Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs & Family Slovakia : State Social Support & Family Benefits

Organization : Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs & Family
Type of Facility : State Social Support & Family Benefits
Country: Slovakia

Website :
http://www.upsvar.sk/socialne-veci-a-rodina/statne-socialne-davky.html?page_id=229
http://www.upsvar.sk/socialne-veci-a-rodina/rodinne-davky-v-ramci-eu.html?page_id=1192

State Social Support Benefits :

A child was born:
After the child was born a parent or a foster parent in whose care the child has been entrusted in foster care by a decision of the court (hereinafter referred to as “parent”) may claim entitlement to these state social support benefits:
** Child birth grant
** Child birth grant bonus (upon the birth of the first, second or third child)
** Child allowance

Related : Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs & Family Jobseekers Register Slovakia : www.statusin.org/9553.html

The above benefits are provided for every child born, even if two or more children are born simultaneously.

Parental allowance can be claimed only by one of the parents of the child or children and is payable for personal childcare, regardless of the number of children aged up to three years, or six years, where the child has a long-term unfavourable health state.

Application forms and certificate forms for the applications are provided by the payer, which is the competent Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family according to the place of permanent residence of the claimant in the SR (in case of a foreigner, according to the place of his or her temporary residence in the SR).

Application forms and certificate forms for the applications are also available from the website https://www.upsvr.gov.sk/, sample application forms, sample applications for the area of social affairs and family. The last page of the application forms contains the information on the documents (original + copy) that need to be supplied to the payer together with the completed application form for the purpose of comparing the data given in the application.

Once the eligibility conditions are met, the entitlement to the above benefits, shall also arise to a parent whose child was born abroad, provided the claimant submits an official translation of the document proving the birth of the child. If the parent stays with the child in a state that is not a Member State of the European Union, or a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, a proof of health insurance of the child’s parent in the SR is required.

The parent must claim the above benefits within 6 months of the birth of the child, at the latest.

For more information on entitlement conditions for the above benefits and for other social benefits (also for migrant citizens), on amounts of benefits, periods within which claim can be made, are posted on the website https://www.upsvr.gov.sk/, state social support benefits, overview of state social support benefits.

Family benefits within the EU:
In the payment of state social support benefits the EU coordination regulations began to be applied upon accession of the Slovak Republic to the European Union.

A person who has exercised his or her right to free movement within the European Union cannot be placed at a disadvantage when compared with a person who has always had permanent residence and worked in only one Member State.

Pursuant to the general regulations, an employee carrying out gainful activity in any of the Member States of the EU and the EEC must, by principle, receive all social security benefits, provided for in the national legislation, which applies to him/her in the same way as to nationals of that Member State, even if she/he has residence in another Member State, or if he or she is not a national of the Member State in which the employee carries out gainful activity.

Migrant employees and members of their family do not lose their rights acquired in the area of social security when changing residence from one state to another. The periods of insurance in particular Member States shall be aggregated and the benefits, including family benefits, shall be paid by the competent institution of the state concerned, even if the place of residence of the migrant citizen is in another Member State, as the Community regulations permit benefits to be exported.

The state social support benefits under the Slovak legislation, which are subject to coordination by the regulations, include:
** Child allowance
** Child allowance supplement
** Parental allowance
** Allowance to parents to whom multiple children were born
** Repeat allowance to a child in alternative care
** Funeral grant

Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71 of the Council with its Implementing Regulation (EEC) No. 574/72 of the Council is the basic regulation relating to the coordination of national social security systems. The cited regulation applies to:
** Employed persons
** Self-employed persons
** Civil servants, clerks
** Students
** Pensioners
** Members of the family
** Survivors

These regulations are applicable throughout the territory of 25 states that are the Member States of the European Union:
Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Great Britain, Rumania, Bulgaria.

The regulations also apply to the territory of three states of the European Economic Area:
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the coordination rules are also applied by Switzerland.

Every person to whom the coordination regulations apply can exercise his or her entitlement to family benefits. Within the meaning of the coordination regulations, the entitlement to family benefits shall also arise in the state of the EU in which the employment is carried out, hence in the state where the contributions to the insurance system of the relevant state are effected.