In order to supervise children, in the situation of limiting or suspending teaching activities that involve the actual presence of children in schools and early childhood education units, as a result of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, during the 2020-2021 school year , are granted days off to one of the parents for the supervision of children, as a result of the epidemiological investigation determined by the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, carried out by the public health directorate, and taking into account the decisions of the county committee for emergencies, respectively Emergency Situations of Bucharest.
The measure applies to parents who cumulatively meet the following conditions:
– have children up to 12 years old or have children with disabilities up to 26 years old, enrolled in a pre-school education or early education unit;
– the other parent does not benefit, in turn, from days off.
The measure does not apply if one of the parents is in one or more of the following situations:
– is on leave for raising a child up to 2 years old, respectively 3 years old, in the case of a disabled child;
– is the personal assistant of one of the dependent children;
– is on vacation / unpaid leave;
– has a suspended employment relationship for technical unemployment;
– does not realize incomes from salaries and assimilated to salaries, incomes from independent activities, incomes from intellectual property rights, incomes from agricultural activities, forestry and fish farming, subject to income tax.
For the granting of days off, the parent will submit to the employer an application accompanied by the declaration on his own responsibility of the other parent, a copy of the birth certificate (s) of the child / children, as well as, if applicable, a copy of the employment certificate. in the degree of disability of the child or adult up to 26 years of age. The declaration on the other parent’s own responsibility will contain elements showing that he did not request days off at his place of work, that he does not have a suspended employment contract and is not in one of the situations provided above, for which the measure does not applies.
The allowance for each day off is paid by the employer and is in the amount of 75% of the basic salary corresponding to a working day, but not more than the daily correspondent of 75% of the average gross salary. The allowance bears all social contributions and income tax
The settlement of the amounts for the payment of the indemnity will be made on the basis of the employer’s request and of the justifying documents, within 15 calendar days from the registration date.
It constitutes a contravention and the employer is sanctioned with a fine between 1.000 and 2.000 lei for each person for whom he refuses to grant days off, without exceeding the cumulative value of 20.000 lei.