Subsidies for Single Mothers in 2020: Changes and Amendments

In Russia today there are often cases when a woman, for one reason or another, decides to give birth to a child “for herself.” In such cases, the responsibilities for maintaining and raising the baby fall entirely on her shoulders.

By consciously refusing the help of a man - the father of a child, a woman acquires the status of a single mother, which provides her with certain guarantees and assistance from the state in raising her.

What payments are due to single mothers?

In 2020, women raising children alone will have the following social privileges:

Maternity benefit. Single mothers are entitled to additional maternity benefits. Thus, a woman who is unmarried and, upon the birth of a child, did not receive a record of the father on the baby’s birth certificate, can qualify for maternity benefits corresponding to 100% of the average salary in the woman’s region of residence. Also, during the period of incapacity for work after childbirth, a woman is entitled to a cash payment established by local social protection authorities.
Compensation for baby food until the child reaches 3 years of age. The state understands that a woman who is fully responsible for a child without the participation of his father needs help from the state. Thus, compensation for the cost of baby food is one of the fundamental forms of support.
Benefits for paying for housing and communal services . Since there is no escape from the consumption of utilities, and every single mother needs to have enough hot water to bathe her baby and wash her clothes. Heating to keep the house warm, as well as the cost of electricity or gas to prepare food for the child - this also takes a lot of money. Therefore, in 2019, women raising children on their own and legally receiving the status of “single mother” can count on compensation for the costs of paying for housing and communal services. This is discussed in detail in the article about subsidies .
Enrolling a child in kindergarten without a waiting list. In order for a single mother to be able to enroll her child in kindergarten without waiting in line, she needs to obtain the appropriate certificate. You need to contact the state kindergarten with her and there, the director of the kindergarten must accept an application for registration of the baby in their institution. There is also another benefit - compensation if the child does not go to kindergarten.
Free 2 meals a day at school. This benefit is also available to children raised by a single mother. At the same time, a woman can have more than one child, and all of them are entitled to this benefit. In order to provide your child with two meals a day during school, you must also collect the necessary package of documents confirming the lack of financial support from the father. You will learn about this in one of the following sections of this article regarding obtaining the status of “single mother” or “single mother”.
A trip to the sanatorium. If a child (children) has health problems, then single mothers will be entitled to a free trip to the place of treatment, as well as free treatment procedures, according to medical indications.
A single mother cannot be fired from her job due to staff reduction. This privilege was valid previously. This means that an employer does not have the right to fire a single mother under a staff reduction “program,” since a single mother is a socially needy category of the population. Even if an employee, a woman raising a child on her own, does a poor job, she cannot be fired. In order for an employer to dismiss such an employee on his own initiative, there must be actions on her part that violate the Labor Code. These include: absenteeism, showing up at work while drunk, disclosing secrets, committing immoral acts, theft, or the complete liquidation of the organization itself. In the latter case, a single mother will not be able to do anything about her dismissal.
Overtime work, night shifts and weekend work are prohibited. Until the child turns 5 years old, the employer cannot engage the employee to work beyond the norm, at night and on weekends. This time is protected by the state, which the mother is obliged to spend with the baby.

Rights of single mothers

Women who have the legal status of “single mothers” have a number of rights that should be outlined further. Russian law states the following:

State monthly benefits to single mothers must be paid on time and in full, without delays or other problems. A woman should find out about the amount of money she receives from the social protection department located at her place of registration.
In addition to the full state benefit, a single woman with a child has the right to receive regional payments. Such subsidies to single mothers should be paid on a regular basis.

A woman with the status in question has the right to place her child in some preschool institutions out of turn (but not all!). It is also worth noting the benefits for paying for a child in kindergarten.
Benefits, subsidies and various payments remain with the woman even when she gets married. The right to the benefits presented will only be lost when the new spouse adopts the child.
If a single mother is officially employed, then she has the right to leave at any time convenient for her.
A single woman with a child cannot be involved in overtime work without her own consent.
School meals, as well as a set of textbooks for a child of a single mother, will be free.
A single mother is entitled to certain benefits when purchasing certain medications for her child; the child has the right to a free visit to the massage room at the local clinic.

