Article 13. Payment of Sickness Allowance during Leave

1. If the insured person becomes temporarily incapacitated for work due to sickness or trauma during the annual paid leave or if during the leave the insured person is undergoing medical treatment at the health care institution providing orthopaedic and/or prosthetic services, a sickness allowance shall be paid in accordance with the procedure established in Articles 9 and 12 of this Law.

2. If the insured person during the unpaid leave becomes temporarily incapacitated for work due to the reasons specified in paragraph 2 of Article 5 of this Law, or if the insured person is removed from work without entitlement to remuneration, the payment of a sickness allowance shall commence in accordance with the procedure established in Articles 9 to 12 of this Law from the day the insured person was to start working. The allowance shall be paid according to the same procedure if the insured person is removed from work during sickness.

Article 14. Amount of Sickness Allowance

1. The amount of a sickness allowance for the first 2 calendar days of sick leave that is paid by the employer shall not be less than 80 per cent and not more than 100 per cent of the average salary of the allowance beneficiary, calculated in accordance with procedure established by the Government.

2. The amount of a sickness allowance paid with the State Social Insurance Fund resources shall make up 40 per cent of the reimbursed remuneration of the allowance beneficiary from the third day through the seventh day of the temporary incapacity for work, and 80 per cent of the said remuneration starting from the eighth day of the temporary incapacity for work.

3. The amount of a sickness allowance paid upon having become temporarily incapable for work because of taking of the tissues, cells or organs for transplantation with the purpose of donation, shall make up 100 per cent of the reimbursed remuneration of the allowance beneficiary.

4. The amount of a sickness allowance paid with the State Social Insurance Fund resources shall make up 85 per cent of the reimbursed remuneration of the allowance beneficiary for nursing a sick family member or looking after a sick child.

5. A sickness allowance paid with the State Social Insurance Fund resources may not be less per month than a quarter of the current year’s insured income valid during the month when incapacity for work occurred.

6. A sickness allowance shall be calculated and paid in accordance with procedure established by the Regulations of Sickness and Maternity Social Insurance Allowances approved by the Government.

Article 15. Conditions under which Sickness Allowance shall not be Paid

1. A sickness allowance shall not be paid if the competent authorities establish that:

1) the insured person became temporarily incapacitated for work due to trauma received when committing a criminal act;

2) the insured person did damage to his health or pretended being sick;

3) the insured person became temporarily incapacitated for work due to insobriety (inebriety) or due to abuse of psychoactive substances.

2. The persons who violated the treatment and medical care regime prescribed by the doctor, failed to attend the appointment with the doctor or to did not undergo for any valid reason a medical check–up prescribed by law may be refused a sickness allowance or the payment of the allowance may be terminated from the day of commission of the violation following the Regulations of Sickness and Maternity Social Insurance Allowances approved by the Government.