Russians were reminded of sharply increased sick leave payments in 2025

Sick leave payments have increased to 5.7 thousand rubles per day, which will help citizens not to lose income during illness. About this on Thursday, March 6, in an interview with the agency

In addition, Kovalenko explained that the increase in benefits is related to the minimum wage, which is indexed every year.

At the same time, last year the maximum payment was just over 4 thousand rubles, and next year the amount of the allowance will reach up to 6.8 thousand rubles.

Earlier, on February 19, Anton Kotyakov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, said that social pensions are planned href="https://iz.ru/1841759/2025-02-19/kotiakov-soobshchil-o-planakh-proindeksirovat-sotcialnye-pensii-na-1475-s-1-aprelia"> to index by 14.75%

from April 1 of the current year. According to Kotyakov, an increase in social security and state pension payments will contribute to an increase in income for 4.2 million Russians.