The opinion was expressed by Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Trang, Chairwoman of Long An Industrial Zones Trade Union, at a workshop to comment on amending the Social Insurance Law taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, April 14.
According to Ms. Trang, the regulations allowing one-time subsidies cause many difficulties for the labor market and frustrate businesses.
Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Trang, Chairwoman of Long An Industrial Zones Trade Union, at the seminar.
`There are factories where more than half of the workers applied, causing production chaos. Businesses are helpless and frustrated because they don’t know what to do,` Ms. Trang said.
Similarly, Mr. Vu Ngoc Ha, Director of the Trade Union Legal Consulting Center (Dong Nai Federation of Labor), said that last year, when hearing the news that the one-time social insurance benefit would be reduced, workers from many businesses simultaneously paid it.
`They are afraid that the law cannot be withdrawn, so they worry about receiving it first,` Mr. Ha said.
According to Mr. Ha, for this business alone, the Legal Consulting Center has organized more than 20 talks.
Next, for long-term workers, the basic salary is nearly 10 million VND per month. After withdrawing insurance, returning to the factory, the salary is reduced by half, it will take another ten years for the salary to return to the old level.
`After completing the consultation, most workers withdrew their applications and decided not to quit their jobs,` Mr. Ha said.
People wait to withdraw one-time social insurance at Hoc Mon District Social Insurance, Ho Chi Minh City, April 11.
Lawyer Vu Ngoc Ha believes that the stability and consistency of policies are very important to ensure the trust and attachment of workers to the social insurance system.
Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Trang believes that it is necessary to research to end the regulation allowing one-time withdrawal of social insurance, except in special cases.
At the comment session, Mr. Tran Hai Nam, Deputy Department of Social Insurance (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs), said that in this revision of the Law on Social Insurance, the drafting committee proposed amendments and supplements.
Proposals include stipulating easier conditions for pension enjoyment, from 20 years to 15 years;
At the same time, the draft law proposes two options for one-time social insurance benefits to seek opinions from ministries, branches, localities, people and businesses.
The draft Law on Social Insurance is open for comments until the end of April, expected to be submitted to the Government in June, submitted to the National Assembly for discussion at the October 2023 National Assembly session, and approved at the May session.