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A citizen with social security coverage is eligible for sick-leave and sick-pay if incapacity for work occurs due to health-related issues and the status is verified by a doctor, given that the person complies with the applying legal regulations.
In the first 15 days of incapacity for work, one is eligible for sick-leave. This period is covered by the employer, the amount of payment is 70% of the salary for this period of absence.
When the sick-leave is over, the sick-pay period starts. Its amount depends on the length of the sick-pay and the social security coverage and, if any, the hospital stay. There is a maximum limit for sick-pay. The maximum limit is determined by the cause of incapacity for work, depending on this, the sick-pay can reach the 50 or 60% of the average monthly salary.
Eligibility for sick-leave:
employees employment status is regulated by the Hungarian Labour Code (Munka Törvénykönyve)
public sector employees, public service officials, government officials and state service employees
Individuals who are non-eligible for sick-leave:
entrepreneurs
members of partnerships (except if they work with employment status)
workers with mandates
employees with occupational accident and occupational disease-caused incapacity for work
high-risk pregnant women during the period of incapacity for workEligibility for sick-pay:
you have to meet three criteria:
valid social security coverage,
a person during the period of incapacity for work has to pay a social security contribution fee
the incapacity for work is determined and verified by a doctor. You will need to visit your GP and take your paper issued by him/her to your employer.
following individuals:
incapable of work because of a disease
pregnant, or has just given birth, and because of these reasons, they are incapable of work and who are not eligible for child care support,
the mother of a child younger than 1, and the child is hospitalized, and the mother breastfeeds the child,
the parent of a child younger than 12, and the child is hospitalized, and the parent stays at the hospital with the child,
the parent of a child younger than 12, and the parent nurses the child at their own place of residency,
someone who is hospitalized in order to get their diagnosis established or in order to receive medical treatment,
employees who are restricted from their occupation for epidemiological reasons, or because of a quarantine they cannot present at their workplace, and they cannot be transiently employed at another workplace or in another position, either,
out of social justice, the parent is eligible for sick-pay, if they provide nursing care for their child aged 12-18 at their place of residency, or the child is hospitalized for receiving medical treatment and the parent stays with the child during the hospital-stay
Individuals who are non-eligible for sick-pay:
for the part of the period of the incapacity for work, where the social security covered employee receives their whole wage (those who only receive a part of their wage, are eligible for sick-pay);
for the part of the period of incapacity for work during which the employee does not have social security coverage;
if there is no obligation to work (e.g. unpaid leave);
for the weekend or a work-day holiday after the end of the sick-leave, if the next workday after the sick-leave does not belong to the period of incapacity for work;
during the period of child care support (except if the parent during receiving child care support has an employment status and is eligible for sick-pay based on that);
for the period of detention or imprisonment;
during receiving pension;
during retirement before the age limit, service remuneration, professional dancer annuities, and transient miner remuneration (except if the individual has an employment status beside all of these remunerations and they are eligible for sick-pay based on that).