Comparison of benefits

Comparison of benefits for incapacity for work

Reason for release from work	Number of the reason	Type of certificate	Reimbursement procedure	Duration of payment for an insured event
Illness (including domestic injury from 30.06.2022)	1	Certificate for sick leave	The employer pays the benefit from day 4 to day 8 of the illness. EHIF pays from day 9, the benefit rate is 70%.	Up to 182 days (up to 240 days in case of tuberculosis)
Domestic injury (invalid from 30.06.2022)	3	Certificate for sick leave	The employer pays the benefit from day 4 to day 8 of the illness. EHIF pays from day 9, the benefit rate is 70%.	Up to 182 days
Traffic injury Complication/illness as a result of a traffic injury	4 18	Certificate for sick leave	The employer pays the benefit from day 4 to day 8 of the illness. EHIF pays from day 9, the benefit rate is 70%.	Up to 182 days
Quarantine	10	Certificate for sick leave	Based on the certificate issued due to quarantine, the employer pays the benefit from day 4 to day 8. EHIF pays from day 9, the benefit rate is 70%.	Up to 7 days
Occupational diseases	2	Certificate for sick leave	EHIF pays the benefit from day 2, the benefit rate is 100%.	Up to 182 days
Occupational injury Occupational injury in traffic Complication/illness as a result of an occupational injury	5 6 7	Certificate for sick leave	EHIF pays the benefit from day 2, the benefit rate is 100%.	Up to 182 days
Injury received while preventing a criminal offence, protecting national or public interests	8	Certificate for sick leave	EHIF pays the benefit from day 2, the benefit rate is 100%.	Up to 182 days
Transfer to easier work	17	Certificate for sick leave	EHIF compensates for the difference in wages caused by the transfer to an easier work, if the person's salary at the time of the transfer to an easier work is lower than his or her average income for the previous calendar year. If a person is released from work due to lack of easier work, the benefit is paid from day 2 at the rate of 70%. The benefit can only be claimed during pregnancy until maternity leave. Read more here.	Until maternity leave
Illness or injury during pregnancy	19	Certificate for sick leave	EHIF pays the benefit from day 2, the benefit rate is 70%.	Up to 182 days
Nursing a child under the age of 12 or a disabled insured person under the age of 19.	14	Certificate for care leave	EHIF pays the benefit from the first day of release, the benefit rate is 80%. Please note! An insured person is entitled to a care benefit on the basis of a certificate for care leave for nursing a child under the age of 12 for up to 60 calendar days, if the illness is caused by a malignant tumor and the child's treatment begins in a hospital.	Up to 14 days
Nursing a sick family member who is ill at home	12	Certificate for care leave	EHIF pays the benefit from the first day of release, the benefit rate is 80%.	Up to 7 days
Caring for a child of under 3 years of age or for a disabled child of under 16 years of age when the child’s mother is ill or is receiving obstetrical care	13	Certificate for care leave	EHIF pays the benefit from the first day of release, the benefit rate is 80%.	Up to 10 days
Maternity leave	15	Certificate for maternity leave	EHIF pays the benefit from the first day of release from work, the benefit rate is 100%.	140 days
Adoptive parents leave for a child under 10 years of age	16	Certificate for adoption leave	EHIF pays the benefit from the first day of release from work, the benefit rate is 100%.	70 days
Organ or haematopoietic stem cell donation	20	Certificate for sick leave	EHIF pays from day 1, the benefit rate is 100%.	Up to 182 days