Ho Chi Minh City Social Security has recently issued Official Dispatch 906/BHXH-QLT regarding the procedures for confirming the list of employees having temporarily suspended employment contracts or taking unpaid leave due to the difficulties of enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Ho Chi Minh City Social Security provides the procedures for confirming the list of employees having temporarily suspended employment contracts or taking unpaid leave due to the difficulties of enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic as follows:
Firstly, eligibility for support:
Under Article 1 Decision 15/2020/QD-TTg, employees are eligible for support when they meet the following conditions:
- Have the period of temporary suspension of the employment contract/unpaid leave within the term of the employment contract for at least 01 month from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020, and temporarily suspend from the employment contract/take unpaid leave from April 1, 2020, to June 1, 2020.
- Participate in compulsory social insurance up to the time immediately before temporary suspension of the employment contract/unpaid leave.
- Work at enterprises that have no revenue or no financial sources to pay wages (after using wage reserve funds, post-tax profits, and other legal financial sources of the enterprise, with the balance as of March 31, 2020) due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Secondly, the time for preparing the list: Monthly, when there is an occurrence of temporary suspension of employment contract or unpaid leave.
Thirdly, components of the application – procedures:
1. For the employer:
- To promptly implement the policy, based on the support conditions, if the employee is eligible for support according to regulations, the employer should contact the social insurance agency to get the data list of employees taking unpaid leave managed by the social insurance agency.
- Based on the data provided by the social insurance agency, the employer prepares the List of employees having temporarily suspended employment contracts or taking unpaid leave (Form No. 1): 02 copies sent to the managing social insurance agency by post, and the data file of the list Form No. 1 sent via email or zalo to the collection management officer of the employer, the period of temporary suspension of the employment contract/unpaid leave.
2. For the social insurance agency:
Within 02 working days from the date of receipt of Form No. 1 from the employer, the collection management officer, based on the list sent by the employer, compares it with the unpaid leave data managed by the social insurance agency to confirm the employer's list, returns 01 copy to the employer, and keeps 01 copy for comparison and reporting.
In case the employer's list does not match the data managed by the social insurance agency, a Guidance Note is sent along with the list of employees taking unpaid leave managed by the social insurance agency to the employer to prepare the list accordingly.
More details can be found in: Official Dispatch 906/BHXH-QLT issued on April 28, 2020.
Thu Ba
