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On social security for temporary disability and motherhood. ( Izv.1922, No. 1, S. U. 79‐682 ).

Article No. 682.

Decree of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars.

The Council of Peopleʹs Commissars decided:

1.                   The allowance for the insured in the event of temporary incapacity for work shall be established in the amount of the actual earnings of the incapacitated person until the moment of his loss of ability to work.

Note . The Peopleʹs Commissariat of Social Security is provided with a shortage of funds from the insurance fund to limit the rate of benefits for temporary incapacity for work, but not less than ⅔ of the wages of the given qualification.

2.                   The size of the allowance for the insured in case of pregnancy and childbirth shall be set in the amount of their average actual earnings.

3.                   The Peopleʹs Commissariat of Social Security is instructed to issue instructions for the application of this decree.

Signed by:

For the Chairman of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars A. Tsuryup .

N. Gorbunov, Administrator of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars .

Secretary L. Fotieva .

December 9, 1921.

Published in No. 1 of the News of the All‐Russian Central Executive

Committee of Soviets dated January 1, 1922.