Self-employed will get paid sick leave: new bill
Bill No. 1036780-8 has been submitted to the State Duma, which opens up a fundamentally new opportunity for self-employed citizens - to receive paid sick leave. The experiment will start on January 1, 2026 and will last until December 31, 2028. What will change? Today, the self-employed are exempt from social insurance contributions, so temporary disability benefits are not paid to them. The new bill proposes a mechanism for voluntary insurance in the Social Fund of Russia: participation at the request of the self-employed; fixed monthly insurance premiums; the possibility to choose the insurance amount (35,000 or 50,000 rubles per month). Conditions for receiving benefits To apply for paid sick leave, you must: pay contributions for at least 6 consecutive months; if you pay from 6 to 12 months, the…