7. Terms and Conditions of Employment - Arbeitsmarktservice ...

Living & Working in Austria 2006
Social Security Institution for Trade and Industry (Sozialversicherungsanstalt der
Gewerblichen Wirtschaft)
More details are available at:
http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/293/Seite.2930000.html (weekly maternity allowance,
temporary help allowance)
If you are employed with remuneration below the low-income limit or an independent
contractor and have taken out personal pension and health insurance, you will receive a
weekly maternity allowance of € 7.30 (2006) per day.
Competent authority:
The health insurance institution (Krankenkasse)
More details are available at:
http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/8/Seite.080002.html#Woche
(low-income groups)
At the beginning of pregnancy, you should receive a Mother-Child Pass (Mutter-Kind-Pass),
to be used for recording medical check-ups of the mother and unborn child and subsequently
for recording vaccinations and check-ups during infancy and early childhood stages. You can
obtain your mother-child pass from your gynaecologist, your general practitioner, your district
public health office, the specialized outpatient services of your district health insurance fund,
the outpatient services of hospitals with maternity clinical departments or from pregnancy
consultation offices.
The mother-child pass check-ups are a prerequisite for the receipt of the childcare allowance
(Kinderbetreuungsgeld).
More details are available at:
http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/8/Seite.080000.html (Mother-Child-Pass)
8.2 Childcare Allowance and Parental Leave
Every child (also foster and adopted children) is eligible to receiving childcare allowance
without any link to employment or mandatory insurance contributions.
The following prerequisites must be satisfied to receive the childcare allowance:
• common household with the child
• at least one of the parents living in the same household with the child is entitled to
receive family allowance (Familienbeihilfe)
• If neither parent is entitled to receive family allowance (Familienbeihilfe), the childcare
allowance can nevertheless be granted if the appropriate duration of social insurance
times have been achieved resulting from gainful employment.
• Performance of the mother-child pass examinations – five during the pregnancy, five
after giving birth, are to be evidenced by the 18 th month after birth – otherwise only
50% of the child allowance will be granted starting with the 21 st month after birth.
An additional gross income of up to 14,400 euros per year is permissible.
Competent authority:
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