OREANDA-NEWS. January 21, 2010. People working in Moldova on a temporary basis will have to contribute to the state social insurance fund for the first time in Moldova's history.

Moldovan Labour, Social Protection and Family Minister Valentina Buliga told a news conference today that "this is a positive moment as we will secure these people's right to short-term social services, such as allowances for provisional inability to work, maternity leave, etc."

The monthly contribution to the state social insurance fund remained at the level of 2009, that is, 29 per cent, of which 23 per cent is paid by employers and six per cent by employees.

Incomes planned to enter the state social insurance budget in 2010 are of about 8 billion lei (about 450 million euros), which makes 7 per cent more compared with 20009, whereas spending is 8.2 billion lei. The state budget transferred 951 million lei to the state social insurance budget.