Quantum of allowances provided to employees taking care of children on period of online education to be increased in Moldova
18:31 | 02.02.2022 Category: Official
Chisinau, 2 February /MOLDPRES/ - The government continues measures of support for employers and employees, in the context of the restrictions enforced on the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the employees who take care of children who study online will receive an increased allowance on the behalf of the state – from 150 lei to 250 lei per day. The cabinet approved this decision today, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.
At the same time, the cabinet approved and increased the allowance for employees with children and for technical unemployment and respectively, the increase in the ceiling for the compensation of the free vaccination days from 450 lei to 500 lei per day, which accounts for 50 per cent of the quantum of the monthly average salary on the economy for 2022, which is 9,900 lei.
The draft approved provides also for completions and specifications for improving the enforcement of the mechanisms of providing the concerned allowances and compensations.
The new measures will reduce the financial burden of the employees on the period of COVID-19 pandemic. As much as 200 million lei was allocated from the state budget for 2022 for their implementation.
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