The fact that you are only entitled to the 250 euros (children and young people) or 500 euros (adults) if you have been registered in Austria for six months means that half of the children born in Austria this year will lose the bonus becomes. “The government messed up again,” said VSV chairwoman Daniela Holzinger-Vogtenhuber.
The regulation should be repaired, she demands from the APA for children born and registered in Austria a right from birth. Children born after June could never reach the 183 registration days in Austria required for receipt. After all, more than 43,000 children and their families are affected.
“The government messed up again”
According to Holzinger, it is not even clear which deadline is used here by the Ministry of Finance. According to Holzinger, she received conflicting information on the hotline several times. “But one thing is clear: as long as a baby is not older than 183 days, you don’t get a bonus.” That is absurd, after all it generates costs from birth.
The 250 or 500 euros climate bonus plus additional anti-inflation bonus are currently only planned until the end of the year. From 2023, the climate bonus will be available in the originally planned, regionally graded form (100 to 200 euros depending on where you live).
The ÖGB meanwhile called for further changes to the papa month introduced in 2019 on Wednesday. Fathers can apply for a family time bonus of almost 700 euros for four weeks after the birth of their child. However, that is not enough to create an incentive, criticizes ÖGB Vice President and Federal Women’s President Korinna Schumann. Most recently, only 6,000 fathers took advantage of the opportunity. “We need a legal entitlement with full wage compensation,” demands Schumann. Recently, the family time bonus is no longer deducted from later childcare allowance, but according to Schumann, additional incentives are needed to increase the proportion of fathers. She refers to the family working time model of AK and ÖGB, which provides financial support of 250 euros per parent if both parents work between 28 and 32 hours a week. That would bring more income for mothers and more time with the children for the fathers.
Source: Nachrichten
