The employee has the right to compensation during their absence from work due to temporary incapacity.

Compensation for temporary work incapacity during the first 30 days is provided by the employer from their own funds, while from the 31st day onward, the compensation is provided by the Republic Fund.

Exceptionally from paragraph 2 of this article salary compensation is provided to the insured from the mandatory health insurance funds starting from the first day of incapacity for work due to voluntary donation of organs, cells, or tissues. This also applies to the insured mother, father, adoptive parent, or other insured person caring for a child, during the period of temporary incapacity for work due to the care of a sick child under the age of three.

Exceptionally from paragraph 2 of this article compensation continues to be provided to the insured by the employer's funds even after 30 days if the incapacity for work is caused by a work-related injury or occupational disease.

The basis for the payment of salary compensation, which is paid from the employer's funds, is the average salary from the previous 12 months prior to the month in which the temporary incapacity for work occurred. However, this amount cannot be lower than the minimum salary established in accordance with the Law.

The amount of salary compensation paid from the employer's funds is:

1. 65% (sixty-five percent) of the average salary, if the incapacity for work is caused by:
   1. Illness or injury outside of work,
   2. a mandated isolation measure due to the employee being a carrier of an infectious disease or due to the presence of infectious diseases in their environment,
   3. the need to care for a sick or injured immediate family member,
   4. being designated as the attendant for a sick insured person sent for treatment or medical examination in another location, or while staying as an attendant in a stationary healthcare facility, in accordance with the regulations governing the conditions for exercising rights under mandatory health insurance.
2. 100% (one hundred percent) of the average salary, if the incapacity for work is caused by:
   1. a work-related injury or occupational disease,
   2. illness or complications related to maintaining pregnancy

Table 1 – The basis for Salary Compensation