Employers will pay sickness benefit for the first five days of the sick leave only for a cumulative period of at most 15 days during a calendar year. In the next cases, the payment will be made from the state social insurance budget. These provisions take effect on April 1 and are aimed at limiting the number of sick leave days paid by employers, IPN reports.
Nicolae Tabuleac, head of the Employees’ Social Insurance Division, said such changes to the legislation were necessary as the principle of social equity was evidently violated.
Starting with 2013, the sickness benefit for the first five days of the sick leave in case of ordinary diseases or accidents unrelated to the work is paid by the employer, no matter how many times the employee was on sick leave. From the sixth day, the benefit is paid from the state social insurance budget.
