FAQ

The amount of the benefit is determined depending on the amount of earnings in the last 12 calendar months preceding the month in which the insured person temporarily lost his ability to work. The total amount of the benefit is found by multiplying the amount of the daily benefit by the number of working days missed as a result of the temporary loss of ability to work.

According to Article 21.2.5 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Labor Pensions", the period during which unemployment insurance payments are paid or the period during which the unemployed person undergoes vocational retraining is included in the insured person's insurance experience.

It is paid until the patient recovers or until the disability related to the occupational accident or occupational disease is re-assessed.

1. To require the insurer and the insured to provide, in a timely and accurate manner, the information stipulated by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Individual Accounting in the State Social Insurance System”;

2. To verify the accuracy of the information provided by the insurer regarding individual accounting;

3. To issue a written warning to the responsible officials of the insurer who violate the rules of individual accounting for the first time, and, in the event of subsequent violations, to apply the measures of liability prescribed by law.

The rights of insurers are as follows:

1. To participate in all forms of social insurance;

2. To independently choose an insurance organization for the purpose of carrying out voluntary (supplementary) social insurance;

3. To require compliance with the rules of social insurance and the terms of contracts on voluntary (supplementary) social insurance.

For employed individuals, regardless of their place of registration, if either parent works in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic under an employment contract, the lump-sum allowance for the birth of a child is granted and paid by the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund. If both parents are registered in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic or both work there under an employment contract, the allowance is paid by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

If the temporary loss of working capacity continues after the date of the decision on reinstatement, then the amount of the benefit for the first 14 calendar days indicated in the sick leave certificate is paid from the insurer's funds, and the remaining amount is paid from mandatory state social insurance contributions.

Each insured person can register on the website www.e-sosial.az to monitor their personal account and obtain information about the pension capital reflected in their personal account, income subject to compulsory state social insurance, and paid compulsory state social insurance premiums from the "Personal Account" section.

In the amount of 3 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

In the Republic of Azerbaijan, regardless of ownership and organizational-legal form, legal entities established in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan or a foreign state, their branches and representative offices, elected bodies, state authorities, as well as other persons who insure themselves or others socially, are recognized as such.

The calculation sheets related to the allowance for temporary loss of working capacity are completed electronically and submitted to the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population. To use the electronic service, the insurer logs into the e-Gov internet portal with their electronic signature, selects the “Submission of the calculation sheet related to the allowance for temporary loss of working capacity” service from the list of services provided by the Ministry, fills in the relevant fields, and submits the application.

The insured person’s right to receive an allowance for temporary loss of working capacity arises if they have at least six months of social insurance experience and the loss of working capacity occurs during a period for which compulsory state social insurance contributions have been paid.

In the amount of 3 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

According to Article 477-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, a fine amounting to double the damage caused (or the income gained) as a result of the administrative offense shall be imposed.

These are the bodies (institutions) designated by the relevant executive authority, as well as legal entities, which, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, carry out activities in the field of compulsory state social insurance or voluntary insurance (excluding activities related to the calculation and payment control of compulsory state social insurance contributions) and manage insurance funds.

According to paragraph 1.0.8. of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Labor Pensions", 90 percent of the mandatory state social insurance contributions paid by the insured are taken into account for calculating the insurance part of the labor pension.

The circumstances under which the insured is entitled to receive an insurance payment include reaching the retirement age, being granted disability status, the loss of a family breadwinner, temporary incapacity for work, pregnancy and childbirth, the birth of a child, death, sanatorium-resort treatment, and similar cases.

1. To ensure the timely and accurate entry of information provided by the insurer and the insured into individual personal accounts, as well as the secure storage and protection of such information;

2. In accordance with the list submitted by the insurer, to proportionally allocate the paid compulsory state social insurance contributions to the compulsory state social insurance contributions calculated for the insured persons, and to record them in individual personal accounts;

3. Upon the insured person’s request, to explain the procedures for providing information from their individual personal account, and to ensure access to review the information contained in that account;

4. To provide explanations related to the implementation of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Individual Accounting in the State Social Insurance System” and, within its competence, to adopt relevant normative acts.

