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According to the current regulation, if the parent is on paid maternity leave and returns to work before the child turns two, the allowance payment is stopped from that moment. The legislative amendment proposes to stipulate that the parent of a child up to two years old will continue to receive the allowance even if she returns to work.

With the amendments to the Law on State Benefits, the Government proposes to assign care allowance to a parent who is registered at the address of the place of residence in the Republic of Armenia and takes care of a child up to 2 years old, regardless of the place of registration and the fact of being an employee. The law will apply to the cases where the child was born on or after January 1, 2023. Moreover, the current legislative regulations for employees and rural parents will apply if the child was born before January 1, 2023, and in case of a rural parent, also if the application was submitted before December 31, 2023.

According to one of the provisions, the amount of care allowance is determined by the executive body. So, the amount of money planned is 37.500 AMD (for working mothers) and a little more than 31.000 AMD (for non-working mothers).

A foreign citizen parent has the right to care allowance if she meets the specified conditions and as of the child's birthday, the parent has been registered at the address of the place of residence in the RA for at least three consecutive years.

The RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Davit Khachatryan noted that editorial and technical proposals were presented after the first reading, which were accepted.

With addenda to the RA Labor Code, the executive body establishes a directly authorizing norm regarding the setting of the additional payment for employees of budgetary institutions that are not considered state and local self-government bodies for working in mountainous areas.

The settlements located at an altitude of 2.000 meters or more above sea level are classified as high-mountainous settlements.

According to Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Ruben Sargsyan, the two editorial and technical proposals submitted were accepted.

These issues were debated in the second reading at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs on October 18.