At the end of 2022, a decision was made to join the Social Insurance Fund to the Pension Fund, which means, in fact, its liquidation. The Pension Fund of Ukraine is engaged in the appointment of all social payments and subsidies. This also applies to sick pay..

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PFU specialists told whether it is possible to get a sick leave during the so-called "

They recalled that downtime is a stoppage of work caused by the lack of organizational or technical conditions necessary for the performance of work or other circumstances (Article 34 of the Labor Code of Ukraine).

In turn, the conditions for granting temporary disability benefits are determined by the Law of Ukraine "

Temporary disability benefit is provided as full or partial compensation for the loss of wages in the event of an insured event, because wages are remuneration that, under an employment contract, the employer pays to the employee for the work done.

At the same time, payment for downtime through no fault of the employee is attributed to the guarantee and compensation payments of the fund of additional wages as part of payment for unworked time.. That is, when downtime is declared through no fault of the employee, the employer is obliged to pay the person wages at the rate of not less than two-thirds of the tariff rate of the category (salary) established for the employee for the period the employee is in idle time..

It should be borne in mind that a temporary disability of a person in accordance with a medical report is a disability due to illness, injury or other reasons (pregnancy and childbirth, quarantine, etc.).. ), which is of a temporary reverse nature under the influence of treatment, rehabilitation, other medical measures and continues until the restoration of working capacity or until the end of the reasons that preclude the possibility of performing work. And since work is stopped during downtime, the employee does not experience temporary disability in the event of illness or injury, the duration of which coincides with the downtime..

In addition, in the event of an insured event during the employee’s downtime, there is no loss of wages, so there is no reason to pay temporary disability benefits as compensation for lost earnings..

At the same time, if it is necessary for the employee to go to work during the downtime of the enterprise according to the work schedule and the onset of temporary disability on that day, as a result of which the employee loses wages during these days, temporary disability benefits should be paid to the employee on a general basis.

In accordance with the Law " Recall how FLP get sick leave.