The government will act in accordance with the principle of legitimateexpectation, said Dombrovskis. He also acknowledged that the government will beable to allot money necessary to pay the maternity benefits during thetransitional period.
Augulis said that no ceiling will be imposed on maternity and paternitybenefits after the transition period, as the government had originally planned.
According to the government's May 12 decision, an 500 lat ceiling would be seton maternity benefits that are currently equal to 70 percent of gross income ofone of the parents over the 12 previous months, and may be less or more than500 lats per month. Benefits for babies up to one years old would also becancelled.
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