These are not all the rights that an unmarried woman with a child legally has. What is due to single mothers besides all of the above? This will be discussed further below.

Payments to single mothers in 2020

Single mothers will be able to receive several forms of monetary compensation. Undoubtedly, such support from the state is very significant, since the amounts of money, in principle, are not small.

Benefits for single mothers will be indexed by 4% , like all other social payments to other categories of citizens. Also, from January 1, pensions and wages were indexed by the specified percentage. In the table below you can see how child benefits for single mothers have changed in recent years.

Table 1. Child benefits for single mothers in 2018

	Amount of monthly benefit for child(ren):
	2018	2019
From 0 to 1.5 years	RUR 2,228	2317.12 rub.
From 1.5 years to 3 years	RUR 3,248	RUB 3,377.92
From 3 years to 7 years	RUB 1,115	1159.6 rub.
From 7 years and older	558 rub.	RUB 580.32
Amount of monthly benefit for children of single mothers:
From 0 to 1.5 years	RUB 4,456	4634.24 rub.
From 1.5 years to 3 years	RUR 5,476	5695.04 rub.
From 3 years to 7 years	RUR 2,228	2317.12 rub.
From 7 years and older	RUB 1,114	RUB 1,158.56
Amount of monthly benefit for children whose parents evade child support payments
From 0 to 1.5 years	RUB 3,063	RUB 3,185.52
From 1.5 years to 3 years	RUB 4,083	RUB 4,246.32
From 3 years to 7 years	RUB 1,671	RUB 1,737.84
From 7 years and older	835 rub.	868.4 rub.

40% of wages (if a single mother worked before going on maternity leave). This benefit from the employer is paid to a single mother on a monthly basis until the child turns 18 months old.
3000 rubles – allowance from the employment service . It is paid to a single mother monthly if the woman is listed as unemployed. These cash payments are assigned monthly until the child (one) turns 18 months old.
5,800 rubles – allowance from the employment service. Paid to an unemployed single mother with two or more children until they are 18 months old.
Cash payment equal to the cost of living in the region. Assigned to single mothers with low-income family status for their third and subsequent children. Single mothers receive this financial support from the state until the third and subsequent child(ren) turn 36 months old.
17,000 rubles are allocated for each child born. This amount is paid once as support to families during the birth of the baby (no matter what the birth date is). This money can be spent on a stroller, clothes and other necessary things in the first stages of the baby’s life. This amount of money is paid to all women: both single mothers and married women. And it doesn’t matter whether a woman works or not. This amount is due regardless of work activity. To apply for this benefit, you must contact social security at your place of residence. The woman must provide a certificate stating that the second parent did not receive this benefit. If this is a single mother, then such a woman must be shown certificates confirming her status. It is already clear from this that the child does not have a father.
10,000 rubles (or more) will be paid from 2020 for each first child until the child reaches 1.5 years of age. This monetary compensation is due to all women: both single mothers and those whose child’s father is legally assigned. The Russian government plans to pay this benefit until 2022. Its amount will increase compared to 2020 and is expected to be 11,000 rubles. The Government of the Russian Federation annually considers issues of those in need of state support, which is an integral component in making decisions on the creation of new support programs for different categories of citizens. From January 1, 2020, this benefit is extended until the age of 3.
6,200 rubles are allocated for the second child until he reaches 3 years of age. This money is also paid for the maintenance of the baby to all women, both single and married or who have a legally designated father of the child on the birth certificate. This state support is undoubtedly a good help for any woman, however, this social supplement is still being discussed in the Government of the Russian Federation (You need to check with social security at your place of residence). Raising a child is one of the most difficult tasks and every woman in the state needs such support. In recent years, cash payments to women for having children have been increased many times, and payment programs have been expanded. This has a good effect on demographic growth, that is, the birth rate in the country, which is undeniably important for economic growth in the State. To receive this benefit, a woman can be either unemployed or employed. This does not affect the payment of benefits.
Child benefit for low-income status until the child reaches 18 years of age. A single mother, having given birth to several children, can qualify for the status of a “low-income family.” Such a family is entitled to additional benefits and benefits, provided differently in each individual region. To find out how much additional funds a single mother can receive under this status, she needs to contact the social security department at her place of residence. There they are obliged to explain to her all the details of receiving the required payments in their city.
Help from the state in kind. A single mother can receive support for her child in her region in the form of a set of clothes and food. In each region, the amount of this assistance from the state may differ. Therefore, for detailed information, you need to contact the social security department at your place of residence.
Maternity capital certificate 466,616 rubles. Every single mother who gives birth to her second child can receive this amount. This amount of money is due to any mother, regardless of her married status or whether the father has a child. The certificate is issued to all women in 2020 upon the birth of their second child. Read the corresponding article: what can you spend your maternity capital on ?

