How much financial support and how many times per year does an employee receive from the employer for occupational health examinations?
How much financial support and how many times a year does each employee receive from the employer for occupational disease examinations?
Based on Article 17 of Decree 88/2020/ND-CP, the regulations are as follows:
Level of support for occupational disease examination expenses
1. The support level is equal to 50% of the occupational disease examination cost according to the price list issued by the Minister of Health at the time the employee undergoes the occupational disease examination after being covered by health insurance, but not exceeding 800,000 VND/person/examination.
2. The maximum number of supports per employee is 02 times, and within one year, the employee can only receive support once.
Thus, each employee receives financial support from the employer for occupational disease examinations a maximum of 02 times, and within one year can only receive support once.
The support level is equal to 50% of the occupational disease examination expense according to the regulated price list, after health insurance has paid, but not exceeding 800,000 VND/person/examination.
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How are health checks and treatment for occupational diseases conducted for employees?
Based on Article 21 of the Occupational Safety and Hygiene Law 2015, health checks and treatment for occupational diseases for employees are regulated as follows:
- Annually, employers must organize health checks at least once for employees; for employees working in heavy, hazardous, dangerous jobs, or especially heavy, hazardous, dangerous jobs, disabled employees, minor employees, and elderly employees, they must undergo health checks at least every 6 months.
- During health checks as prescribed above, female employees must be examined by a gynecologist, and employees working in environments exposed to factors that may cause occupational diseases must be screened for occupational diseases.
- Employers organize health checks for employees before assigning work and before transitioning to heavier, more hazardous, dangerous jobs or after recovering from an occupational accident or occupational disease, excluding cases that have been assessed by the Medical Council for reduced labor capacity.
- Employers organize health checks and occupational disease screenings at medical facilities that ensure technical and professional conditions.
- Employers bring employees diagnosed with occupational diseases to medical facilities that meet technical and professional conditions for treatment according to the occupational disease treatment regimen issued by the Minister of Health.
- Costs for health checks, occupational disease screenings, and treatment for occupational diseases for employees paid by employers as regulated in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Article 21 of the Occupational Safety and Hygiene Law 2015 are deductible expenses when determining taxable income and accounted into regular operational costs for administrative and public service provider agencies without service activities.
Increase the number of employees eligible for occupational disease examinations under the National Program on Occupational Safety and Hygiene according to Resolution 19/NQ-CP?
Based on sub-section 2, Section I of Resolution 19/NQ-CP 2022 on Specific Objectives by 2025, as follows:
OBJECTIVES
1. General Objective
Improving working conditions; preventing occupational accidents and diseases; caring for employees' health; ensuring the safety of employees' lives, State assets, enterprise assets, and organizational assets, contributing to the sustainable development of the nation.
2. Specific Objectives by 2025
a) Objective 1: Annually, reduce the frequency of fatal occupational accidents by 4% on average.
b) Objective 2: Annually, increase the number of employees undergoing occupational disease examinations by 5% on average; and 5% of establishments conducting occupational environmental monitoring.
c) Objective 3: Over 90% of individuals responsible for managing, directing the implementation of occupational safety and hygiene at district levels and in economic zones, industrial parks, export processing zones, and high-tech parks management boards are trained to improve their capacity on occupational safety and hygiene.
d) Objective 4: Over 80% of employees in jobs with strict requirements on occupational safety and hygiene are trained on occupational safety and hygiene; 80% of individuals responsible for occupational safety and hygiene are trained on occupational safety and hygiene.
e) Objective 5: Over 80% of grassroots medical professionals are trained on occupational safety and hygiene.
f) Objective 6: Over 80% of craft villages and cooperatives at high risk of occupational accidents and diseases receive appropriate information on occupational safety and hygiene.
g) Objective 7: Over 80% of individuals affected by occupational accidents and diseases benefit from compensation and support policies as prescribed by law.
h) Objective 8: 100% of fatal occupational accidents are reported, investigated, and handled according to law.
Thus, the specific target by 2025 is to increase the number of employees undergoing occupational disease examinations by 5% on average annually.
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