Sickness Insurance












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            The sickness insurance system is intended for gainfully employed persons who, with the los

            cases of short-term social events (temporary incapacity for work due to illness or injury 
            taking care of a family member, pregnancy and maternity, childcare), receive financial sic
            benefits.


            Employees are required to be covered by sickness insurance, unlike self-employed people, w
            insurance is voluntary.


            Six financial benefits are paid from sickness insurance:

            • sick leave
            • maternity benefit
            • pregnancy and maternity compensatory benefit

            • caretaking benefit
            • paternity leave for fathers
            • long-term care


            All of the benefits relating to sickness insurance are paid by the district (or Prague) so
            authority. You can find more detailed information here [ URL "https://www.cssz.cz/web/en"]

            the workplaces here [ URL "https://www.cssz.cz/web/en/contacts"] .





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            * Sick leave
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            An employee who is declared by a physician to be incapable of performing work is entitled 

            sick leave starting from the 15th calendar day of the work incapacity. For the first 14 ca
            employer pays the employee compensation of wages for each work day.




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            * Maternity benefit
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            You can find more information here [ URL "UKSWCEN-54.html#7"] .





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            * Pregnancy and maternity compensatory benefit
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            You can find more information here [ URL "UKSWCEN-54.html#7"] .




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            * Caretaking benefit

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            An employee is entitled to a caretaking benefit if the employee cannot work for the follow
            • taking care of a sick member of the household, or

            • taking care of a healthy child under the age of 10 because a school or childcare facilit
              to an accident or another unanticipated event or if the person who otherwise cares for t
              become ill


            The support period for the caretaking benefit is a maximum of nine calendar days.