General support for employees and employers facing difficulties due to Covid-19

Main content: Issue urgent solutions to support businesses and employees. This is the basis for ministries and sectors to issue detailed guidelines on support and implementation.

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April 01, 04 – Official Letter 2020/SLDTBXH-LD guiding the application for temporary suspension of payment of social insurance

SUPPORTED CONTENT

1. Employees working under the labor contract regime must agree to suspend the performance of labor contracts, take unpaid leave for 01 month or more due to businesses facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic. If there is no revenue or no financial source to pay salaries, they will be supported at the rate of VND 1.800.000/person/month. The support period according to the actual time of suspending the performance of labor contracts, taking unpaid leave, monthly depending on the actual situation of the epidemic, from April 01, 4 and not more than 2020 months .

2. The employer has financial difficulties and has paid at least 50% of the termination salary to the employee in advance according to Clause 3, Article 98 of the Labor Code during the period from April to June 4 can borrow unsecured loans up to 6% of the regional minimum salary for each employee according to the actual salary payment period but not more than 2020 months with 50% interest rate, maximum loan term is 3 months in Vietnam. Bank for Social Policies to pay the remaining salary and disburse monthly directly to the person who has stopped working.

3. Individual business households with a tax declaration turnover of less than VND 100 million/year and temporarily suspending business from April 01, 4 will be supported with VND 2020/household/month on a monthly basis depending on the actual situation of the business. progress of the epidemic but not more than 1.000.000 months.

4. Employees whose labor contracts or work contracts are terminated but are not eligible for unemployment benefits; Employees who do not have a labor contract and lose their jobs are entitled to a support of 1.000.000 VND/person/month on a monthly basis depending on the actual situation of the epidemic but not exceeding 3 months. Valid from April to June 4.

5. People with meritorious services to the revolution who are enjoying monthly preferential allowances will receive an additional support of 500.000 VND/person/month. The application period is 3 months, from April to June 4 and is paid once.

6. Social protection beneficiaries who are receiving monthly social allowances will receive an additional support of 500.000 VND/person/month. The application period is 3 months, from April to June 4 and is paid once.

7. Poor households, near-poor households according to the national poverty line on the list until December 31, 12 will be supported 2019 VND/person/month. The application period is 250.000 months, from April to June 3 and is paid once.

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Approving for production and business enterprises affected by the Covid-19 epidemic (enterprises with the number of employees participating in social insurance must temporarily resign from 50% of the total number of employees subject to compulsory social insurance). or more) may postpone the time of payment of trade union dues to December 31, 12.

Resolution 154/NQ-CP amending and supplementing Resolution 42/NQ-CP on measures to support people facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Accordingly, additional subjects of employees working under labor contracts who have to suspend the performance of labor contracts or take unpaid leave from work for 01 month or more are supported with VND 1.800.000/person/month, including:

+ Employees working at people-founded and private educational institutions facing difficulties due to Covid-19 have no revenue or no financial resources to pay salaries.

+ Employees working at public educational institutions who are self-sufficient in recurrent expenditures at pre-school, kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools face difficulties due to Covid-19 having no revenue or no financial resources. to pay wages.

The support period according to the actual time of suspending the performance of labor contracts, taking unpaid leave on a monthly basis depending on the actual situation of the epidemic, from April 01, 4 and not exceeding 2020 months.

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SUPPORTED CONTENT

1. Policy to reduce insurance premiums for occupational accidents and diseases

Employers are entitled to a rate of payment equal to 0% of the salary fund as the basis for paying social insurance premiums to the Insurance Fund for Occupational Accidents and Diseases for 12 months (from July 01, 7 to July 2021, 30). by the end of June 6, 2022) for employees subject to occupational accident and occupational disease insurance (except for cadres, civil servants, public employees, people in the people's armed forces, people laborers in the agencies of the Party, the State, administrative agencies, public non-business units receive salaries from the state budget). The employer will support the entire amount obtained from the reduction of contributions to the Insurance Fund for Occupational Accidents and Diseases for employees in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. Policy on temporary suspension of contributions to the retirement and survivorship fund

