To apply for maternity leave (that is, for pregnancy and childbirth), submit an application at the place of your main work, to which you attach the conclusion of the medical institution (sick leave). On the basis of these documents, a vacation will be issued and legally established payments will be charged.
Necessary
- - application for maternity leave;
- - conclusion of a medical institution (hospital).
Instructions
Step 1
To obtain maternity leave, submit at your place of work an opinion issued by a medical institution and write an application for maternity leave (submit the same documents in case of adoption).
Step 2
On the basis of the submitted documents, maternity leave is provided with a total continuous duration of 140 calendar days (70 of which are counted before the probable date of delivery and 70 after). In some cases, the size of this leave increases: if it turned out that the pregnancy is multiple - 84 and 110 days, respectively, in the case of complicated childbirth - 86 days of postnatal leave, pregnancy in women who have been exposed to radiation or live in radioactively contaminated areas - prenatal leave - 90 days.
Step 3
If you wish, submit an application for joining the maternity leave of annual paid leave, this application is always satisfied (according to the law).
Step 4
At the end of the period of maternity leave, apply to the head of the enterprise for a leave to care for a newborn child until he reaches 3 years of age, be sure to provide a copy of the child's birth certificate.
Step 5
Such leave can be issued in whole or in part except for the mother (on the basis of an appropriate application and confirmation of the mother's non-use of this type of leave) to the child's father, grandmother, grandfather or guardians.
Step 6
When submitting an application for the care of an adopted child, attach also a court decision, in which the fact of the child's adoption is attested, as well as a certificate from the permanent place of work of the second adoptive parent (husband) that he was not granted this type of leave. Optionally, apply for part-time work to keep your parental benefit payments.
Step 7
The spouse can also submit an out-of-order application for annual leave (regardless of the length of his continuous work), only specify the reason for the wife's prenatal and postnatal leave.
Step 8
Leave in connection with caring for a child under 1, 5 years old, as well as prenatal and postnatal leave, are paid by the state. These payments are made from the Social Insurance Fund.
