ZAGREB, Sept 5 (Hina) - On Thursday the Croatian government is to tackle 11 bills dealing with a set of social restrictions which have been announced as starting points for the establishment of a social policy for this and next year.
Most bills are amendments to valid laws. The government intends to forward them into parliament by urgent procedure, so that enforcement may begin on Oct. 1. The bills contain amendments to laws on war veterans' entitlements, health insurance, labour, employment, childbirth allowances, and the execution of this year's state budget. This last bill would set the amount of 3,236 kuna, the average monthly wage last year, as the basic rate for determining compensations and other budgetary costs. This issue is regulated through amendments to several laws. Childbirth allowance, for instance, is addressed in amendments to the childbirth allowance law, as well as in those to the he
ZAGREB, Sept 5 (Hina) - On Thursday the Croatian government is to
tackle 11 bills dealing with a set of social restrictions which have
been announced as starting points for the establishment of a social
policy for this and next year.
Most bills are amendments to valid laws. The government intends to
forward them into parliament by urgent procedure, so that
enforcement may begin on Oct. 1.
The bills contain amendments to laws on war veterans' entitlements,
health insurance, labour, employment, childbirth allowances, and
the execution of this year's state budget.
This last bill would set the amount of 3,236 kuna, the average
monthly wage last year, as the basic rate for determining
compensations and other budgetary costs.
This issue is regulated through amendments to several laws.
Childbirth allowance, for instance, is addressed in amendments to
the childbirth allowance law, as well as in those to the health
insurance and budget execution laws. All amendments state the
allowance for employed mothers would remain 1,600 kuna, but cut to
900 for unemployed women for the first six months of the baby's
life.
The amendments also propose accounting war veterans' disability
benefits at 115 instead of 160 percent of the average monthly wage,
and discontinuing the exemption of veterans from paying taxes,
surtaxes, and contributions on wages, wage compensation and
pensions.
Privileged pensions would be reduced by 8-20 percent. The
amendments also propose determining the highest amount of these
pensions.
Tomorrow, the government should also tackle bills on child's
allowance and health insurance. Under new provisions, child's
allowance would be granted only to Croatian citizens who lived in
Croatia for at least three years before the request was submitted.
The allowance would be paid until the child turned 15. It has been
suggested to deny allowance for the third and every next child.
The health insurance bill sets a health standard for all insurees,
reduced compensation for sick leave from 80 to 70 percent of the
monthly wage, and proposes authorising the health minister to
prescribe the duration of sick leave, depending on the illness.
The government will also debate amendments to the investment funds
law, and a report on tourist business in this year's first seven
months.
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