
The maximum parental compensation until now was equal to three the average country wages, but it will be reduced by a third. Although this reduction will affect families where children are born in the next year, change in the work and earning system in the time of children’s rearing will be felt by parents whose children are born now, that is in 2025 year. Specially attentive should be those who plan to earn more additional income in December, wrote Pere ja kodu.From 1 January 2026 year the maximum parental compensation will be reduced from three average wages to two average wages . To mitigate the reduction of the maximum rate, the restriction on working and receiving additional earnings while caregiving
for a child. In the current system the parental compensation recipient can earn a maximum of half of the parental compensation rate in addition to receiving parental compensation, that is 2632.55 gross in 2025 year. If you earn more than this amount, the parental compensation decreases by one euro for every
twoeurosearned.