Conditions, Principles, and Levels of Work Accident Compensation in the Military

1. Conditions for Employees to Receive Benefits

Employees who suffer from workplace accidents leading to a reduction in labor capacity of 5% or more, or death, in the following cases are eligible for benefits:

- Workplace accidents for which the cause is entirely due to the employee’s fault, as concluded in the workplace accident investigation report;- Accidents involving employees occurring when traveling from their place of residence to the workplace or from the workplace back to their place of residence at a reasonable location and time (based on the accident resolution dossier from the police department, the Military Criminal Investigation Department, or confirmation from the local authority where the accident occurred).

2. Benefit Principles

Benefits are provided on a per-incident basis; each occurrence of a workplace accident will receive benefits for that specific incident, and accidents from previous occurrences will not be aggregated.

3. Benefit Levels

- At least 12 months' salary for employees with a reduced labor capacity of 81% or more, or for the relatives of employees who die due to workplace accidents;- At least 0.6 months' salary for those with a reduced labor capacity from 5% to 10%; for those with a reduction in labor capacity from 11% to 80%, the compensation level or the following formula is used:

Ttc = Tbt x 0.4

Where:- Ttc: Benefit level for employees with a reduced labor capacity of over 10% (unit: months of salary);- Tbt: Compensation level for employees with a reduced labor capacity of over 10% (unit: months of salary).

Circular 124/2015/TT-BQP is effective from December 25, 2015, replacing Circular 14/2004/TT-BQP.

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