do the calculations in this case?
The rules state that in cases where the length of service is less than the pay period, benefits are paid at the minimum wage that is in force this year (from January 1, 2018, the minimum wage is 9,849 rubles).
Therefore, the minimum amount of assistance that a maternity leaver can count on is 9849 * 24 months/730 days * 140 days = 45,332.38 rubles.
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