Government Offices of Sweden (11.05.2020) Parents who have to stay home from work to care for children, whose schools are closed to limit the spread of the virus, will be eligible for temporary parental benefit. In such situations, parents will receive approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive in temporary parental benefit.
The new ordinance also contains an exemption from the requirement of a medical opinion to verify the special need for care if temporary parental benefit is to be paid when a child between the ages of 12 and 16 is sick. The need must still be verified, but it can be done by some other means than a medical opinion.
Parents who have to stay home to care for children will be eligible for temporary parental benefit which amounts approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive. The new ordinance also contains an exemption from the requirement of a medical opinion to verify the special need. It can be done by some other means than a medical opinion.
Expanded opportunities for temporary parental benefit
The opportunities to receive temporary parental benefit have been expanded in a new ordinance. If it should be necessary to close e.g. preschools and schools to limit the spread of the virus, parents who have to stay home from work to care for children will be eligible for temporary parental benefit. In such situations, parents will receive approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive in temporary parental benefit.
The new ordinance also contains an exemption from the requirement of a medical opinion to verify the special need for care or supervision if temporary parental benefit is to be paid when a child between the ages of 12 and 16 is sick. The need must still be verified, but it can be done by some other means than a medical opinion.
The ordinance entered into force on 25 April 2020 and applies to temporary parental benefit from that date. The ordinance will cease to apply at the end of September 2020.