Maternity allowance
Maternity allowance is paid from the loss of earnings scheme for fourteen weeks after the birth and amounts to eighty per cent of previous average earnings, up to a daily maximum.
Definition
The conditions are nine months of insurance before the birth and gainful employment for at least five months during that time. Whoever returns to work before the fourteen weeks are up loses the remaining entitlement.
Employment law adds the absolute prohibition on working for eight weeks after the birth — regardless of whether the employee wants to work. The allowance is usually paid to the employer, who continues to pay the salary.
The numbers
- 14 weeks
- duration of the allowance after the birth Art. 16d EOG
- 80%
- share of average earnings Art. 16e EOG
- 8 weeks
- absolute prohibition on working after the birth Art. 35a para. 3 ArG
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What the software must be able to do
You need an absence type with an entitlement to compensation that offsets the salary paid on against the allowance received, plus the filing to the compensation fund. Without it a double payment arises in the payroll account.
Checked Aug 2026
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