Answering questions in front of the National Assembly, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung shared, living and eating with workers did not understand that they could not stand in the city, new workers had to hug their children back to their hometown...
Responding to the case that the head of an individual business household has paid social insurance premiums for many years and is now not entitled to a pension The Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuoc informed and implemented Decree 01 on expanding social insurance coverage. Association, Vietnam Social Insurance has guided some provinces on the issue of paying social insurance. Accordingly, 54 provinces and cities have implemented compulsory insurance collection with 4.200 subjects from 2003 to 2016, then stopped. However, there are still more than 1.330 subjects still paying insurance until 2020.
According to the Minister of Finance, the collection of this social insurance premium, in essence, has no moral problems, but according to the provisions of the law, there are problems. Specifically, according to the Law on Social Insurance, social insurance participants are required to have a labor contract. However, the household head does not have an insurance contract, only a contract between the head of the household and the employee. Therefore, employees are paid compulsory social insurance.
Minister Phuc emphasized that, in essence, the owner of a business household is also an employee and earns income, but participating in compulsory social insurance is wrong.
"We discussed with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs how to amend the Law on Social Insurance to allow business household owners to participate in compulsory social insurance," Minister Ho Duc Phuc said.
Regarding support for workers, the Minister of Finance said that in 2021, the whole country has spent 47.356 billion VND from the Unemployment Insurance fund to support workers affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. In 2023, the balance of this fund is VND 59.357 billion.
“We are designing a support package to submit to the Government and the National Assembly, spending about VND 23.000 billion from the Unemployment Insurance fund to support workers in difficult times. Like this, the fund balance is 39.405 billion VND. We are especially interested, using all mechanisms and policies to support employees”, said the Minister of Finance.
Minister Phuc analyzed that Vietnam's economy is a market economy with socialist orientation, so the labor issue also follows the market. Therefore, according to the Minister of Finance, vocational training needs to follow the correct forecast, grasp the market, and meet the needs of new workers successfully. Besides, it is necessary to arrange and organize vocational schools for professional and modern to succeed.
Chairing the questioning session, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said that this afternoon, the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and relevant Government members will continue to answer questions about the group of issues. The first is for the Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. After that, the question and answer session will continue with the second group of issues, in the field of ethnicity.
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