Doctors at Hanoi Andrology and Infertility Hospital examine a patient - Illustration photo: Hospital provided.
According to the new regulations, female workers participating in compulsory social insurance will be granted maternity benefits if they previously had to take time off work for infertility treatment.
Female workers only need to have paid mandatory social insurance contributions for at least 6 months within the 24 consecutive months preceding childbirth to be eligible for this benefit.
Compared to the old law, this is a policy that supports the arduous process of having children for many families. Previously, to be eligible for maternity benefits, women had to continuously or cumulatively contribute to mandatory social insurance for at least 6 months within the 12 months before giving birth.
However, many women are forced to take extended leave from work for infertility treatment (such as IVF, IUI, surgery, etc.), causing a disruption in their social insurance contributions and resulting in them not being eligible for benefits when they give birth.
Now, the timeframe has been broadened to 24 months instead of 12 months, ensuring that many women who have had difficult pregnancies still have their rights protected.
The new law also officially recognizes infertility treatment as part of the pregnancy journey and facilitates women's full access to maternity benefits when their baby is born.
However, this new policy only applies to births from July 1, 2025 onwards, and does not apply retroactively to births before this date.
To be eligible for the benefit, employees still need to meet the minimum requirement of having paid mandatory social insurance contributions for at least 6 months within the 24 months prior to giving birth.
The amended Social Insurance Law also continues to affirm the role of social security policies in protecting vulnerable workers, especially families struggling with infertility, longing for children, and in the context of the increasingly low birth rate in Vietnam.
Furthermore, the new law also stipulates that maternity leave is counted as time contributing to social insurance, which is a very important provision.
For female employees giving birth, employees adopting children under 6 months old, female employees acting as surrogate mothers, and female employees using surrogate mothers, the period of leave for maternity benefits will be counted as time contributing to compulsory social insurance, during which neither the employee nor the employer is required to pay social insurance contributions.
For other maternity leave cases where the period of absence is 14 working days or more in a month, this period is also counted as time contributing to mandatory social insurance without requiring further social insurance contributions. This ensures continuous social insurance benefits for the employee.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/phu-nu-dieu-tri-vo-sinh-duoc-mo-rong-quyen-loi-bao-hiem-xa-hoi-20250719143929083.htm
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