Subsidies for single mothers in the housing and communal services sector to pay for utilities

What privileges single mothers are entitled to in the housing and communal services sector should be clarified with the social protection authorities at their place of residence. This is also where you need to apply to receive benefits.

Attention!

To receive subsidies, applicants do not need to confirm their special status as a single mother. In this case, a determination of need is required.

In this situation, when paying utility bills for a single mother, it is necessary to provide the following documents for the subsidy:

passport;
child certificate;
divorce certificate indicating that the woman is divorced (if such a circumstance exists);
title papers for housing;
income documents;
certificate of family composition;
a certificate confirming the absence of utility debts.

On a note!

If the applicant has debts on utility bills, he will be denied a subsidy. Timely payment for services is a fundamental condition for providing benefits.

Single mother: definition by law

To qualify for child benefits for single mothers in 2020 and beyond, a woman must have official single mother status. In order to receive the required payments, it is not enough to simply say that “I am a single mother.” For this there must be certain conditions.

So, when can a woman claim the status of “single mother”?:

There is a dash in the “Father” column on the child’s birth certificate.
If the woman has not submitted an appropriate application to the civil registry office at her place of residence regarding paternity.
If a woman adopted a child and was not married.
If, in court, a woman was unable to obtain recognition of paternity in relation to the alleged father of the child. That is, the man disputed his involvement in the birth of the baby on the basis of a genetic examination.
A woman who gave birth to a child 300 days after the divorce. If the child is born earlier, it will be considered that his former spouse is his official father.
If a woman gave birth to a child before the end of 300 days after the divorce, but the ex-husband challenged paternity in court, having undergone a DNA examination confirming his non-involvement in the birth of this child.
If a woman adopted a child while married, but her legal husband refused to participate in the adoption.

To avoid confusion with the definition of who a single mother is, let's look at the cases in which a woman will not be assigned this status:

The woman gave birth to a child, is married, but her husband lives separately. In such cases, the woman is not a single mother. In this case, it is necessary to contact the bailiffs for the collection of alimony for raising a joint son, daughter, or children.
The woman gave birth to a child and, when registering a birth certificate, independently indicated the name and patronymic of the father. In this case, it will be considered that the child has a father and he is obliged to bear financial obligations for his maintenance.
Widows. If the child’s father died for some reason, then the woman is not a single mother. She must apply to the Pension Fund for a survivor's pension.
A woman is considered a single mother if, in court, he deprives the child’s father of parental rights through the court, and the child’s father does not file a counterclaim with the court to appeal this decision within the established time frame.

Women should also take into account the fact that if they write the child's father on his birth certificate, the man will be officially considered the father, even if he is not biological, until he challenges this in court.

Subsidies for single mothers to pay for utilities

Benefits for single mothers for paying utility bills depend not on their legal status, but on the financial situation of the family.

Important: a necessary condition for receiving benefits on utility bills is the absence of arrears in payments. The presence of debt is a basis for refusing to provide a subsidy for utilities.

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Required documents

Basic documents for receiving discounts on housing and communal services payments:

mother's passport
child's birth certificate
a document confirming the ownership of housing or a rental agreement
certificate of payment for utilities and absence of debts for them
documents on the income of all family members.

After submitting all the necessary documents, a single mother has the right to expect to receive compensation for housing and communal services as early as the next month after submitting the documents.

Amount of subsidy for utilities

The size of the subsidy depends on two indicators:

Level of total family income
The amount of expenses for paying for housing and communal services.

If the amount of utility costs is higher than 22% of the total family income, the state will pay a subsidy.

