Employees are paid support from the balance of the Unemployment Insurance Fund. (Artwork: PV/Vietnam+)
During the National Assembly's questioning session on the field of labor, war invalids and social affairs this morning 6-6, delegate Ly Tiet Hanh from the National Assembly Delegation of Binh Dinh province said that businesses and workers are still facing difficulties. more difficult than the time affected by the COVID-19 epidemic and raised the question of whether there will be direct support packages for workers like in the pandemic period?
Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuc said that in 2021, the unemployment insurance fund has spent VND 47.356 billion to support workers suffering from COVID-19, including direct support from the fund for those affected by the pandemic. COVID-19 is 30.800 billion VND.
The Minister of Finance said that in 2023, the balance of the unemployment insurance fund will be 59.357 billion VND and currently the Ministry of Finance is designing a package to support workers from this surplus to submit to the Government and Standing Committee. Congress. Accordingly, the support package will spend about 23.000 trillion VND from the Unemployment Insurance Fund to support workers during this difficult period. Thus, the fund balance will be about VND 39.405 billion.
“The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs are especially interested in solutions to support in difficult times and will use all mechanisms and policies to support workers,” Ho Duc Phuc affirmed. determined.
Also participating in answering about support policies for employees, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung added that according to the Employment Law, the nature of the Unemployment Insurance Fund is a tool to contribute part of labor market management and is the "midwife" for the labor market.
Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuc participated in answering questions and explaining policies to support employees. (Photo: Doan Tan/VNA)
During the period affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the National Assembly Standing Committee had a decision to spend tens of trillions of billions of dollars from the balance of the Unemployment Insurance Fund to support workers and this policy has made a very important contribution to part to improve the lives of employees and strengthen the confidence and excitement of the insured.
According to Minister Dao Ngoc Dung, the current balance is about 60.000 billion. In the current situation, with a high balance plus a number of other funds, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has also asked the social insurance agency to study and work with Minister Ho Duc Phuoc to calculate how use this residue more effectively.
“The support policy focuses on 3 main contents: One is to support affected and unemployed workers; the second is vocational training support; the third is to consider reducing the payment to partially help businesses overcome difficulties,” said the commander of the Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs sector.
Minister Dao Ngoc Dung added that in the process of amending the upcoming Employment Law, there will also be a separate chapter on unemployment insurance. In order for unemployment insurance to actually be a "midwife" for the labor market, regulations will be developed and revised so that when employees and employers face difficulties, they can use unemployment insurance to support. In particular, the new regulations will pay more attention to training and retraining support, exempting and reducing support costs from residual sources when the balance is high.
Regarding the implementation of the housing rental support package under Decision No. 08/2022/QD-TTg that has not been fully disbursed, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung said that the National Assembly allows maximum use of VND 6.800 billion in support to pull workers back to the market. school. After the National Assembly has a policy, the Government has decided to bring the distribution criteria to the provinces.
“The support package has used up more than 4.500 billion VND. All beneficiaries of the support have received money according to regulations, "Minister Dung said.
The head of the Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs sector said that the remaining more than VND 2.300 billion from the unused rent support package will be refunded to the budget. The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will consult to use this clause to support workers in other packages, and the decision-making authority rests with the Government and the National Assembly.
