According to the amendments, the contributions for the individuals that are on sick leave due to temporary inability to work, granted after an occupational injury or a professional disease are established by means of enforcement of the legal rate to the inability to work compensation and is borne by the employer or from the insurance fund for occupational injuries or professional diseases, instituted according to the applicable legislation. Before, these amounts were borne from the budget of the state social insurances.
For the period of time during which the compensations for temporary inability to work due to a occupational injury or some professional diseases are not borne from the insurance fund for occupational injuries or professional diseases, the employer has the obligation to pay the contribution related to the wage fund for the employees in this situation.
At the same time, the contributions for the individuals who are on parental leave for children under the age of 2 and in the case of handicapped children under the age of 3 will be calculated by applying the legal rate to the amount representing the compensation for parental leave, the amounts being borne by the state budget. Before this amendment, the contribution was calculated by applying the legal rate to the amount representing the value of two national gross minimum basic wages.