On December 26, the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs held a conference to review Government Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP on a number of policies to support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic .
The report of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that after more than 1 year of implementation of Resolution No. 68, as of June 30, 2022, the whole country had supported 36,434,593 workers and people, 394,440 employers and 508,127 business households with a total amount of more than 45.665 billion VND.
Of the VND 45,665 billion in aid, the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that the Vietnam Social Insurance report, as of June 30, 2022, has been adjusted to reduce contributions to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund, Occupational Diseases for 389,800 employers (equal to about 11.6 million workers) amounting to VND 4,164 billion.
Or such as the policy to support employees in suspending employment contracts, taking unpaid leave, support for 2,037,065 people amounting to VND 6,631,233 billion. The policy to support workers to retire has supported 1,129,755 people, at a cost of VND 1,129,755 billion…
After more than a year of implementation, the policies in Resolution 68 have supported more than 36 million workers, nearly 400,000 employers and more than half a million business households.
For business households, on June 30, supported policies to support employers in borrowing loans to pay wages for work stoppages, pay wages to restore production, and support workers who do not enter into contracts and special workers supported 508,127 business households, with aid amounting to VND 1,507,417 billion…
In general, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the policy has supported a wide range of issues in a short period of time, helped to maintain a stable life of workers and support early employment to stabilize and improve production and business activities. maintain jobs for employees.
However, the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs indicates that the implementing organization sometimes lacks consistency in leadership and implementation direction; some enforcers are still afraid, afraid of mistakes, afraid of responsibility; receiving and reviewing dossiers in the absence of flexibility, lack of inter-agency coordination; allocation of support funds between central and local governments and between levels in some places is sometimes not timely.
In addition, the organization and implementation sometimes lack consistency in leadership and implementation direction in some places. Some enforcers are afraid of being wrong, afraid of responsibility. There is a lack of flexibility in receiving and reviewing dossiers and a lack of coordination between agencies; allocation of relief funds between central and local governments and between levels in some places sometimes doesn’t come in time…
Previously, with the “dual purpose” of containing and preventing the pandemic, recovering and developing the economy, and based on lessons learned in implementing solutions to support workers and people, difficulties due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 as per Resolution No. 42/NQ-CP, the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs advised and proposed to the government to issue Resolution No. 68 7/1/2021 for correction. Amended and supplemented in Resolution No. 126/NQ-CP of October 8, 2021 with 12 policies, targeting 2 groups of workers and employers who have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic-19, mainly workers and direct workers.
Source: CafeF
