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Brazil

Medical and dental insurances are provided by the local provider, Operadora Bradesco Saúde.
Both the company and team members make contributions to the National Institute of Social Security which covers benefits such as retirement, pension, illness, disability and unemployment. These social security contributions are included as part of Safeguard’s payroll process.

France

Social security contributions towards pension, disability and health insurance are made via Safeguard’s payroll process.

Ireland

Currently Safeguard does not provide private healthcare
- If GitLab did want to look into implementing private healthcare with Safeguard, the costs would be plan dependent and based on level of cover and workers age.
  - Providers ask for application forms to be completed by workers in the first instance in order to obtain individual quotes. Providers will not quote without completed application forms.
- GitLab will continue to review implementing Medical cover in Ireland.
Safeguard does provide a pension via Zurich, if individuals would like to join this scheme, a leaflet can be found by clicking on this link. Please note that at this time there are no employer contributions.
- Any changes to the scheme would need to be documented via Safeguard through a contract variation.
Safeguard does not offer Tax Saver & Bike to Work benefits.
- As these schemes are salary sacrifice Safeguard would need to know in advance of any set up what the level of take-up would be to see if set up was viable.
- GitLab will continue to review offering the Tax Saver & Bike to Work benefits.
Safeguard does not offer Life Assurance.
- Safeguard would need to generate a plan specific to GitLab. GitLab and Safeguard will continue to review securing a separate policy for Gitlab.
Paternity Leave in Ireland:
- The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 provides two weeks' statutory leave and benefit for employees who are the relevant parents of children born or adopted.
- Paternity leave generally must be taken in one block of two weeks within the first six months following the birth or adoption placement. The term "relevant parent" is defined broadly to provide for fathers, adoptive fathers, civil partners, cohabitants and same-sex couples.
- Paternity benefit is payable by the state subject to an employee's PRSI contributions. Workers should apply for the payment 4 weeks before they intend to go on paternity leave.
- State paternity benefit is payable at a rate of 245 EUR per week for two weeks.
- Leave certification - All employees must have their paternity leave certified by their employer. If you're an employee, you must provide GitLab with proof of the expected date of confinement of your spouse or partner. In other words, you will be required to provide your employer with a certificate from your spouse or partner's doctor confirming when your baby is due, or confirmation of the baby’s actual date of birth if you apply for leave after the birth has occurred. GitLab must then complete a form (PB2: Employer Certificate for Paternity Benefit (pdf)) to confirm that you are entitled to paternity leave.
- If you have been at GitLab for a year, GitLab will supplement Paternity Pay up to the full salary amount.
- Statutory Paternity Pay can be processed in two ways:
  - By electronic funds transfer into the employee's nominated bank account, or,
  - Mandated to GitLab's account where we would process through payroll along with any supplementary amount (if you are eligible). Please notify the Compensation & Benefits team how you would like to receive the Statutory Payment.

Italy

Medical - Team members have access to government-subsidized healthcare as well as additional insurance called QU.A.S. The annual cost for QU.A.S. is 56 EUR paid by the team member and 350 EUR paid by the company.
Pension and Life Insurance - As part of Safeguard payroll, mandatory contributions are made towards social security funds. Quadri & Impiegati Employees have the possibility to join the complementary pension fund Fon.te. The optional employee contribution of 0,55% will be matched by an additional employer contribution of 1,55%. Dirigenti (Managers) the NCA grants private pension benefits through the funds Mario Negri.

Spain

We are currently unable to hire any more employees or contractors in Spain. Please see Country Hiring Guidelines for more information.

Currently Safeguard does not provide private healthcare
Accruals for 13th and 14th month salaries
General risks and unemployment insurance
Salary guarantee fund (FOGASA)
Work accident insurance

GitLab currently has no plans to offer Life Insurance, Private Medical cover, or a private pension due to the government cover in Spain. If GitLab did want to look into offering such benefits through Safeguard, the employees would need to subscribe themselves to the insurance companies and they would be paid for it in the form of allowance on a monthly basis covering the price that the insurance company requests; this would then be billed to Gitlab.

Hungary

Healthcare insurance according to Hungarian laws
Pension according to Hungarian laws

You may receive your payslip from this email address: abacus@whc.hu on your personal email ( the one used for correspondence with Safeguard). The payslip is going to contain an encrypted PDF.

Parental Leave in Hungary

Pregnant team members are entitled to 24 weeks of maternity leave. The leave must start 4 weeks prior to the scheduled delivery date. The team member is entitled to 70% of the average salary, paid by the government. During the first 6 months of nursing, the team member is entitled to two hours of work time allowance daily and one hour after that until the child reaches 9 months.

The father is entitled to 5 days off for paternity leave which the employer must allocate within two months following the date of birth. The father is also entitled to take unpaid leave until the child reaches 3 years of age.

If eligible, team members can use GitLab's Parental Leave policy. Any supplementary payment that comes from GitLab during the parental leave will be processed as a "bonus" per the legal requirements in Hungary (the tax rate will be the same as salary).

Other countries

Safeguard uses multiple third parties across the globe to assist in locations where they do not have a direct payroll.

South Africa

Medical, pension and life insurance benefits are currently being reviewed in this issue.

Switzerland

As per social security obligations, for its part, the employer pays:

half of the total premium of the AVS/AI/APG
the whole of the accident insurance contribution (professional)
half of the loss of earnings insurance in the event of sickness
half the total unemployment benefit insurance premium
half the total maternity insurance premium
part of training and execution
LPP Silver
During the execution of a mission at a client of the employer, the employee is insured against the risks of occupational accidents at the CNA. If it works 8 hours or more per week, it is also insured against the risks of nonprofessional accidents at the SUVA, according to the legal provisions in force. The SUVA benefits replace the obligation to pay wages according to art. 32a CO. The waiting period is 3 days from the accident.
Employees are entitled to maternity benefits, in accordance with article 16b of the law on allowances for losses of earnings, LAPG, if they have been compulsorily insured within the meaning of the old-age and survivors insurance, LAVS, during the 9 months preceding the childbirth and that during this period, they were in gainful employment lasting 5 months and are still paid at the date of childbirth. The right to the allowance takes effect from the day of childbirth. The mother benefits from maternity leave up to a maximum of 14 weeks paid at a rate of 80% of the average earnings for the activity carried out before childbirth. The benefit is paid in the form of a daily subsistence allowance (max. 98 daily subsistence allowances). If the mother takes up her gainful employment again during this period, the right is extinguished early.