In some regions of the country, the cost of paying for housing and communal services has been reduced to 10%.

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How can a woman obtain single parent status?

To obtain the status of a single mother, a woman must apply to the social protection authorities at her place of residence. You must have the following package of documents with you:

Statement of the established form. Should be issued by social security specialists at the department.
Passport (sometimes you can use another identity document instead, such as a driver’s license).
Child's birth certificate.
Certificate of family composition.
Certificate in form No. 25. Issued by the registry office. Contains information about the birth of a child: who the child’s parents are, where and when he was born, when the birth certificate was drawn up and in which registry office.
Income certificate showing the woman’s need for social support from the state.
A certificate from the employment service stating that the woman is not registered with this organization and does not receive unemployment benefits.

Step-by-step instructions on how to obtain single mother status

The status of a single mother gives many rights to both mother and child. These include benefits for housing and communal services, free meals for a child at school, the opportunity to enroll a child in kindergarten without a queue, discounts on public transport, compensation for treatment costs and much more. City payments to single mothers are regulated differently in each region, and for details you need to contact the social security department at your place of residence. To obtain single mother status you need to do the following:

Register the child at the registry office and obtain a birth certificate. Do not enter someone’s name in the “Father” column, otherwise it will be very difficult to obtain the necessary legal status.
Receive a certificate in form No. 25 along with your birth certificate by writing a corresponding application. Typically, civil registry offices have forms for drawing up an application for this certificate.
Contact the social security department at your place of residence with an application for the appropriate “single mother” status.
Provide a set of documents listed in the list above. Be sure to make several photocopies of all documents, since the social security department may ask you to bring copies, but they often do not make these copies on site.
Get a single mother (single mother) certificate.

After submitting documents to obtain single mother status, the application will be considered within 30 days . After 30 days, you need to contact the social security authorities again for the result. Having received a single mother’s certificate, she will be able to apply for all required pensions, benefits and payments.

To receive money, you need to contact the social security authorities again (you can immediately after receiving the ID), take an electronic queue coupon, or join the live queue and wait for a conversation with a specialist. There, when you talk to a specialist, you need to find out exactly what payments are due in your case.

Single mother - benefits and benefits 2020-2020

Information about subsidies can be found on the website of city housing subsidy centers. The competent authorities involved in the provision of benefits and the necessary package of documentation are indicated there. Information about subsidies can be found on the website of city housing subsidy centers

Based on the provisions of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” No. 273, information is given that the amount of parental pay for single parents should not exceed specifically established limits. However, it is worth noting that this rule applies exclusively to state and municipal preschool educational institutions.

For the first minor, the parental payment cannot be less than 20% of the level established by the subject.
For the second minor, the parental payment cannot be less than 50% of the level established by the subject.
For the third and subsequent minors, the average parental payment cannot be less than 70% of the level established by the subject.

Compensations and benefits for kindergarten

One-time payments due to single mothers

Every woman who does not have support from a man, but finds herself in a situation of independently providing for her child, can count on help from the state. For example, there are a number of one-time payments from the moment of pregnancy until the birth of the baby. Such payments include:

RUB 613.14 — Maternity benefit. It is prescribed to a woman who, having become pregnant, will register with a gynecologist at the antenatal clinic until she reaches 12 weeks of pregnancy - that’s 3 months.

16,000 rub. - Payment upon birth of a child. The necessary amount of money is paid to the woman in order to support her financial condition in the first stages of caring for the baby. As a rule, the child requires the purchase of new things, necessary care items, and hygiene. To ensure that the child has all this, the mother is given this one-time sum of money.

Documents required to apply for child benefits for a single mother

A certificate confirming the joint residence of the mother and child (children). Issued by the management company or housing office.
Birth certificate. It is necessary to confirm the relationship with the child (children).
Mother's passport and a copy of the document.
Work record book with a notarized copy and signature of the employer (if the woman works).
Bank account or passbook account at a bank

Tax deductions for single mothers in 2020

If a woman is a single mother working, then according to the law she is entitled to tax deductions. This is a special form of support for single mothers from the state, regulated by law in accordance with Article 218 of the Tax Code (Tax Code). This law states that a single mother has every right to a double tax deduction from her income.

