What is the support for pregnant employees in Vietnam whose working time is reduced or stopped?
- What is the support for pregnant employees in Vietnam whose working time is reduced or stopped?
- What is the application for supporting pregnant employees with reduced working time?
- What is the order and procedures for requesting support for pregnant employees whose working time is reduced or stopped?
What is the support for pregnant employees in Vietnam whose working time is reduced or stopped?
Pursuant to Article 7 of the Regulation on implementation of policies to support trade unionists and employees whose working hours are reduced or stopped, promulgated together with Decision 6696/QD-TLD of Vietnam in 2023 stipulating the level of support that pregnant employees are entitled to the following:
Support and payment method
1. Support
a) The employee is a trade unionist; the employee is not a trade unionist but is a woman aged full 35 years or older, is a pregnant woman, the employee is raising a biological or adopted child or taking care of a child under 6 years old (only support for 01 person who is the mother or father or substitute carer): VND 1,000,000/person.
b) Employees who are not trade unionists: VND 700,000/person.
2. Payment method: One-time payment, by cash or bank transfer.
Thus, for pregnant employees whose working time is reduced, the support received from the trade union is VND 1,000,000/person.
The trade union will pay support in the form of direct cash or transfer, employees will receive support money in one time.
What is the support for pregnant employees in Vietnam whose working time is reduced or stopped?
What is the application for supporting pregnant employees with reduced working time?
Pursuant to Article 8 of the Regulation on implementation of policies to support trade unionists and employees whose working hours are reduced or stopped, promulgated together with Decision 6696/QD-TLD of Vietnam in 2023, the application for supporting pregnant employees with reduced working time needs some documents as follows:
(1) List of trade unionists and employees whose working time has been reduced or stopped due to business cuts or orders reduction, certified by the grassroots trade union and the employer.
(2) Copies of documents, plans, decisions to rearrange working time, production and business, reduce daily, weekly and monthly working hours due to business cuts or orders reduction.
(3) In case the employee is not a trade unionist but is a pregnant female, a copy of one of the following documents must be added:
- Documents proving that the employee is pregnant;
- Child's birth certificate or birth certificate;
- Certificate of adoption;
- A competent agency's decision on child care delivery and receipt.
What is the order and procedures for requesting support for pregnant employees whose working time is reduced or stopped?
According to the provisions of Article 9 of the Regulation promulgated together with Decision 6696/QD-TLD of Vietnam in 2023 as follows:
- Before the 15th of every month, the grassroots trade union shall review and request the employer to coordinate in compiling the list of trade unionists and employees eligible for support, and send the request to the directly superior trade union.
The deadline for receiving dossiers is the end of March 31, 2023.
For enterprises that have not yet established a grass-roots trade union, the Labor Confederation of districts, towns, cities, local industry trade unions and the equivalent, trade unions of industrial parks, export processing zones and economic zones (hereinafter referred to as the grassroots direct superior trade union) to propose and coordinate with the employer to make a list of employees eligible for support and collect documents according to Article 8 of this Regulation.
- Within 5 working days from the date of receipt of complete dossiers, the immediate superior trade union of the grassroots shall appraise and submit it to the provincial and city Confederation of Labor, the Central Sector Trade union, the Trade union of the Corporation directly under the General Trade union. Vietnam Labor Confederation (hereinafter referred to as Provincial Trade union).
In case the grassroots trade union belongs to the provincial trade union, the provincial trade union is responsible for appraisal.
- Within 05 working days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier, the provincial-level Trade union shall issue a decision approving the list and funding support (according to Form No. 02 in the Appendix issued with this Regulation);
Directing the immediate superior grassroots trade union to transfer the support funds or directly transfer the support funds to the account of the grassroots trade union or direct the immediate superior grassroots trade union to coordinate with the enterprise (where the grassroots trade union has not yet been established) to support trade unionists and employees.
In case of disapproval, the provincial trade union shall notify in writing and clearly state the reason.
- Within 05 working days from the date of receipt of the support fund, the grassroots trade union, the grassroots direct superior trade union, the provincial trade union shall coordinate with the employer to pay support to the trade unionists, employees.
- Within 07 working days from the date of completion of payment of support for trade unionists, employees, the grassroots trade union shall send a list of members and employees to sign for support (using Form No. issued together with this Regulation) or documents proving that the support money has been transferred to trade unionists and employees (in case the trade unionists or employees do not directly receive cash) and send it to the immediate superior trade union.
For enterprises that have not yet established a grassroots trade union, the immediate superior trade union at the grassroots level shall make a list of employees to sign to receive support or documents proving that the support money has been transferred to the employees (in case employees do not directly receive cash) and keep documents as prescribed.
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