# Social insurance benefits

In 2017 the National Office for Social Insurance paid 13 types of benefits (indemnities) to almost 395,000 beneficiaries annually (Table A7).

**Table A7. Dynamic of the number of social insurance benefits, by type, in the period 2016-2017, end of** **<u>period</u>**

|**Title of payment**|**Numb**<br>**benefic**<br>**pers**|**er of**<br>**iaries,**<br>**ons**|**Average be**<br>**/ m**|**nefit, MDL**<br>**onth**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2016**|**2017**|**2016**|**2017**|
|**Social insurance benefits**|**396383**|**394792**|||
|**Support to insured persons for raising the child until the age of 3**|46511|47758|1234.29|1348.09|
|**Protection of the persons in case of temporary working incapacity**|998|1076|1587.38|1543.69|
|**following a work accident**|||||
|**Protection of the persons in case of temporary loss of working**<br>**~~capacity (health leave)~~**|281138|279129|1238.63|1407.75|
|<br>**Support to families during pregnancy**|20301|20051|17229.12|19373.25|
|**Support to the father of the new-born child through paternal leave**|60|2559|4162.35|4074.13|
|**benefit**|||||
|**Support to persons in case of disability following an work accident**<br>**orprofessional disease**|316|317|1550.36|1655.92|
|**Support in case of the death following a work accident**|13|14|19486.54|33150.30|
|**Support in case of death of the beneficiary of the social insurance**<br>**pensions**|35158|35147|1100.00|1100.00|
|**Support in case of death of employedpersons**|6082|4285|1100.00|1100.00|
|**Unemployment benefit**|5805|4456|1324.07|1375.85|
|**Indemnity for lack of working capacity**|89|66|975.12|995.48|
|**Motherhood indemnity**|37|23|5721.49|4315.04|

_Source: 2017 Annual Report of the National Office for Social Insurance._

# Support to insured persons for raising the child until the age of 3

Support to insured persons for raising the child until the age of 3 is the biggest program, for which in 2017 have been spent around 750 million MDL. There were almost 48,000 beneficiaries receiving the support as of end-2017. The average amount of the benefit was 1,348 MDL / monthly, with the concrete amount depending on the income of the insured person. According to the national legislation, the benefit is established at 30% of the average monthly income of the insured person, but not less than 540 MDL per child.

(The non-insured persons are also entitled to a similar benefit, of smaller amount, paid as social assistance, until the child reaches the age of 2.)

# Protection of the persons in case of temporary loss of working capacity

The benefit for protection of the persons in case of temporary loss of working capacity (the health leave) is dominant in terms of number of beneficiaries (around 280,000), whereas the total amount spent has been almost 393 million MDL.

The benefits are established and paid by the employers. The base for calculation is the average income of the insured person in the previous 12 months. The concrete percentage depends on the contribution period / type of disease:

- 60% of the calculation base for those contributing up to 5 years;

- 70% of the calculation base for those contributing between 5 and 8 years;

- 70% of the calculation base for those contributing more than 8 years;

- 100% of the calculation base for the persons whose temporary lack of working capacity has been caused by tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS or oncological disease, independently of the contribution period.

# Support to families during pregnancy

Employed women and pregnant wives who depend on the insured husbands are entitled to this benefit is they are entitled to maternity leave. For the employed women, the right to this benefit does not depend on the contribution 42