For example, the amounts of tax deductions in 2020 were:

For the first two children – 3200 rubles
For the third and fourth child – 7200 rubles

Payments to single mothers in Moscow 2020

On the territory of the Russian Federation, children are raised in single-parent families. Statistics show that approximately 30% of women raise children either out of wedlock or in divorce. Even despite this, they cannot always receive social assistance from the state in the form of benefits or payments. Therefore, when obtaining the status of a single mother, there are a very large number of nuances that must be taken into account. And so the following women can obtain single mother status:

A woman who became pregnant and gave birth to a child without being married and therefore the registry office did not record her current partner on the child’s birth certificate;
A woman who is not married has decided to adopt a child;
The registry office recorded the father in the child’s birth certificate, but this fact of paternity was challenged in court. And if DNA results disprove paternity, then the woman can receive the status of a single mother and receive appropriate social benefits and payments.

Additional benefits for single mothers for children

The maternity hospital provides free bed linen, diapers , and necessary clothing at the request of the mother.
Visiting a massage therapist (massage room) is absolutely free 2 times a week, provided that one is available in the medical institution to which the mother and child are assigned.
Annual free receipt of health vouchers from medical institutions where the mother and baby are registered. If the voucher requires costs that exceed the state benefit, then the voucher is partially compensated.
Free dairy products until the child reaches 3 years of age.
A child who is raised in a single-parent family has benefits for education .
A child growing up in a single-parent family has the right to receive free meals in kindergarten and school .
A single mother (depending on the region of residence) may be provided with an office for her child’s education free of charge from the state .
A single mother can receive a discount equal to 30% when placing a child in the additional education section . These include: clubs, music school, sports sections.
A 70% discount is provided to mothers raising children on their own for preschool fees . This compensation is not provided in all regions of Russia. Therefore, in each city, every woman must contact the social security service at her place of residence.
Subsidies for housing and communal services . A single mother may not pay for garbage collection when living in a multi-storey apartment building until the child is 1.5 years old. The purpose of this subsidy depends on the woman’s total income.
A single mother can participate in housing improvement programs if living conditions require expansion of living space, or relocation to better conditions.
For a single mother, until the child turns 14 years old, the employer does not have the right to unilaterally fire her . Provided that the woman does not violate the Labor Code. When hiring an employee, the employer must stipulate in the contract in such a case the amount of monetary compensation upon dismissal.

Today, the following categories of citizens can receive monthly benefits from the State:

Single mothers.
Single parents for whose maintenance other parents do not pay child support.
Families for children of conscripted military personnel.

Indexation of social payments to single mothers

At the end of last year, the Russian government took the necessary actions and indexed many payments for the next year according to inflation, by 7% . This means that all benefits, pension payments, salaries, the cost of living - everything is indexed by 7%. Therefore, when the question arises: “how will social payments for single mothers change,” you can answer the following: simply add 7% indexation to the existing payments.

The legislative framework

Significant items of expenditure in the housing sector for single parents are:

Payment of utility services.
Purchasing your own comfortable home.

It is almost impossible to improve living conditions at the expense of the income of the sole breadwinner of the family, which is why a woman has the right to apply for participation in the following government programs:

“Young Family” within the framework of Russian Government Decree No. 1050;
“Social mortgage” in the manner determined by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1567.

Also, a single mother can apply for a subsidy that reimburses part of the costs of paying for utilities in accordance with the norms of housing legislation, in particular Article 159 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.

At the regional level, depending on the region (territory), several more benefits are provided that allow a woman to compensate for part of the costs or reduce them as social assistance for the preferential category.

Participation in government programs to improve housing conditions is available to all families, regardless of their status as beneficiaries. Therefore, a single mother can apply for the purchase of her apartment only on a general basis .

And another type of state assistance, already at the federal level, is the provision of housing for single-parent families on the basis of a social rental agreement. But a woman with a child will be able to apply for a municipal apartment only if she also belongs to the category of low-income citizens who do not have their own housing within the framework of the Housing Legislation of the Russian Federation.

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Additional payment for single mothers raising a disabled child

Single mothers raising a disabled child have a number of benefits and can qualify for monthly payments from the state. What social supplements are available to mothers who support disabled children?

