Keyword Finances: Who pays the maternity benefit?

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Superiors threaten to dismiss employees during pregnancy? This is what German law provides in this case:

According to Section 17 Paragraph 1 of the MuSchG, termination of employment against a woman is not permitted

during her pregnancy
until four months after a miscarriage after the twelfth week of pregnancy and
until the end of their benin phone data protection period after childbirth, but at least until four months after childbirth ,
if the employer is aware of the pregnancy, miscarriage after the twelfth week of pregnancy or childbirth at the time of termination or if the employer is informed of this within two weeks of receiving the notice of termination .

Exceeding this deadline is not detrimental if the delay is due to a reason for which the woman is not responsible and the notification is made immediately.



During pregnancy, economic issues such as financial security become even more important. Since women are not employed in the last six weeks before the birth and the first eight weeks after the birth, they do not receive any conventional wage payments .

Anyone who has private or non-contributory family insurance can receive maternity benefit from the Federal Insurance Office, limited to 210 euros. Voluntary or compulsorily insured members of a statutory health insurance fund are entitled to maternity benefit of 13 euros per calendar day.

If the average daily net salary exceeds 13 euros, the employer is obliged to top up the amount accordingly (Section 20 MuSchG) . They can then apply for reimbursement of the top-up amount from the health insurance company of the respective employee in the form of a levy.

Further legal regulations on continued payment of wages

If a woman has to stop working partially or completely during pregnancy due to an employment ban , she is entitled to wage payments according to Section 18 of the Maternity Protection Act .

The employer can have the amounts paid reimbursed by the responsible health insurance company .