On July 28, 2020, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 88/2020/ND-CP elaborating some Articles of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health on compulsory insurance for occupational accidents and occupational diseases.
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According to Decree No. 88/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, conditions for and level of financial assistance in occupational safety and health training are specified as follows:
1. Conditions for financial assistance in occupational safety and health training:
- The employer has continuously paid occupational accident and disease insurance premiums for employees for whom training assistance is requested for at least 12 months up to the month of request for financial assistance in occupational safety and health training.
- The employer hires a qualified training organization as prescribed to provide occupational safety and health training or itself provides the training to employees for whom training assistance is requested for the first time or provides periodical training in accordance with applicable regulations of law.
- The employer has submitted periodic reports on occupational safety and health work and reports on occurrences of occupational accidents of the year preceding the year of request to the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in accordance with law.
2. Level of financial assistance in occupational safety and health training:
An employer is entitled to a maximum lump sum financial assistance within 24 months at a rate of 70% of the actual costs of training for each employee eligible for training assistance, but not exceeding the following:
- Assistance in initial training:
+ Not exceeding VND 150,000 per person, for the person to be trained who is a safety and health officer;
+ Not exceeding VND 300,000 per person, for the person to be trained who is a manager responsible for occupational safety and health or a health worker;
+ Not exceeding VND 600,000 per person, for the person to be trained who does work subject to strict occupational safety and health requirements;
+ Not exceeding VND 700,000 per person, for the person to be trained who is a person responsible for doing occupational safety and health work.
- The financial assistance in periodic training shall not exceed 50% of that in initial training prescribed above.
More details can be found in Decree No. 88/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which takes effect from September 15, 2020 and replaces Decree No. 37/2016/ND-CP.
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