Can the Company Request a Postponement of Military Service Obligations for its Employees?

Based on Clause 1 Article 5 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP stipulating the cases eligible for temporary deferment from enlistment include the following situations:

- Insufficient health to serve on active duty as concluded by the Health Examination Council.

- The sole laborer directly providing for family members who are no longer capable of working or are under the working age; in families severely affected in terms of people and property due to accidents, natural disasters, or dangerous epidemics as confirmed by the People's Committee of the commune, ward, or commune-level town (hereinafter collectively referred to as the commune-level).

- Single child of an invalid, person suffering from Agent Orange effects reducing work capacity from 61% to 80%.

- Brother, sister, or sibling of a non-commissioned officer or soldier currently serving on active duty; non-commissioned officer, soldier performing obligatory service in the People's Public Security.

- People subject to migration, resettlement within 03 years of moving to especially difficult communes under a State socio-economic development project decided by the People's Committee at the provincial level or higher.

- Officials and public employees, youth volunteers assigned to work, working in areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions as stipulated by law.

- Currently studying at an educational institution; currently under formal university-level training at higher education institutions or formal college-level training at vocational education institutions during the period of one training program of one education level.

Therefore, only when a citizen falls into one of the above cases can they be temporarily deferred from military service. For the employee's case at your company, if they do not fall into the above cases, they cannot be deferred from enlistment due to the company's workload.

Respectfully!