Seniority is important for any working person, because the future pension depends on it. Previously, particular importance was given to continuous work experience. It was he who was the guarantor of sick leave payment, as well as additional payments to pension. This was the case until recently.
As it was before
Everything changed a few years ago. In 2006, a bill was submitted to the Duma for consideration, according to which the concept of not continuous work experience, but general, comes to the fore. Previously, the length of continuous work experience depended on how much a person would receive payments on a sheet of temporary disability. If the continuous work experience was up to 5 years, then 60% of the salary was paid, from 5 to 8 years - 80%, more than 8 years - 100% payment. Naturally, working people tried to make the transition from one place of work to another take as little time as possible. In this part, a limit was set - no more than 21 calendar days in case of dismissal of their own free will and for no apparent reason. For those who were fired by the employer, this time increased to 1 month.
In this regard, transfers from one institution to another were previously organized. For example, this concerned educators, for whom the concept of teaching experience is also of particular importance.
How now
From January 1, 2007, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 16 of Law N 255-FZ, the amount of benefits for sick leave or for caring for a child up to 3 years old does not depend on the total continuous work experience, but on the insurance period. That is, when determining the amount of payments, all the years when a person worked and was subject to compulsory insurance are summed up. An insured person is a person who is covered by state pension insurance, that is, everyone who has a certificate of state pension insurance. Thus, a person who had previously worked for 17 years quit, six months later got a job, then went to sick leave, and he was paid 60%, since they began to count the continuous length of service anew. According to the latest law, sick leave will be paid 100%. And this is true.
The work experience will not be interrupted if you join the labor exchange no later than two months after your dismissal.
Thus, now the seniority is not calculated continuously, as it was before, but in total, regardless of the length of the break.
However, the length of service remains relevant for receiving a pension in the future. According to the Labor legislation of the Russian Federation, to calculate a pension, it is enough to have 5 years of experience, regardless of whether it was interrupted or not. When calculating a pension, continuous work experience does not play a role. The total length of service is taken into account when contributions were made to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.
