This chapter covers other family allowances (drugi družinski prejemki):

• parental allowance (starševski dodatek)
• childbirth allowance (pomoč ob rojstvu otroka)
• large family allowance (dodatek za veliko družino)
• child care allowance (dodatek za nego otroka) and
• partial payment for loss of earnings (delno plačilo za izgubljeni dohodek)

In what situation can I claim?

Family allowances are intended for parents or guardians as lump sum or monthly allowances for child birth and child care.

Family allowances include:

• parental allowance: a monthly allowance for parents who are not entitled to childbirth allowance;
• childbirth allowance: a lump sum for the purchase of clothing and other necessities, received by one of the parents;
• large family allowance: an annual payment for families with three or more children;
• child care allowance: a monthly payment for a child requiring special care;
• partial payment for loss of earnings: a monthly payment for parents or guardians/foster parents caring for a child with a serious mental developmental disorder or serious physical impairment.
• Assistance in the purchase of vignettes: large families with 4 or more children that own or use a vehicle classified in the toll class B (large cars) are entitled to a yearly allowance for the purchase of the motorway vignette of EUR 110 (equal to the difference between the price of a vignette for toll class A (EUR 110) and toll class B (EUR 220).

What conditions do I need to meet?

Parental allowance is a right which lasts for 365 days following the birth of a child or longer in case of birth of twins, triplets or premature birth. Both the mother and child must be permanent or temporary residents of Slovenia and be currently residing in Slovenia.

For the first 77 days following birth the mother generally has the right to payment (or the father as an exception in the case of the mother's absence). Following 77 days of the child's birth one of the parents can receive payment on the basis of transitory agreement. This right may be attributed to the child's current guardian instead of the parents.

Those not entitled to parental allowance are persons receiving benefits, partial payment for loss of earnings or payment of social security contributions in the case of four or more children, for which the partner receives child care allowance, right of payment for social security contributions as a result of the right to shortened working hours due to parenthood, payment of social security contributions in the case of four or more children or partial payment for loss of earnings for the same child.

Persons entitled to parental allowance are included in pension and disability insurance.

Applications for cash benefit must be submitted a minimum of 30 days prior to or 30 days after birth of the child, upon which the right to benefits will be recognised.

Childbirth allowance is a one-off payment intended for the purchase of required items for the new-born. This right is valid for one of the parents with permanent or temporary residence in Slovenia currently residing in Slovenia.

Applications for cash benefit must be submitted a minimum of 60 days prior to the anticipated birth date or at the latest 60 days after the birth of the child (for an adoptive parent 30 days following placement of the child in the family at the latest).

Large family allowance is an annual payment intended for families with three or more children under 18 years of age (or 26 years of age if their parents must maintain and protect the child).

The allowance may be received by one of the parents having joint permanent or temporary residence as well as the children currently residing in Slovenia or other person (e.g. foster carer), where three or more children from the family live without parents.

Applications for the current year are to be filed in the current year.

Child care allowance is a right which may be accessed by one of the parents or other party for a child requiring special care if the child has permanent or temporary residence in Slovenia and currently resides in Slovenia. Parents for whom the child is fostered or in an institution with full time free care are not eligible.

The right to the allowance is valid for the period in which the child requires special care up to 18 years of age, and after 18 years of age if the parents must maintain and protect the child.

The opinion of a medical commission is required for the assessment of rights.

Rights enter into effect on birth of the child and are recognised from the first day of the following month on submission of the application.

Partial payment for loss of earnings is the right for one of the parents or other persons who are stopping employment (leaving current job or data from ZRSZ unemployment record) or beginning reduced working hours as a result of caring for a child with a serious mental developmental disorder or serious physical impairment, or a child with a specific illness from the list of serious illnesses. The right to partial payment can also be granted to one of the parents caring for two or more children with a moderate or serious mental developmental disorder or serious physical impairment. In this instance the mother or father of the child also receive the right if they have two or more children who do not have serious developmental disorders.

Conditions for assessment of the recipient are that the child and parent are permanent or temporary residents and currently live in Slovenia. The right lasts until the child reaches 18 years of age or maximum 2 months following the death of the child. Parents for whom the child is in an institution with full time free care or in foster care are not eligible.

Applications for cash benefit must be submitted 30 days prior to or at the latest 30 days after stopping employment and last until the child reaches 18 years of age.

What am I entitled to and how can I claim?

Parental allowance

Parental allowance is adjusted twice annually in accordance with the retail price index.

Childbirth allowance

Large family allowance

Child care allowance

Partial payment for loss of earnings

Assistance in the purchase of vignettes: EUR 110.

Jargon busters

• MDDSZ - Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Forms you may need to fill in

• Form for entitlement to parental grant (form DP-1)
• Form for entitlement to childbirth allowance (form DP-2)
• Form for assessment of right to child benefit - unified form for entitlement to public funds
• Form for entitlement to large family allowance (form DP-4)
• Form for entitlement to childcare allowance (form N-1)
• Form for entitlement to partial payment for loss of earnings (form N-2)

All forms can be found on the MDDSZ web site.

Know your rights

The links below listing your rights are not European Commission pages and do not represent the view of the Commission:

• Information on family income supplements
• Rules amending the Rules on procedures for exercising rights to family benefits
• Parental Protection and Family Benefits Act (ZSPD-1)

European Commission publications and web pages:

• Social security: Your rights as an EU citizen abroad

Who do you need to contact?

The right to cash benefit can be assessed at the Centre for Social Work.