The insurer has the following rights:

• To receive information and reports on compulsory state social insurance contributions from the body (institution) designated by the relevant executive authority;

• To obtain statements from insurers regarding the amount of social insurance payments and the grounds for their provision;

• To conduct electronic monitoring of insurers’ compliance with the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Social Insurance” and to provide information on the results of such monitoring to the body (institution) designated by the relevant executive authority;

• To demand the fulfillment of obligations under a voluntary (supplementary) social insurance contract;

• To exercise other rights provided for by law.

For insured persons with up to 8 years of social insurance experience.

The mandatory state social insurance premium for insured persons earning income from activities not related to wage employment is paid until January 1, 2026 in the amount of 50 percent of the minimum monthly wage in the construction sector, 25 percent in other sectors, 100 percent in Baku, 90 percent in Sumgayit and Ganja, 80 percent in other cities, 60 percent in administrative territorial units and settlements that are the administrative centers of district administrative territorial units, and 50 percent in rural areas.

Taking into account the provisions of Article 14.4 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Social Insurance, compulsory state social insurance premiums on income from hired work are paid at the following rates: 
Insurance premium paid by the insurer: 
- 22 percent of the accrued labor compensation fund and other income subject to compulsory state social insurance; Insurance premium paid by the insured: 
- 3 percent of the employee's salary and other income subject to compulsory state social insurance.

Central Branch for Social Insurance and Personal Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

The structural units of the Fund must examine the submitted documents and make the payment within 5 (five) working days (2 (two) working days for documents submitted for receiving a funeral benefit). During the examination, the structural units of the Fund have the right to receive additional information from the insurer.

The Fund’s structural units must review the submitted documents and make the payment within 5 (five) working days (or within 2 (two) working days for documents submitted to receive the funeral allowance). During the review process, the Fund’s structural units have the right to obtain additional information from the insurer.

The insurer has the following duties:

• To pay the social insurance contribution to the insurer within the prescribed period;

• Except for the individuals specified in Article 14.5.1-1 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Social Insurance” (hereinafter – the Law), to keep records of social insurance contributions and, no later than the 20th day of the month following the end of each quarter, to submit a report in the form determined by the body (institution) designated by the relevant executive authority to that body (institution);

• If no activity was carried out during the reporting period, instead of submitting a report, to provide a certificate on the absence of activity to the body (institution) designated by the relevant executive authority, in accordance with the procedure established by the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and within the period prescribed for report submission;

• To carry out the activities specified in Article 14.5.1-1 of the Law (except for Article 14.5.1-1.10) in accordance with the procedure established by the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by obtaining a “Receipt on the Payment of the Fixed Amount of Simplified Tax, Compulsory State Social Insurance and Compulsory Medical Insurance Contribution”;

• To carry out the activity specified in Article 14.5.1-1.10 of the Law in accordance with the procedure established by the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by obtaining a “Special Distinction Mark”;

• To fulfill other duties prescribed by law.

1. To provide the insurer with complete and accurate information for entry into the insured persons’ individual personal accounts, including the wages and other income on which mandatory state social insurance contributions are calculated and paid (for each month of insurance service), as well as the amount of the mandatory state social insurance contributions calculated by the insurer, to the relevant authority (body).

2. To provide the insurer with information about the insured person, including: given name, patronymic, surname, date of birth (year, month, day), place of birth, gender, permanent residence address (or settlement address for refugees and internally displaced persons), series, number, date of issue and issuing authority of the identity document, personal identification number, citizenship, and telephone number.

3. Information on persons specified in Article 7, Part 2-1 of the Labour Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan must be submitted within one month from the date the employment contract is concluded in written paper form.

4. Information on other insured persons must be submitted in the form of an electronic document at the time the employment contract is concluded in the centralised electronic information system of the body (institution) determined by the relevant executive authority.