Monthly benefits for a non-working single mother. If the mother of a disabled person can work, but is deprived of this due to the need to care for her disabled child (or a child with HIV status), then she receives an appropriate benefit. Its size in 2020 is 7,900 plus indexation of 4%. And in 2020, the allowance for a single mother raising a disabled child should be 8,216 rubles . However, this amount may vary depending on the place of residence, according to regional programs.
If guardianship has been granted to a disabled child, then the amount of this benefit is already 2,000 rubles.
If a disabled child is raised by a single mother who also has a disability, then she has the right to receive an increased pension.
Labor and social pensions increase if a single mother becomes disabled, which led to partial or complete loss of ability to work, while raising a disabled child. The size of pension payments will depend on the number of disabled children raised by a single mother with a disability.
Single mothers have the right to regional supplements provided for by different programs for each individual region. To find out exactly what a single mother with a disabled child is entitled to in their city, you need to call the Pension Fund and the social welfare department.

There are also a number of social guarantees for single mothers with disabled children:

Labor and social benefits at work. What does it mean? This means that the mother of a disabled child has every right to work fewer hours per week, that is, part-time, until the disabled child turns 16 years old.
Also, the mother of a disabled child has the right to 4 additional days off, which are legally paid to her by the employer, like working days.
An employer cannot unilaterally terminate an employment contract with a single mother who is supporting a disabled child.
An employer does not have the right by law to involve a single mother raising a disabled child on business trips and working overtime. Forced overtime and work on weekends without the mother's consent is prohibited.
A single mother with a disabled child can apply for a pension from the age of 50 if she was involved in raising him when he reached 18 years of age.
Also, single mothers with disabled children in their arms can claim compensation for housing and communal services in the amount of 50% of all payment amounts.
A single mother with a disabled child can receive social housing from the state if their family needs more living space. To do this, you must contact the social security service at your place of residence with a corresponding application, a sample of which must be issued on the spot.
A single mother can use public transport free of charge when acting as a chaperone for her disabled child.

Please note that mothers of many children and citizens raising disabled children may qualify for early singing appointments.

Who can count on receiving subsidies

The concept of a subsidy has been present in legislation for quite a long time, but not everyone fully understands the real purpose of the procedure. Thus, a subsidy is a measure of state support that is provided to citizens belonging to preferential categories or to persons in difficult financial circumstances.

The subsidy is expressed in cash , which, as a compensatory measure, partially covers the costs incurred to pay for utilities or a mortgage loan and is credited to the payer’s account after the payment has been made.

The features of subsidies are the following factors:

The funds are provided as a measure of social support free of charge.
Money was allocated to pay off specific expense items.
They are paid from both the federal and regional budgets, depending on the purpose and type.

The following may apply for this type of assistance:

Citizens recognized as low-income.
Preferential categories, in particular, single mothers.
Persons who need to improve their living conditions in the manner prescribed by law.

For each form of support, the law approves not only a separate procedure, but also criteria for need, as well as other conditions.

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Early pension for mothers of many children and citizens raising disabled children

In order for a mother of many children or a citizen raising a disabled child to retire early, certain conditions must be maintained:

The woman gave birth and raised 5 or more children until they reached the age of 8 years.
A woman must have at least 15 years of insurance experience.
According to the law, when determining the amount of insurance experience, periods of care for each child individually will be taken into account until they turn 1.5 years old. This should add up to 6 years.

If these conditions are maintained, a woman has the right to retire at age 50. This is before the established age of 55 years. These conditions are specified in the Federal Law dated December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ “On Insurance Pensions”.

Also, to grant a woman an early pension, the following conditions will be taken into account:

If a woman has taken custody of her son or daughter, then they must be officially adopted.
A woman cannot be deprived of the right to receive early pension payments if she lives separately with her children.

To receive an old-age insurance pension early, the following conditions of pension legislation must be met:

A man can retire at age 55 if he raised a disabled child until he was 8 years old, and he has at least 20 years of insurance coverage.
A woman can retire at 50 years old if she raised a disabled child until he was 8 years old and her insurance coverage is at least 15 years.
Guardians of disabled people from childhood who have been raising them until they reach the age of 8 can retire early, while the old-age insurance pension will be assigned as follows: for every 1 year and 6 months of guardianship, the age of the pension will be reduced by 1 year. The total number of reduced years should not exceed 5 years. At the same time, for men the insurance period must be 20 years, and for women – 15.

