| Discussion on the amendments of the Social insurance Code and the amount of the compensations paid during maternity leave. |
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On the 7 –th of June 2006 was organized a discussion on the proposals for Social Insurance Code amendments upon initiative of the Parliamentary Group of National Movement Simeon the Second (NMSS) in the National Assembly following the social demand for increase of the amount of the maternity leave compensations. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Anelia Mingova, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of NMSS and was attended by members of the Parliament, deputy ministers, representatives of the executive power, organizations and institutions, media and civil society – mothers and NGOs working on women’s problems. The discussion was organized in response of the Bulgarian present and future mothers’ protest against the state social policy concerning compensations for maternity leave and state financial assistance for childcare
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CWSP supported the proposals for amendments and underlined that society must еvaluate mother’s and parent’s work which shall be an overall estimation of the efforts to be a parent in Bulgaria. It is really necessary affirmative measures for supporting parents to be implemented in accordance with the public interest. In this respect CWSP proposed if the Social fund “Maternity and Diseases” is divided into two parts the part compensating maternity and parental leaves to be named Social Fund “Parent’s responsibility” or “Childcare” and parents who have paid their social insurance to have the possibility to obtain a compensation for parental leave at the amount of their 100% brut remuneration for a period of one year.
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