What other statutory benefits are available in Estonia, excluding health and pension benefits, bonuses, additional salaries, and allowances?
In Estonia, statutory benefits include several types of support for employees and families:
- Employers and employees contribute to unemployment insurance, with employees allocating 1.6% of their gross income to fund unemployment benefits.
- Family benefits offered by the Social Insurance Board include the following:
- Maternity benefit
- Paternity benefit
- Shared parental benefit
- Childbirth allowance
- Child allowance
- Single parent’s child allowance
- Allowance for a family with many children
- Supplementary contributions to a funded pension
- Other family benefits
- Additionally, breastfeeding at work is supported, and more detailed information can be found on the Estonian government website (https://www.eesti.ee/eraisik/en/artikkel/family/further-activities-after-the-birth/breastfeeding-at-work).