This will be the case if, on the date of the insured risk, independent businesswomen were registered as such and paid social security contributions for at least one month out of the last preceding 12 months.
A group of deputies of the parliamentary faction of the Action and Solidarity Party (PDS), headed by former Finance Minister Viktoria Belous, proposes to amend Law on Temporary Disability Benefits and Other Social Insurance Benefits by revising the procedure for their assignment. The provisions were included in an overall draft law containing a package of new measures to support the business environment.
Clarifications of legislation on freelancers
Here we are talking about clarifications of the legislation prescribing the procedure and norms of the new tax regime for freelancers. It came into force on January 1, 2026.
In the explanatory note, the authors note that the implementation of the proposals will provide a more fair, predictable and investment-friendly regulatory framework that does not affect financial discipline and the interests of the state.
In turn, the government in its opinion on the bill proposes to supplement it with several conditions under which an independent businesswoman may become eligible for benefits.
Conditions for eligibility for benefits
First, she must be duly registered as a freelancer. Second, prove a total insurance record of at least 3 years or at least 9 months in the last 24 months preceding the date of the insured risk. Thirdly, pay social insurance contributions for at least one month of the last 12 calendar months preceding the occurrence of the insured risk.
Another change concerns the adjustment of the base for calculating social insurance benefits. Currently, its amount is the average monthly insured income of the taxpayer for the last year preceding the occurrence of the insured risk. If the new provisions of the law are approved, the income cannot be lower than the minimum monthly wage in the country. It should be reminded that for 2026 it is approved at the amount of 6300 lei. Social insurance contributions will be calculated on this amount on the date of benefit determination.
Elimination of minimums
At the same time, it is proposed to recognize as null and void the norm according to which the amount of the insured person’s allowance is the minimum amount of the monthly allowance for child rearing. Now it is applied in the absence of such a calculation base when establishing child care allowance for a child up to the age of 3 years.
Finally, the Cabinet of Ministers proposes to exclude the minimum threshold from the provisions which establish the monthly amount of child care allowance (when establishing child care allowance for a child up to the age of 3 years).
Once approved, the amendments will enter into force from the date of publication.
