Employees older than 65 years, if they did not switched to remote work and are not on vacation, they will be able to receive hospital until April 30, it will be issued and will be paid according to special rules. Changes come into force on April 17. Previously, the hospital could only be issued until the 19th day of the current month.
"In the conditions of a pandemic, we must provide people to the elderly the opportunity to stay in self-insulation. Earlier, the Mintrost recommended that employees over 65 years old on the remote work from the house. To ensure the right of senior citizens, whose field of activity does not imply remote work, the possibility of obtaining a hospital for all who had chosen the regime of self-insulation of working citizens over 65, "said Anton Kotyakov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
The employer will have to convey the data of a citizen in the FSS to design temporary disability or transfer an employee to a remote job while maintaining full wages. The document will be issued in electronic form. Electronic hospitals will pay at the expense of FSS funds.