You should know! To recognize a person as disabled, you need to be registered with a medical institution and undergo a medical and social examination. Based on the results of the examination, a person is assigned one of three disability groups. If this is a child (that is, a person who is not yet 18 years old), he is assigned a disability category of “disabled child.”

Accordingly, according to this disability group, the family or parent caring for a disabled child receives appropriate pension payments and benefits. If a person received a disability before reaching 18 years of age, then persons over 18 years of age are simultaneously assigned this disability group. This is the case if a person acquired a disability before the age of 18 due to injury or illness before reaching adulthood.

About the work schedule of a single mother

Regardless of where exactly an unmarried woman with a child works, enterprise management must adhere to the requirements of the Labor Code. What exactly does this document say about single mothers? If we are talking about the work schedule, then it is worth highlighting the following points:

An unmarried woman with a child under 5 years old is able to work at night (from 10 pm to 6 am) only if she herself agrees to it and if she has no health contraindications. An employer does not have the right to force a single mother to work night shifts (unless the work itself does not involve night service - for example, the profession of a night watchman).
If a woman has a child under three years of age, then her involvement in business trips and overtime work is possible only with written consent.
A single mother with a child under 14 years of age or a disabled child under 18 years of age is able to apply for a part-time job.
A woman with a disabled child can claim four additional days off per month.
A woman raising a child under 14 years of age, under a collective agreement, can be provided with two weeks of unpaid leave at any convenient time.

The salary of a single mother (if we are not talking about benefits) cannot be increased just like that. A woman cannot legally claim a special salary or increased hourly pay simply because she has a child.

We should also talk about the dismissal procedure. A woman raising a child under 14 years of age, or a disabled child under 18 years of age, cannot be fired due to layoffs. The only exceptions may be the following cases:

the organization is completely liquidated;
a woman periodically fails to perform, or performs her job duties poorly;
the woman committed a major immoral act;
the employee violated her duties (came in drunk, committed theft, violated labor protection, divulged professional secrets, etc.);
a woman got a job using fictitious documents.

In case of illegal dismissal, a woman can be reinstated in her job or seek compensation through the court.

Early insurance pension for mothers with many children: conditions for appointment

According to the current legislation of the Russian Federation, mothers of many children have the right to retire early when they reach 50 years of age. That is, contact the Pension Fund for an old-age insurance pension. To do this, a mother with many children must meet certain conditions:

Facts confirming that the woman raised at least 5 children until they reached the age of 8 . This can be confirmed by the registration of mother and child in the same residential premises. Doctor's certificates issued to the child, signed by the mother. Testimony of relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, teachers who, for example, came to the house to teach the child.
A woman must have accumulated insurance experience of at least 15 years .
A single mother with many children must have the required number of pension points established for the year of filing the application for a pension. That is, if it is 2020, then there should be about 8 points.
If a single mother with many children is raising a stepson or stepdaughter, then in order to receive an insurance pension early, she must officially adopt before they reach 8 years of age.

Does not affect the early assignment of an old-age insurance pension if the mother lives separately with her children.

It is important to know! If a single mother with many children, having raised 5 or more children at the time of filing an application for early assignment of an old-age pension, does not have 15 years of insurance experience, then, in order to determine the right to receive a pension, the following can be counted in the insurance experience:

Child care up to 1.5 years old. In total, no more than 6 years will be counted, that is, for 4 children.
Period(s) of caring for a disabled child (group 1 disabled).
Period of care for a disabled person.
Periods of mother's studies. The educational period is also counted towards the insurance period.

Attention! The figures collected from official sources and presented in this article by ProfiKomment magazine may differ, depending on changes in legislation and the place of residence of the woman raising children on her own.

Benefits for single mothers: provision of benefits and subsidies in various areas of life

Raising a child is always a lot of hard work. If a woman has to raise a child alone, this work becomes even more difficult. It is for this reason that the state is trying in every possible way to support such women, including by providing them with a number of benefits that can to some extent facilitate the entire process of raising a child for such a woman.

