Ms. Pham Thi Ut, teacher of Faculty of Forestry - Agriculture, Dien Bien Vocational College, while teaching in remote communes and villages, an accident resulted in a broken leg. The incident caused Ut's family to be disturbed, she had to stay at home for treatment and could not go to work, but the cost of treatment was high. Ms. Ut shared: At that time, the family was really difficult, fortunately with support from occupational accident and occupational disease insurance, I had more motivation to revive my spirit. Currently, with an injury rate of 35%, I am receiving a subsidy of over 776 thousand VND/month. During the difficult period, insurance for occupational accidents and diseases is very meaningful to workers like me.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said: Insurance for occupational accidents and diseases is one of the humane policies to support employers and employees in a timely manner. expenses in the event of an accident. Deploying the policy on occupational accident and occupational disease insurance, the Department directs functional departments and localities to coordinate with the provincial Social Insurance to speed up the settlement of procedures for allowances for occupational accidents and diseases. Karma; At the same time, there are timely supports to help workers' families soon overcome difficulties and rise up in life. From 2022 up to now, the whole province has handled 12 cases; in which 5 cases are entitled to a one-time occupational accident allowance with an amount of over 329 million VND, 7 cases of monthly occupational accident allowance with a total monthly allowance of over 1 million VND.
As a standing agency in the field of labor, war invalids and social affairs, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has issued documents directing and guiding the implementation of OSH work. Every year, the Department advises the Provincial People's Committee to develop, issue and implement the Plan of Action on OSH. Along with strengthening the inspection and inspection of the observance of OSH regulations of enterprises, units and production and business establishments, the Department cooperates with functional agencies to implement many solutions to propagate and disseminate the subject. policies and laws on occupational accident and occupational disease insurance to employees and employers, helping employees understand their rights when participating in occupational accident insurance, occupational disease. In addition, strengthening the work of fostering, training, and improving the capacity and skills of the staff, personnel engaged in OSH work in enterprises, and labor managers of state agencies. country, especially at district, town and city levels to effectively implement policies.
From 2022 up to now, the Department has organized 4 professional training conferences on occupational accident and occupational disease insurance for 120 employers and staff working on OSH at units and enterprises above. districts and towns; distributed more than 3.200 posters and propaganda posters on occupational accident and occupational disease insurance policies to businesses, cooperatives and production and business establishments. The Department cooperates with Dien Bien Phu Newspaper, Provincial Radio and Television Station to build columns and reportage on propaganda policies and laws on occupational accident and occupational disease insurance and measures to improve occupational health and safety. working conditions, prevention of occupational accidents and diseases.
In order to well implement the policy of insurance for occupational accidents and diseases, in the coming time, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs will continue to coordinate with other units to promote propaganda and dissemination of the Law on OSH. Instructions on how to participate, settle regimes and policies for each specific case, ensuring quickly and accurately. At the same time, inspect and urge enterprises to take measures to ensure occupational safety and health, and to prevent and control occupational diseases.
