17.09.2020

Ministry of Labor and Social Policy with advice for parents of quarantined children

If you are the parent of a quarantined child, you have the right to go on paid annual leave for the period of the child's stay at home, or if you do not have the opportunity to do so - on unpaid leave. This is stated in a post of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy on Facebook.

You can use a hospital for temporary incapacity for work to look after a quarantined child, including a healthy child returned from kindergarten or school due to quarantine, the MLSP also points out.

In case you go on unpaid leave, you can apply to the Social Assistance Agency for targeted assistance for the period when you are not at work and have no income, the ministry explains. The assistance is proportional to the days of quarantine, as parents with one child under 14 can receive up to BGN 610, and families with two or more children - up to BGN 915.

In case the parents are in contact or infected with COVID-19 and cannot leave their home, they should contact the relevant municipality and request to be included in community care. Specially hired people will shop and make other home deliveries.