Employers who have fully paid social insurance premiums or are temporarily suspending contributions to the Pension and Survivorship Fund until the end of April 4 but are affected by the COVID-2021 pandemic, resulting in a reduction from 19% of participating employees. If the employee has received social insurance premium or more compared to April 15 (including the employee who stops working, suspends the performance of the labor contract, and the agreement on unpaid leave), the employee and the employer are entitled to suspend payment to the retirement and survivorship fund for 4 months from the time of application submission. For cases that have been resolved to suspend payment according to Resolution No. 2021/NQ-CP of April 06, 42 and Resolution No. 09/NQ-CP of October 4, 2020 of the Government, if eligible, is still resolved, but the total suspension period does not exceed 154 months.

3. Policies to support training and job maintenance for employees

Employers are entitled to financial support for training, retraining and improvement of vocational skills from the Unemployment Insurance Fund when fully paying unemployment insurance premiums for employees for full 12 months or more by the date of payment of unemployment insurance premiums. ask for support; change the technological structure according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 42 of the Labor Code; having the revenue of the preceding quarter before the time of requesting for support decrease by 10% or more compared to the same period in 2019 or 2020; have a plan or cooperate with a vocational education institution in developing a plan for training, retraining and improving vocational skills and qualifications in order to maintain jobs for employees as prescribed. The maximum support level is 1.500.000 VND/employee/month and the maximum support period is 06 months. Applications for support are submitted from July 01, 7 to the end of June 2021, 30.

4. Policies to support employees to suspend labor contracts and take unpaid leave

Employees working at enterprises, cooperatives, public non-business units that cover their own recurrent expenditures or investment and recurrent expenditures, people-founded and private educational institutions at the preschool education level, Kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, high schools and vocational schools are temporarily suspended at the request of competent state agencies for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic. current labor contract, take unpaid leave within the term of the labor contract from 15 consecutive days or more, from May 01, 5 to the end of December 2021, 31 and the time the suspension begins perform labor contracts, take unpaid leave from May 12, 2021 to the end of December 01, 5; are participating in compulsory social insurance up to the time immediately before suspending the performance of their labor contracts, taking unpaid leave will be entitled to one-time support as follows: From 2021 consecutive days or more to less than 31 month 12 VND/person; from 2021 month or more, the rate is 15 VND/person.

5. Policies to support employees who stop working

Employees working under the labor contract regime are suspended from work under Clause 3, Article 99 of the Labor Code and are subject to medical isolation or in blocked areas at the request of competent state agencies. authority for 14 days or more during the period from May 01, 5 to the end of December 2021, 31; Those who are participating in compulsory social insurance up to the time right before they stop working are entitled to a one-time support of VND 12/person.

6. Policy to support employees to terminate labor contracts

Employees working at enterprises, cooperatives, public non-business units that cover their own recurrent expenditures or investment and recurrent expenditures, people-founded and private educational institutions at the preschool education level, Kindergarten, primary school, junior high school, high school, and vocational education school terminate their labor contracts due to having to stop operating at the request of competent state agencies to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. during the period from May 01, 5 to the end of December 2021, 31; who are participating in compulsory social insurance but are not eligible for unemployment benefits, receive a one-time support of VND 12/person.

7. Additional support policy and children

a) Pregnant employees at Points 4, 5, 6, Section II will be supported with an additional 1.000.000 VND/person; Those who are raising children or taking care of children under 06 years old are supported an additional 1.000.000 VND/child under 06 years old and only 01 person is the mother or father.

b) Children subject to treatment due to COVID-19 infection or medical isolation under a decision of a competent state agency shall be covered by the state budget for treatment expenses and meals as prescribed at Point 8, Section II This Resolution; receive an additional 1.000.000 VND/child from the state budget during the treatment and isolation period from April 27, 4 to the end of December 2021, 31.

8. Food support at 80.000 VND/person/day for people who have to be treated for COVID-19 (F0) infection, from April 27, 4 to December 2021, 31, the support period depends on the adjustment period. actual value but up to 12 days.

Food allowance of 80.000 VND/person/day for people who have to undergo medical isolation (F1) according to a decision of a competent state agency, from April 27, 4 to December 2021, 31 , maximum support time 12 days.

