Latest application for unemployment benefits in Vietnam

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1. Latest application for unemployment benefits in Vietnam

The application form for unemployment benefits is prescribed in Circular 28/2015/TT-BLDTBXH.

Application form for unemployment benefits

2. Settlement of unemployment benefits in Vietnam

- Employment service centers shall consider, request the Director of the Services of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs for decision on unemployment benefits of employees within 20 working days from receipt of a satisfactory application in accordance with regulations, if the application is submitted by post, the date of receipt shall be the date stamped on the postmark.

If employees have not found jobs within 15 working days from the date of submission of application for unemployment benefits decided on unemployment benefit by the Director of the Services of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the employment service centers shall certify the settlement of unemployment benefits of employees in the social insurance boos and return to the employees along with the decision of unemployment benefits after snapping the social insurance books for records.

The time of unemployment benefits of employees shall be calculated from the 16th working day from the date of submission of the application for unemployment benefits.

Decision on unemployment benefits shall be sent by employment service center as follows: 01 shall be sent to social insurance in central-affiliated cities and provinces (hereinafter referred to as provincial social Insurance) to pay unemployment benefits and grant health insurance cards for employees; 01shall be sent to employees who are entitled to unemployment benefits.

Decision on unemployment benefits shall comply with the form defined by the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam.

If employees are not entitled to unemployment benefits, the employment service center must notify in writing and clearly state the reasons.

- Payment of unemployment benefit

= Social insurance organization shall pay unemployment benefit for the first month of the employees within 05 working days from receipt of the decision of unemployment benefits;

= Social insurance organizations shall pay unemployment benefit for the employees from the second unemployment benefit month onwards within 05 working days from the 07th day of the month of unemployment benefit if they do not receive a decision of suspension or termination of unemployment benefit for the employees.

If the above 07th day is a holiday, the payment deadline of unemployment benefits shall be the next working day.

- Within 03 working days inscribed in the appointment note to inform application processing results according to Form No. 01 issued together with Decree 28/2015/ND-CP, if the employee does not come to pick up the decision on entitlement to unemployment benefit or does not authorize any other to do so without notifying the employment service center of the acceptable reasons for not turning up for the decision, he/she shall be deemed as no need for unemployment benefit.

Within 02 working days from the deadline for the employee’s picking up the decision stated in the appointment note, the employment service center shall request the Director of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to issue the decision on revocation of the decision on the employee’s entitlement to unemployment benefit using Form No. 02 issued together with Decree 28/2015/ND-CP.

Decision on revocation of the decision on the employee’s entitlement to the unemployment benefit which is sent by the employment service center shall include 01 copy sent to the provincial social insurance agency so as to prevent them from paying the unemployment benefit to the employee; 01 copy sent to the employee.

(Article 18 of Decree 28/2015/ND-CP)

Nguyen Thi Diem My

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