In Vietnam: If the child is 4 years old, shall the leave period upon sickness of a child in a year be 40 working days?

In Vietnam: If the child is 4 years old, shall the leave period upon sickness of a child in a year be 40 working days?

Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 27 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 stipulating leave period upon sickness of children in Vietnam as follows:

Leave period upon sickness of children

1. The leave period upon sickness of a child in a year shall be calculated based the number of days of care for the sick child, which must not exceed 20 working days, if the child is under 3 years old, or must not exceed 15 working days, if the child is between full 3 years and under 7 years old.

As regulations above, the leave period upon sickness of a child in a year shall be calculated based the number of days of care for the sick child, which must not exceed 20 working days, if the child is under 3 years old, or must not exceed 15 working days, if the child is between full 3 years and under 7 years old.

Therefore, you have a 4-year-old child, so the leave period upon sickness of a child in a year shall not exceed 15 working days.

In Vietnam: Shall weekly brakes be included in leave period upon sickness of children?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 27 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 stipulating leave period upon sickness of children in Vietnam as follows:

Leave period upon sickness of children

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2. When both parents are covered by social insurance, the leave period of the father or mother upon sickness of a child must be as stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article.

The leave period upon sickness of children specified in this Article shall be counted in working days, excluding public holidays, New Year holidays and weekends.

As regulations above, the leave period upon sickness of children shall be counted in working days, excluding public holidays, New Year holidays and weekends.

What are regulations on coverage of the sickness benefits in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 24 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 and Article 25 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 stipulating conditions for enjoying the sickness benefits in Vietnam as follows:

- The sickness benefits covers employees defined at Points a, b, c, d, dd and h, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Law.

- Employees who have to take leave due to sickness or accidents other than occupational accidents, with the certification of a competent health establishment under the Ministry of Health’s regulations.

(In case of illness or accident and must leave work due to self-destruction of health, drunkenness or use of narcotics or drug precursors according to the list prescribed by the Government, they are not entitled to the sickness regime) or must take leave from work to take care of sick children under 07 years old and certified by competent medical examination and treatment establishments.

What are regulations on allowance levels of the sickness benefits in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 28 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 stipulating regulations on allowance levels of the sickness benefits in Vietnam as follows:

Allowance levels of the sickness benefits

1. Employees entitled to the sickness benefits prescribed in Clause 1, or at Point a, Clause 2, Article 26, or in Article 27, of this Law are entitled to a monthly allowance equal to 75% of the salary of the month preceding their leave on which social insurance premiums are based.

An employee who has just started working or who previously paid social insurance premiums and then ceased working for a certain time and has to take leave under the sickness benefits right in the first month after return to work, is entitled to an allowance equal to 75% of the salary of that month on which social insurance premiums are based.

2. For employees who continue enjoying the sickness benefits prescribed at Point b, Clause 2, Article 26 of this Law, the allowance must equal:

a/ 65% of the salary of the month preceding their leave on which social insurance premiums are based, if they have paid social insurance premiums for full 30 years or more;

b/ 55% of the salary of the month preceding their leave on which social insurance premiums are based, if they have paid social insurance premiums for between full 15 years and under 30 years;

c/ 50% of the salary of the month preceding their leave on which social insurance premiums are based, if they have paid social insurance premiums for under 15 years.

3. For employees entitled to the sickness benefits prescribed in Clause 3, Article 26 of this Law, the allowance must equal 100% of the salary of the month preceding their leave on which social insurance premiums are based.

4. The per-diem sickness allowance must equal the monthly sickness allowance divided by 24 days.

Above are regulations on allowance levels of the sickness benefits in Vietnam.

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