5. If a civil-law contract is concluded with a person not registered with the insurer, information must be submitted within one month.

6. If the insured person’s information changes, it must be submitted within 14 days.

Individuals eligible for a 100% allowance for temporary loss of working capacity include:

• Persons injured (wounded, traumatized, contused) during tragic events in Afghanistan, January 1990, in Baku city, and in the Lankaran and Neftchala districts, as well as those harmed while defending the territorial integrity, independence, and constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

• Persons who participated in the defense of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, independence, and constitutional order, as well as the parents, widows (widowers), and children of those who died during such defense, and the spouses of military personnel (including conscripts) involved in these events;

• Parents, widows (widowers), and children of those who died while performing service duties guarding the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

• Parents, widows (widowers), and children of insured persons from the judiciary, migration, and emergency agencies who died while performing official duties;

• Persons who participated in the elimination of the consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident between 1986 and 1990 within the resettlement zone, or who were involved in the operation or other works of the Chernobyl NPP during that period (including temporarily assigned or dispatched personnel), as well as military personnel and officers called up to special assemblies involved in the elimination works regardless of the nature and location of the work, and the chiefs and rank-and-file of internal affairs bodies who served in the resettlement zone;

• Persons suffering from hematopoietic system diseases (acute leukemia), thyroid gland diseases (adenoids, cancer), and malignant tumors;

• One parent of children under 14 years old whose parents participated in the elimination of the Chernobyl accident and were harmed as a result, eligible to receive care allowance for the sick child regardless of work experience.

In this case, the allowance may be granted on the basis of a duplicate (a second copy of the document issued).

Both types of benefits are granted to individuals who have at least 6 months of social insurance service.

Those eligible to use the service:

• Insurers

This right arises when the temporary loss of working capacity occurs during a period of employment for which mandatory state social insurance contributions are calculated.

2 (two) business days.

Each insured person must be insured under compulsory state social insurance in addition to the labor insurance of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Social Insurance”. Trade union committees of departments, enterprises and organizations are obliged to monitor the involvement of their employees in state social insurance.

1. For children born up to 01.01.2021, the payroll table for the birth allowance must be filled out electronically and submitted to the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population. To use the electronic service, the insurer accesses the “e-gov.az” internet portal with their electronic signature, selects the electronic service “Submission of the payroll table for the child birth allowance” from the list of services provided by the Ministry, fills in the relevant fields, and submits the application.

2. For children born after January 1, 2021, the one-time child birth allowance is assigned proactively without any application.

3. For children whose both parents are unemployed, the one-time child birth allowance has been assigned proactively without any application since September 1, 2019.

4. For children born before September 1, 2019, parents may apply to “DOST” centers or regional branches and service offices of the State Social Protection Fund. Applications for the service can be submitted:

• In person

• Through a representative, with a power of attorney or a document confirming guardianship (custody).

In the amount of 100 percent of the monthly maintenance cost, regardless of the social insurance length of service.

The application is submitted electronically by the insurer. The required documents are as follows:

• A copy of the protocol of the commission assigning the benefit;

• Bank details or postal address (actual residential address) of the benefit recipient;

• An extract from the order (decree) of the management regarding the granting of partially paid leave for childcare;

• A copy of the child’s birth certificate.

Appointed by the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Personal Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

To receive this benefit, an application can be submitted to the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population. According to subparagraph 114-2 of the “Regulations on the Calculation and Payment of Payments under Mandatory State Social Insurance and Benefits Paid from the Insurer’s Funds to Employees with Temporary Loss of Working Capacity,” approved by the Decision No. 189 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated September 15, 1998, the following must be uploaded to the electronic system: a copy of the protocol of the commission assigning the benefit, the bank details or postal address of the benefit recipient, an extract from the order (decree) of the management on granting partially paid leave for childcare until the child reaches the age of 3, and a copy of the child’s birth certificate.

1. Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

2. Foreign nationals (with permanent residence rights);

3. Stateless persons (with permanent residence rights);

4. Individual entrepreneurs;

5. Legal entities.

The grounds for refusal of the service are:

• Incomplete documents;

• Lack of legal basis;

• Incorrectly entered information.

The payroll tables for pregnancy and childbirth benefits are completed electronically and submitted to the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population. To use the electronic service, the insurer accesses the “e-gov.az” internet portal with their electronic signature, selects the electronic service “Submission of the payroll table for pregnancy and childbirth benefits” from the list of services provided by the Ministry, fills in the required fields, and submits the application.

The Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund.

Through deduction at the source of payment – at 15 percent of the calculated royalty amount.

Structural units implementing the service: 
""DOST"" centers and local structural units of the State Social Protection Fund can be applied to. 
Forms of applications received for the service: 
-In person; 
-Through a representative with a Power of Attorney or a document confirming the presence of a guardian (protector)
-By the insurer.

The application for the one-time funeral benefit is refused if the submitted documents are incomplete, there is no legal basis, or the information is entered incorrectly into the system.

For children born before January 1, 2021, if either parent is employed or engaged in entrepreneurial activity as a natural person, the documents prescribed by law are submitted by the insurer through the Electronic Government Portal to the “Central Electronic Information System.” After the original birth certificate is sent with a cover letter to the Central Branch for Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund, the application is processed and sent for payment within five (5) working days.

It is paid to persons caring for children under the age of 3 and children with disabilities.

It is denied if the submitted documents are incomplete or there is no legal basis.

At 3 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

For citizens of countries that have signed an agreement with the Republic of Azerbaijan in the relevant field, the provisions specified in that agreement may be applied, if such provisions exist.

The participants in social insurance are the insurer, the insured persons, and the employers.

Taking into account the specifics of their service, the procedure for calculating, assigning, and paying the benefits defined by this Regulation to military personnel, special-rank individuals, and employees of intelligence and counterintelligence agencies is approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan in coordination with the relevant state authorities (bodies) where these individuals serve or work.

Persons for whose benefit compulsory state social insurance activities have not been carried out within the period provided for by the legislation (except in cases specified by the legislation) do not have the right to receive social insurance payments (pensions, benefits).

The benefit is paid to the mother (father) or another person caring for the child.

When determining benefits provided at the expense of compulsory state social insurance contributions, the total duration of the periods of labor activity during which compulsory state social insurance contributions were paid in favor of the insured person is taken into account as the social insurance experience, in accordance with Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Social Insurance".

The duties of the insured person include the following:

• Taking measures to ensure their regular payment capacity;

• Ensuring the timely calculation and payment of social insurance contributions;

• Fulfilling obligations under voluntary (additional) social insurance contracts in full and on time;

• Maintaining the registration of employers based on the information provided by the authority (body) designated by the relevant executive body for the purposes of mandatory state social insurance;

• Maintaining the registration of insured persons based on the information provided by employers for the purposes of mandatory state social insurance;

• Performing monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations of contributions under mandatory state social insurance with the authority (body) designated by the relevant executive body;

• Fulfilling other duties prescribed by legislation.

For the first 14 calendar days, the benefit is paid from the employer’s funds, and for the remaining days, it is paid from mandatory state social insurance contributions.
Note: If the temporary loss of working capacity continues consecutively without interruption due to multiple sick leave certificates, the benefit for the first 14 calendar days of temporary incapacity is paid from the employer’s funds only once, regardless of the number of sick leave certificates, and the remaining days are paid from mandatory state social insurance contributions. If the temporary loss of working capacity continues intermittently due to multiple sick leave certificates, the benefit for the first 14 calendar days of each period of temporary incapacity is paid from the employer’s funds according to the number of sick leave certificates, and the remaining days are paid from mandatory state social insurance contributions.

