Motherhood is an extremely complex phase in the lives of many women. Despite all the joys and surprises of the gestation period and the first few months of a child's life, we cannot fail to mention the concern and fear of many pregnant women of losing their living income and not being able to O maternity aid.
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However, in Brazil, pregnant women have several legal guidelines that ensure mothers during pregnancy pregnancy and the birth of the baby, even if they work in private companies or as micro-entrepreneurs.
Among these legal norms we have foreseen the maternity salary, or maternity aid, as it is better known. It is a social security benefit provided for in the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) in its article 392. Check out:
"A pregnant employee is entitled to maternity leave of 120 (one hundred and twenty) days, without prejudice to employment and salary".
This norm aims to provide workers with greater security and financial stability to exercise motherhood in the first months after the arrival of the child. This benefit is also applied in cases of non-criminal abortion, adoption or legal custody for adoption purposes. Men who went through the adoption process are also included as a group able to receive assistance.
In addition, it is important to emphasize that, as this is a social security right, it can be requested directly from the INSS through the institute's website.
In general, the INSS only requires that the worker has made her contribution to Social Security in the 10 months prior to the application period. There are still some exceptions to this grace period, which are insured employees, domestic servants and independent workers.
This requirement was established with the aim of preventing fraud in the beneficiary system, thus, only those who have already contributed to social security are entitled to maternity aid.
