📋 Tender Overview
From January 1 2023 the salaries of state employees the minimum wage pensions and the insurance period necessary for the appointment of a labor pension by age will increase there will be a new amount of family capital. The right of the elderly and disabled to extraordinary treatment after COVID-19 in sanatoriums of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is being extended mechanisms for providing citizens with technical means of social rehabilitation are being improved. About the innovations in the field of social protection with which the country will meet the coming year said the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Irina Kostevich.Insurance period pension paymentsLabor pensions next year will increase in conjunction with wage growth and inflation but at least once a year. Social pensions increases supplements and supplements to pensions will be recalculated quarterly from February 1 May 1 August 1 and November 1 following the growth of the BPM. Br2.5 billion is provided for their increase in the coming year and in total It is planned to allocate Br18.8 billion for the payment of pensions in 2023.From October 1 2022 a new program of additional pension savings with financial support from the state three plus three was launched. More than 9 thousand Belarusians have already become its participants. The new year 2023 is a great opportunity to join the program and generate additional retirement income for old age.Every year the insurance period work experience with the payment of insurance premiums to the Social Protection Fund increases by 6 months until the achievement of 20 years in 2025. From January 1 2023 it will be 19 years. The presence of such an insurance period is mandatory for the appointment of a labor pension by age and for seniority. Women retire at the age of 58 men at age 63.MinimalFrom January 1 2023 the minimum wage in Belarus will be Br554. Compared to January 2022 it will increase by Br97 or 21.2.Salary of state employeesFrom the New Year wages in budget organizations will increase. The growth of salaries will be provided by an increase in the size of the base rate which from January 1 will be Br228 compared to December it will grow by 7.5 compared to January 2022 - by 10.1. Since other incentive and compensatory payments are tied to the base rate their sizes will also increase from January 1.As in 2022 the base rate in 2023 will grow in several stages. In accordance with the parameters of socio-economic development of Belarus next year it is planned to increase the average annual value of the base rate by 10.In addition the size of sectoral incentive payments to certain categories of workers is increasing. For these purposes more than Br900 million will be allocated from the budget of which Br350 million is an additional expenditure compared to 2022.Post-COVID-19 supportIn 2023 the elderly and disabled will continue to undergo extraordinary sanatorium and resort rehabilitation after COVID-19 in sanatoriums of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. Non-working veterans of labor and disabled people who have had pneumonia associated with COVID-19 have received this right since July 2020. More than 5.3 thousand elderly and disabled people have already taken advantage of this opportunity.In 2023 in general more than Br16 million rubles are planned for the rehabilitation of elderly citizens and disabled people in sanatoriums of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.Family capitalIt is planned to allocate about Br430 million for the payment of family capital next year.The amount of family capital is subject to annual indexation with an accrual by the value of the consumer price index for the previous year. The new amount of family capital effective from January 1 2023 will be posted on the official website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection until January 31 2023.There are already about 121 thousand large families in Belarus.Child benefitsIn 2023 it is planned to allocate Br3.2 billion for the payment of maternity and family benefits of which Br2 billion is for the payment of benefits for caring for children under the age of 3 years.In particular the allowance for caring for a child under the age of 3 is paid on average for 228 thousand children. Its size is recalculated twice a year from February 1 and August 1 due to the growth of the average salary of workers in the country.Quarterly from February 1 May 1 August 1 and November 1 benefits calculated from the subsistence minimum budget are also subject to recalculation a one-time allowance at the birth of children 10 BPM and 14 BPM a one-time allowance for women who are registered with health care organizations before 12 weeks of pregnancy 100 of the BPM allowance for children aged 3 to 18 years during the period of upbringing of a child under 3 years of age 50 of BPM allowance for children over 3 years of age from certain categories of families 70 of BPM and 50 of BPM allowance for caring for a disabled child under the age of 18 100 BPM 120 BPM etc.In January 2023 a one-time allowance in connection with the birth of the first child will be almost Br3.4 thousand the second and subsequent - almost Br4.8 thousand.Benefits are paid for 405 thousand children or every fourth child of the country.Social protectionIn 2023 it is planned to allocate almost Br500 million to finance social service institutions and these are 146 territorial centers of social services for the population and 92 boarding houses.Another Br133 million is provided to finance the system of state targeted social assistance. We are talking about providing material support to low-income families and citizens who find themselves in a difficult life situation.