According to Article 102.1.4 of the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is not exempt from income tax. In all cases, the income tax calculated on the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is considered the tax of the benefit recipient and must be withheld at the source of payment. Since the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is calculated by the employer, the payment of the income tax calculated on this amount must be made proportionally according to the payment shares of the employer and the State Social Protection Fund.

Insured persons have the right to receive benefits for temporary loss of working capacity in order to fully or partially compensate for lost wages, income, and additional expenses during periods of temporary incapacity.

A permanent (unchangeable) number given to the insured by the insurer.

When a social insurance event occurs, the following insurance payments are provided:

• Employment pensions determined by the relevant legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

• Benefits for temporary loss of working capacity (for the period specified by law);

• Pregnancy and childbirth benefits;

• One-time child birth benefit;

• Benefits related to childcare until reaching the age specified by law;

• Funeral benefit;

• Full or partial reimbursement of expenses for insured persons’ sanatorium-resort treatment.

When the documents are incomplete and have no legal basis.

1. period of temporary disability; 
2. period of leave granted due to pregnancy and childbirth; 
3. period of leave granted for caring for a child until he reaches the age of 3.

The benefit is granted for a period not exceeding 7 calendar days. When caring for a patient, in exceptional cases, the benefit may be granted for a period exceeding 7 calendar days, depending on the severity of the family member’s illness and household conditions.
Note: In this case, the benefit must not exceed a total of 10 calendar days.

- reaching retirement age; 
- determination of disability; 
- loss of the breadwinner; 
- temporary loss of working capacity (for the period established by law); 
- pregnancy and childbirth; 
- birth of a child; 
- childcare; 
- death; 
- need for sanatorium-resort treatment.

Mandatory state social insurance payments are made when a social insurance event occurs.

You can submit your complaint online from the official website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population, on the basis of a written direct application, by calling the Ministry's State Social Protection Fund, the "142" Call Center, and by applying to the "DOST" centers.

The documents issued to the insured person abroad in connection with temporary loss of working capacity shall be replaced with sick leave certificates by the treatment and prophylactic institutions at the place of residence or work, and the insured person shall be granted the benefit at the workplace on general grounds.
 

Documents required for the service:

• Death certificate;

• Certificate issued by the relevant municipality containing information about the person who has undertaken the responsibility of burying the deceased;

• Original death certificate issued by the civil status registration authorities;

• Bank or postal details of the person to whom the benefit is paid.

The submission of documents for the service is carried out electronically.

In both cases, the maximum monthly amount of the benefit cannot exceed 25 times the minimum amount of the labor pension, in accordance with Article 6-1 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Labor Pensions".

5 (five) business days.

Insurers

Sick leave (disability certificate) issued in accordance with the procedure established by law. Note: Other documents cannot be considered as a basis for granting benefits.

No allowance is provided for subsequent and additional leave, leave to care for a child, or leave without pay to care for a sick family member.

The amount of the benefit is determined based on the insured person’s earnings during the last 12 calendar months preceding the month in which their temporary incapacity for work occurred. In this case, the average daily earnings are calculated by dividing the insured person’s income over the last 12 calendar months by the number of working days within that period.

If the employer is found at fault based on the official investigation report of the accident, the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is paid from the employer’s funds for the entire period of incapacity to insured persons who have suffered a workplace accident or an occupational disease.

The management of the enterprise and the chief (senior) accountant are responsible for determining benefits.

The total duration of periods of employment during which mandatory state social insurance contributions are paid for the benefit of the insured.

The benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is paid from the first day of incapacity until recovery or until disability is determined by the Medical and Social Expert Commission (MSEC), but for a period not exceeding one year in accordance with the note to Article 74 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In the amount of 5 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

5 (five) business days

After an operation performed in connection with the artificial termination of pregnancy, the benefit is granted according to the general procedure for the working days corresponding to the entire period of temporary incapacity for work.

No, when the insured is called up for military service, compensation is not paid for loss of income resulting from hospital operations.

In the amount of 10 percent of income (minus expenses) until January 1, 2026.

Yes, in this case, the benefit is paid as a general rule from the day the employee is supposed to start work.

For children born after January 1, 2021, if compulsory state social insurance contributions have been paid on behalf of either parent (in cases where the parent is engaged in entrepreneurial activity as an individual) or if either parent has an active employment contract at the time of the child’s birth, the allowance for the child’s birth is granted proactively by the Central Branch of Social Insurance and Individual Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund, based on the information about the child’s birth obtained from the Automated Registration Information System of the “State Register of Population” of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan. (This process is carried out automatically, without requiring any physical application to an institution.)

In the amount of 3 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

The benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is calculated based on the employee’s income subject to mandatory state social insurance contributions.

In mandatory state social insurance, the insurance contribution is determined as a percentage of wages (income) and is paid from the funds of both the employer and the insured person.

Mandatory state social insurance premium is the amount paid to the insurer for insurance.

The sources of mandatory state social insurance funds are formed from:

• Insurance contributions received under mandatory and voluntary (additional) social insurance;

• Allocations from the state budget;

• Amounts received as a result of the application of financial sanctions and fines;

• Funds obtained from the sale of sanatorium-resort vouchers;

• Bank loans;

• Other revenues obtained in accordance with the legislation.

If the temporary loss of working capacity occurs during the period when a dispute over the correctness of the insured person’s dismissal is ongoing, the benefit is paid when the insured person is reinstated. In this case, the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is paid from the enterprise’s funds from the day of reinstatement until the day the decision on the reinstatement of the insured person is issued.

For those working under civil law contracts (excluding individual entrepreneurs), 25% of their income is paid as mandatory state social insurance contribution, deducted at the source of payment.

The benefit is assigned by the commission for granting benefits or an authorized member of the commission at the insured person’s workplace (where the employment record book is kept). The benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is assigned by the relevant commission of the insurer for both the main and additional workplace(s) during the first 14 days of incapacity, and only for the main workplace for the days following the 14th day.

In the amount of 5 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

1. A copy of the protocol of the commission regarding the assignment of the benefit;

2. A copy of the certificate of incapacity for work;

3. The calculation sheet related to the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity;

4. A copy of the beneficiary’s bank details or postal address (actual residence address).

If the documents required for the provision of the service cannot be obtained electronically, they are submitted in paper form.

Social insurance comes in the forms of mandatory state insurance and voluntary (additional) insurance.

Mandatory state social insurance contributions are calculated for each month and are paid in full, simultaneously with payments for wages and other income, but no later than the 15th of the following month, only in cashless payments.

1. To provide the insurer with information about the insured, including name, patronymic, surname, date of birth (year, month, day), place of birth, gender, permanent place of registration, and for refugees and internally displaced persons, the address of residence, as well as the series, number, date of issue and issuing authority of the identity document, personal identification number, citizenship, and telephone number;

2. To provide the insurer with the personal information that must be entered into the individual account in accordance with this Law.

Benefits for temporary loss of working capacity are provided to persons with working disabilities (except for persons with war-related disabilities) for consecutive or repeated illnesses, except in cases of industrial accidents and occupational diseases, for a period not exceeding six months in a calendar year.

It is provided until recovery or until disability is re-determined as a result of tuberculosis, but not more than 12 months.

The principles of social insurance are as follows:

• State provision of regularity in social insurance;

• Universality of social insurance;

• Guarantee of social insurance for employees in every case of loss of work capacity;

• Equality of rights among social insurance subjects;

• Compulsoriness of state social insurance;

• Ensuring the participation of public organizations in the management of compulsory state social insurance.

Yes, then the benefit is generally paid from the day the employee is supposed to start work.

The allowance is granted for the period during which the child requires care, both during outpatient and inpatient treatment.