Benefits in the field of housing and communal services and improvement of living conditions

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Tax Code , which regulates the procedure for providing tax deductions for such women, as well as the amount and procedure for paying state fees for a number of specialized government services;
the Labor Code in terms of organizing the labor activity of a single mother, as well as regulating the procedure for her relationship with the employer, including in terms of concluding and terminating existing labor relations;
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 5, 1992 No. 554 “On compulsory employment of certain categories of workers during the liquidation of an enterprise, institution, or organization . It additionally guarantees women raising their children alone, for whom paternity has not been established, employment in the event of the liquidation of the organization in which they previously worked (currently, such guarantees are duplicated by the provision of special assistance from state employment centers);
Housing Code regarding the use by single mothers of opportunities to improve existing living conditions with a child, if necessary;
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 675 and its supplementary Decree No. 1050 of December 17, 2010, regulating the procedure for the participation of single mothers in programs to improve housing conditions.

So the main advantage of a dash in the “father” column is the absence of bureaucratic problems and the need to spend money on a notary every time. However, there is one caveat to this state of affairs. According to the civil code, children are considered first-priority heirs, so a child will not be able to inherit property from the actual father if there is no official record of paternity.

Benefit for single mothers

Payments to single mothers in 2020 are practically no different from payments to children raised in two-parent families.

No special benefits that increase the financial status of a family in which the child is raised only by the mother are established by federal laws.

For the first child

A single mother is entitled to payments starting from the moment of pregnancy until the child reaches the age of three years. In individual cases, payments may last until the child reaches 16, and in some cases, 18 years.

Benefits are divided into monthly and one-time. This includes maternity benefits, one-time payments, etc.

Large family

If a single mother gives birth to a second child, the monthly benefit increases up to one and a half years, and the right to receive a maternity capital certificate becomes available.

At the birth of the third child, a large family is entitled to:

monthly payments – valid in 69 regions of the country, paid to low-income families for up to three years;
regional maternity capital.

Read about child benefits up to 18 years of age. What is the amount of severance pay for layoffs? See here.

Poor

If the family has low-income status, then the mother can qualify for monthly payments for the child until she reaches 1.5 years of age. The amount of payment is set according to the regional minimum wage.

The benefit is issued if the family income does not exceed 1.5 times the minimum wage per person in the family. At the level of regional legislation, additional payments may be established until the child reaches 16 (18) years of age.

Not working

This category of women is entitled to a smaller benefit compared to working women. They have access to a lump sum payment at the birth of a child and benefits until the child reaches 1.5 years of age.

At the birth of her second baby, a single mother can count on a maternity certificate.

Size

The size of payments will depend on its type, as well as the social status of the single mother. Many regions provide their own additional payments taking into account the norms of federal legislation.

Up to 1.5 years

Both working single mothers and unemployed mothers can receive this benefit. The only difference will be in the amount charged. Documents are submitted through the employer or social security authority for unemployed women.

The size of the payment depends on the income the woman received before pregnancy.

The unemployed can count on an amount of 3142.33 for the first-born and 6284.65 rubles. for subsequent children.

If a woman decides to go to work before her child reaches 1.5 years of age, then she loses the right to receive this type of benefit.

Up to three

According to the law, payments are due only until the child reaches one and a half years of age. Until the age of three, women receive only 50 rubles a month.

In 2020, a proposal was put forward at the government level to extend payments until the child reaches three years of age. Perhaps amendments to the law will be adopted soon.

Under 18 years old

Payments for children over three years of age are issued no more than once a quarter. Documents for obtaining benefits are submitted to social support authorities.

A single mother, as well as one with low-income status or raising a disabled child, can count on this payment.

The size of the benefit, depending on the region, ranges from 500 to 1000 rubles.

For a disabled child

If a single mother is raising a disabled child, she can count on receiving additional monthly payments:

if there is formal guardianship over the child, then the amount of payments reaches 2,000 rubles;
if the child’s mother also has a disability, she is entitled to an increased pension.

At the regional level, additional benefits are allowed, the amount of which will depend on the legislative norms of each specific region.