Are wages and maternity benefits during maternity leave an option?

Salary and maternity allowance during maternity leave are optional.

The wages paid by the company during maternity leave and the maternity allowance paid by the Social Security Bureau cannot be enjoyed at the same time; if the organization pays social security, the company does not need to pay the wages to the employee during the maternity leave; instead, the company will apply for a maternity allowance for the employee at the Maternity Insurance Fund with the maternity voucher of the female employee, and use the maternity allowance as the wages during the period of the maternity leave of the female employee. However, if the base amount of maternity insurance premiums paid by the enterprise for the employee is lower than the average salary income of the female employee in the previous year, then it will result in the maternity allowance received by the female employee being lower than her salary during her normal attendance, and the enterprise will need to make up the difference; if the unit has no social security payment, the company should be paid during the maternity leave.

Maternity leave application specific process:

1, apply for Antenatal leave, issued a certificate to the hospital, submitted to the superior, waiting for approval;

2, apply for prenatal leave, maternity leave, breastfeeding leave. It is necessary to uniformly produce a copy of ID card, a copy of the marriage certificate, a copy of the birth certificate plus their own completed application for maternity leave and submit it to the superior;

3, maternity leave application note there are a few elements indispensable, the leadership of the application unit, the reason for the application, the length of the leave, the applicant's signature, the time of the application, as well as state regulations of the relevant legal articles annexed. Of course, the last must also have a thank you language, this is the basic normative language is also a basic courtesy.

Maternity insurance reimbursement process:

1, eligible for maternity insurance reimbursement of female workers, you need to hand over to the employer for reimbursement of maternity expenses before the birth of the relevant information, the employer declared to the relevant departments of the social security at the time;

2, social security departments of the submission of the relevant information for review and acceptance of the approval of the issuance of medical certificates;

3, Within 30 days of the maternity leave, the ID card, marriage certificate, social security card, the baby's birth certificate, the original medical expenses and other information to the relevant departments of social security, different regions may require different information;

4, the social security department for approval, approved by the birth section of the social security center will be paid for the calculation of treatment;

5, and finally by the financial section of the social security center to audit, audit After passing, you will be able to receive the cost of subsidies related to maternity allowance.

In summary, the wages paid by the company during the maternity leave and the maternity allowance paid by the social security bureau cannot be enjoyed at the same time; if the unit pays social security, the company does not need to pay the wages to the employee during the maternity leave; instead, the company will go to the Maternity Insurance Fund with the maternity voucher of the female employee to apply for the maternity allowance for the employee, and the maternity allowance will be used as the wages of the female employee during the maternity leave. However, if the base amount of maternity insurance premiums paid by the enterprise for the employee is lower than the average salary income of the female employee in the previous year, then it will result in the maternity allowance received by the female employee being lower than her salary during her normal attendance, and the enterprise will need to make up the difference; if the unit has not paid social security, the company should be paid during the maternity leave.

Legal basis:

Special Provisions for the Protection of Female Workers and Employees Article 6

Women workers can not adapt to the original labor during pregnancy, the employer shall, according to the certificate of the medical institution, reduce the amount of labor or arrange for other work that can be adapted. In the case of a female worker who is more than seven months pregnant, the employer shall not extend the working hours or arrange for night work, and shall arrange for a certain amount of rest time within the working hours. If a pregnant female worker undergoes prenatal checkups during working hours, the time required is counted as working hours.