Amendment to the conditions to support employees facing difficulties due to COVID-19 according to Decree 68 of Vietnam

According to the Decision, amending and supplementing subjects and conditions for supporting employees to suspend the performance of labour contracts or take unpaid leave is as follows:

An employee working under a labour contract must suspend the performance of the labour contract or take unpaid leave due to one of the following cases:

- Having to be treated for COVID-19, medical isolation, in blocked areas, unable to go to the workplace due to the request of competent state agencies for epidemic prevention and control.

- Due to the employer's suspension of operation in whole or in part at the request of a competent state agency to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic;

Or having a head office, branch, representative office, etc. in the area implementing Directive 16/CT-TTg of Vietnam;

Or apply measures of inactivity/deactivation/limited operation/conditional operation in accordance with Resolution 128/NQ-CP of Vietnam;

Or rearrange production and labour for epidemic prevention and control;

Employees in the above cases are supported when meeting the following conditions:

- Suspending the performance of the labour contract, taking unpaid leave during the term of the labour contract, from 15 consecutive days or more, from May 1, 2021 to the end of December 31, 2021 and the start time of the suspension or unpaid leave. salary from May 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

- Being participating in compulsory social insurance in the month the employee suspends the labour contract or takes unpaid leave or the month immediately preceding the time the employee suspends the performance of the labour contract or takes unpaid leave.

(The italic part is the newly edited content)

Decision 33/2021/QD-TTg of Vietnam takes effect from November 6, 2021.

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