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The Creative Persons and Creative Unions Act and the Working Ability Support Act Amendment Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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17 January 2022

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23 February 2022

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The bill makes changes to the law in order to continue paying creative support under reduced conditions to freelance creatives until the end of 2022. The application and payment of creative grants will continue to be similar to the conditions that applied until the end of 2021 due to the conditions of the COVID-19 crisis. The draft abolishes the requirement until the end of 2022, according to which a person who received a creative allowance cannot make a new application for a creative allowance within two years to submit to receive. Also, in 2022, it will be possible to receive a creative allowance if, during the period of applying for the creative allowance, the creative person additionally earns an income in the amount of up to one minimum wage per month, for example on the basis of a debt-law contract. The bill also makes permanent changes to the conditions for applying for and paying creative support. For example, the definition and amount of income, which is taken into account for receiving creative support, is specified. According to the bill, you can creative allowance may be applied for by a freelance creative person who has not received creative allowance in the month preceding the application and who does not receive more than half of the minimum wage rate every month during the period of payment of creative allowance. The general wording of the current law on received income has caused interpretation problems in practice. In addition, the grounds for refusing to pay the creative support are specified if the support is paid by the Ministry of Culture. If applicable according to the regulation, it is stipulated that the payment of creative support is refused, among other things, on the basis that if the applicant has not been active in the relevant creative field for the last three years, the draft stipulates that this three-year period will be extended accordingly by the time when the person receives parental benefit, is on parental leave or military service. The draft also specifies the grounds for ending the payment of the creative allowance. According to the bill, you will receive an unjustified creative allowance reclaim, in addition to providing false information, also in a situation where the creative person does not meet the conditions for applying for creative support. Creative support is a support in the amount of the minimum salary paid within six months to a cultural worker who has temporarily lost his income and works in non-regular or non-standard forms of work. In addition to the minimum income, creative support also provides social guarantees, above all health insurance.

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