9. One-time support of 3.710.000 VND/person for art directors, actors, painters holding class IV professional titles in public non-business units performing performing arts (excluding art units of the armed forces) must stop operating for 15 days or more to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic from May 01, 5 to the end of December 2021, 31.

One-time support of 3.710.000 VND/person for tour guides issued with tourist guide practice cards affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during the period from May 01, 5 to the end of May 2021 31 year 12.

10. Policies to support business households

Business households with business registration, tax registration and must stop operating for 15 consecutive days or more during the period from May 01, 5 to December 2021, 31 at the request of state agencies competent to prevent and control the COVID-12 epidemic, a one-time support from the state budget of 2021 VND/household.

11. Loan policy to pay wages to stop working, pay wages to restore production

a) Loan to pay salary for job severance: Employers are entitled to a loan from the Bank for Social Policies at 0% interest rate and do not have to take loan security measures to pay the employee's stoppage salary. Those participating in compulsory social insurance must stop working for 15 consecutive days or more as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 99 of the Labor Code, from May 01, 5 to the end of March 2021, 31. The employer has no bad debt at the credit institution and foreign bank branch at the time of applying for a loan. The maximum loan amount is equal to the regional minimum wage for the number of employees according to the actual pay-off period of up to 3 months. The loan term is less than 2022 months.

b) Loans to pay wages for production recovery: Employers must suspend operations at the request of competent state agencies to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic from May 01, 5. until the end of March 2021, 31 when returning to production and business and the employer operates in the fields of transportation, aviation, tourism, accommodation services and sending Vietnamese workers to work. overseas under a contract from May 3, 2022 to the end of March 01, 5, can borrow capital at the Bank for Social Policies at 2021% interest rate and do not have to apply loan security measures. to pay wages to employees working under labor contracts and participating in compulsory social insurance. The employer has no bad debt at the credit institution and foreign bank branch at the time of applying for a loan. The maximum loan amount is equal to the regional minimum wage for the number of employees who are working under a labor contract according to the actual salary payment period of up to 31 months. The loan term is less than 3 months.

12. For employees without a labor contract (self-employed) and some other specific subjects:

Based on the specific conditions and budget capacity of the locality, the provinces and cities shall develop criteria, determine the beneficiaries and the support amount, but the support level is not lower than 1.500.000 VND/person/time or 50.000 VND/person/day based on the actual number of days of suspension at the request of the locality.

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This is specific guidance on the implementation of Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP dated July 01, 7 of the Government on a number of policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-2021 pandemic- 19.

SPECIFIC SUPPORT CONTENT INCLUDES:

1. Reduction of insurance premiums for occupational accidents and diseases

+ Rate of contribution: equal to 0% of the salary fund used as the basis for paying social insurance premiums.

+ Application period: 12 months, from July 01, 7 to the end of June 2021, 30.

2. Support employees and employers to temporarily suspend contributions to the retirement and survivorship fund

Employees and employers who meet the conditions specified in Article 5 of this Decision may suspend payment to the retirement and survivorship fund for 6 months from the month the employer submits the application.

3. Support employers in training, fostering and improving vocational skills to maintain jobs for employees

4. Support employees to suspend the performance of labor contracts, take unpaid leave

 Support level:

a) 1.855.000 VND/person for employees who suspend the performance of labor contracts or take unpaid leave from 15 consecutive days or more to less than 01 month (30 days).

b) 3.710.000 VND/person for employees who suspend the performance of labor contracts or take unpaid leave from 01 month (30 days) or more.

5. policies to support employees who stop working

Support level: 1.000.000 VND/person.

6. Support employees to terminate labor contracts but are not eligible for unemployment benefits

Support level: 3.710.000 VND/person.

7. Support for children and people being treated for covid-19, medical isolation

8. Supporting art activities officials and tour guide workers

9. Supporting business households

Support level: 3.000.000 VND/business household.

10. Support employers to borrow capital to pay wages for work stoppage, pay for production recovery

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Instructions on procedures for implementing Decision 23 are here: