On January 12, 2021, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor issued Decision 1921/QD-TLD (“Decision 1921“). Decision 1921 was issued with the hope of providing a financial support to the union members and workers directly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic and natural disasters in 2020 during the Tan Suu Lunar New Year in 2021.
The following will be the specific provisions of Decision 1921 regarding the recipients and the specific criteria for financial support from the Vietnam Confederation of Labor.
Union members, workers working in enterprises, agencies and units were severely affected by the Covid-19 epidemic and natural disasters in 2020.
2. The specific criteria:
As a union member, employee having worked at an enterprise, agency or unit from 01 year or more, as of December 31, 2020, the criteria are oriented as follows:
(1) You or have a spouse, child, parent (living with and must directly bring up) who is seriously ill; being a person with a disability or having a labor accident or an occupational disease and being entitled to a monthly allowance.
(2) Working in enterprises that are facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 epidemic must stop working, have no job, take a rotating break or reschedule, have unstable income at the average level in 2020 not more than 03 million VND/month.
(3) Working in educational institutions has to take 1.5 months or more off work, greatly affecting their life and income due to the impact of Covid-19 epidemic and natural disasters in 2020.
(4) Having difficult circumstances, working in agencies, units and areas heavily damaged by natural disasters in 2020.
(5) There are difficult circumstances who are pregnant, nursing a child under 24 months of age, and have a low monthly average monthly income below the regional minimum wage.
On the basis of the above criteria, on the basis of the number of union members, workers, employees and employees; support from agencies, branches and local authorities; the accumulated financial resources of the unit, the Confederation of Labor of provinces and cities, the Trade Union of the central sector and the equivalent, the Trade Union of the Corporation under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor supplement and concretize the under the motto of giving priority to those who are the most difficult, directly affected by the Covid – 19 epidemic and natural disasters in 2020.
Union members and employees have been supported according to Decision No. 643/QD-TLĐ dated May 22, 2020 of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on support for members and affected employees by the Covid -19 epidemic, the support will not be received according to the Decision 1921. In the case of support under the Decision No. 643/QD-TLĐ dated 22 May 2020 of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor but union members, workers still face special difficulties, the trade union levels scrutinize and continue to provide support according to the level specified in Decision 1921.
The above are the provisions in Decision 1921 on the recipients and specific criteria for the financial support from the Vietnam Confederation of Labor. Decision 1921 takes effect on January 12, 2021.
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