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Workers, employers get help in pandemic response

The Government has issued a resolution on support for pandemic-hit workers and employers, and the aid will be sourced from the unemployment insurance fund.
Workers, employers get help in pandemic response ảnh 1Workers and employers will receive more assistance in the face of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Government has issued aresolution on support for pandemic-hit workers and employers, and the aid willbe sourced from the unemployment insurance fund.

Workerswho benefit from this policy are those who are covered by unemploymentinsurance as of September 30, 2021, excluding employees in State agencies, politicalorganisations, socio-political organisations, units of the people’s armedforces, and non-business public agencies which are paid by the State budget.

They alsoinclude workers who have stopped contributing to unemployment insurance due tothe termination of their labour contracts or working contracts between January1, 2020 and September 30, 2021, and have unemployment insurance contributionperiod reserved in accordance with legal regulations on employment, excludingretirees who receive monthly pensions.

The aid,about 30 trillion VND (1.317 billion USD) sourced from the unemploymentinsurance fund, will be delivered from October 1 and completed by December 31 atthe latest.

Workers, employers get help in pandemic response ảnh 2A worker receives aid from the Hanoi Confederation of Labour (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, the reduction of contributions tothe unemployment insurance fund is applied to the employers regulated inArticle 43 of the Employment Law, excluding State agencies, politicalorganisations, socio-political organisations, units of the people’s armedforces, and non-business public agencies which are paid by the State budget, which are taking part in unemploymentinsurance before October 1, 2021.

Those employers are entitled to a reduction in unemployment insurancecontributions from 1 percent to zero percent of the monthly salary fund for theworkers covered by unemployment insurance. The reduction will last for 12months, from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022./.
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