The retroactive payment of the allowance (for those born following 24/9/2023) will start from 1/1/2024 as follows from an amendment of the Ministry of Labor submitted to the bill of the Ministry of National Economy for the protection of the coast which is to voting in Parliament.
According to the amendment, the mother insured by the EFKA, self-employed, self-employed or farmer, is entitled to a special maternity protection benefit of 9 months, which starts following the payment of the EFKA maternity allowance. The EFKA maternity benefit is paid to the insured women in question for a period of 14 weeks following childbirth (Article 6 of Law 4097/2012).
Therefore, the special benefit of 9 months is paid at the end of the 14-week allowance from the birth of the child, and especially for those who gave birth following 24/9/2023, the start of payment is from 1/1/2024 when the period ends of 14 weeks from the granting of the EFKA allowance
With the current level of the minimum wage, the benefit that self-employed mothers and farmers, as well as self-employed women who had a child following 9/24/2023, will receive for the months of January to March is 780 euros per month, while with imminent salary increase, from 1the April they will get an increased allowance. The information says that the new salary – and therefore the 9-month allowance for new mothers – will be between 820 euros and 830 euros
The main condition that the insured must meet for the smooth payment of the benefit is to have paid any unpaid contributions, or to have them settled. In the case of the arrangement, if they leave an installment unpaid, then for the period that the installment will not be paid, the payment of the allowance will be automatically stopped.
Applications for the allowance will be submitted to the Public Employment Service (PYPA) which will pay the beneficiaries a monthly amount equal to the current minimum wage, following checking their insurance information.
The benefit can be transferred from the mother to the father for a total period of 7 months out of the 9 that is paid, provided that the father is employed and has no debts from contributions.
The same amendment provides for the payment of the same benefit to same-sex couples who have a child together.
The provision of maternity protection is tax-free, non-assignable and non-confiscatable, while it is not bound or set off once morest confirmed debts to the State. insurance funds and banks.
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