For individuals using agriculturally suitable land they own (except those employed in other sectors and paying compulsory state social insurance contributions) and for each able-bodied family member of family farms (except persons with disabilities determined by 61–100% loss of body functions and children with disabilities, up to the age specified in Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Labor Pensions”), the compulsory state social insurance contribution is calculated based on the size of the land at the following rates of the minimum monthly wage:

• Up to 5 hectares – 2%;

• From 5 to 10 hectares – 6%;

• Over 10 hectares – 10%.

Central Branch for Social Insurance and Personal Accounting of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

1. To request the provision of information about the insured person, including their first name, patronymic, surname, date of birth (year, month, day), place of birth, gender, permanent residence address (or, for refugees and internally displaced persons, the address of their place of settlement), identity document details (series, number, date of issue, and issuing authority), individual identification number, citizenship, and phone number, as well as to verify the accuracy of the information provided by the insured;

2. To provide corrected information electronically and in written form in order to eliminate errors identified in the individual accounting data submitted about the insured persons.

Persons subject to compulsory state social insurance have the right to receive social insurance payments.

The person for whose benefit the insurance activity is carried out.

In the amount of 3 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

According to Article 14.4 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Social Insurance,” the compulsory state social insurance contribution from the monthly earnings of insured persons employed by insurers not operating in the oil and gas sector and belonging to the non-state sector has been paid since January 1, 2019, over a period of 7 years at the following rates:

• If the monthly income subject to insurance contribution is up to 200 AZN – 25% (3% from the insured person’s income, 22% from the employer’s funds);

• If the monthly income subject to insurance contribution exceeds 200 AZN – 25% (6 AZN from the insured person’s income plus 10% of the amount exceeding 200 AZN, 44 AZN from the employer’s funds plus 15% of the amount exceeding 200 AZN).

It is a form of provision aimed at compensating individuals for lost wages, income, or additional expenses, as well as preventing such losses, in cases stipulated by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Social Insurance.”

If the insured person has not had any work activity in the 12 full calendar months preceding the month of temporary loss of work capacity, then the average daily earnings per workday for calculating the allowance are determined by dividing the current amount of the minimum monthly wage established by law for the period of temporary loss of work capacity by the number of working days in the month of temporary incapacity.

In this case, the benefit for temporary loss of working capacity is paid from the day the insured person is supposed to start work after the specified period.

No, during parental leave, a person is not paid benefits for the period of temporary loss of working capacity.

Benefits for temporary loss of working capacity are not provided in the following cases: 
• To persons who do not have a social insurance record of 6 months; 
• If the temporary loss of working capacity occurred during the period of employment for which the person's mandatory state social insurance contributions were not calculated; 
• When the insured person intentionally harms his or her health or falsely presents himself or herself as sick in order to avoid work or other duties; 
• When he or she temporarily loses working capacity as a result of an injury received during a crime; 
• During compulsory treatment by court decision (except for mentally ill people).

For private notaries - 25 percent of ten times the minimum monthly salary.

1. To insured persons with a social insurance experience of 8 to 12 years;
2. To insured persons who have lost their parents under the age of 21 and have a social insurance experience of up to 5 years.

Insurers

Reasons for refusal of the service: 
-Incompleteness of documents; 
-Lack of legal basis; 
-Incorrect data entry.

In the amount of 3 percent of the minimum monthly wage.

Allowances during leave to care for a sick family member are granted on the condition that failure to care for the patient poses a threat to the patient's life or health and that hospitalization is not possible due to medical indications.

No, benefits are not paid for the period of temporary incapacity for work for a person on unpaid leave.

An account that reflects personal accounting information in the state social insurance system, opened for each insured person by an authority (institution) determined by the relevant executive authority with a social insurance number.

Persons covered by compulsory state social insurance have the right to receive social insurance payments.

No restriction is stipulated in the legislation regarding the mentioned case.

Even if temporary loss of working capacity occurs outside the location of the enterprise (for example, during a business trip, vacation, etc.), the benefit is determined at the insured's workplace and is provided in accordance with the procedure established by relevant legislation.