The Ministry of Welfare (MoW) proposes reforming and significantly improving the parental benefit provided to parents during the early stages of a child’s life. The aim of the reform is to make the state support system simpler, clearer and more financially generous, while providing greater flexibility in combining work and family life. “Under the current system, parents have to navigate two different benefits, choose the parental benefit payment period as early as the time of the child’s birth…
The Ministry of Welfare (MoW) proposes reforming and significantly improving the parental benefit provided to parents during the early stages of a child’s life. The aim of the reform is to make the state support system simpler, clearer and more financially generous, while providing greater flexibility in combining work and family life. “Under the current system, parents have to navigate two different benefits, choose the parental benefit payment period as early as the time of the child’s birth, and understand how the two benefits interact with each other. The new approach would eliminate this complex system by introducing a single parental benefit with one unified payment period and simpler eligibility conditions,” emphasises Minister of…
