Normally, sick employees will receive support for medical examination and treatment costs from the fund insurance Medical and sickness benefits are income to compensate for days off work for medical treatment.
However, there are cases where employees with serious illnesses require treatment lasting many days. There are many superior support regimes from social insurance (social insurance) that many people do not know about.
Human resources manager of a unit, Mr. Hung asked: “When an employee has a brain tumor, a type of disease that belongs to What social insurance benefits are covered by the list of diseases requiring long-term treatment issued by the Ministry of Health?
According to Vietnam Social Insurance, Clause 2 and Clause 3, Article 26 of the 2014 Law on Social Insurance stipulates that employees leave work due to illness. on the List of diseases requiring long-term treatment issued by the Ministry of Health, they are entitled to sickness benefits.
Specifically, the duration of sickness benefits for employees is based on the treatment time. at an authorized medical examination and treatment facility for a maximum of 180 days (including holidays and New Year holidays).
According to Clause 1, Article 28 of the Law on Social Insurance, the monthly sickness benefit allowance is 75% the salary paid for social insurance of the month immediately preceding the employee’s leave of absence for medical treatment.
In case the employee has just started working or the employee has previously paid social insurance then If your working time is interrupted and you have to quit your job to enjoy sickness benefits in the first month of returning to work, the benefit level is equal to 75% of the salary paid for social insurance of that month.
In case the employee If an employee takes leave to enjoy sickness benefits for less than a full month, then the sickness benefit per day is calculated by dividing the monthly sickness benefit by 24 days.
If the time limit expires If the employee continues to receive 180 days of sickness benefits as above, he or she will continue to enjoy the sickness benefits at a lower level.
The employee’s level of sickness benefits during the period This is equal to 65% of the salary paid for social insurance of the month immediately preceding quitting the job if you have paid social insurance for 30 years or more.
The benefit level is equal to 55% of the salary paid for social insurance of the immediately preceding month. When leaving the job, if the employee has paid social insurance for 15 to less than 30 years.
If the employee has paid social insurance for less than 15 years, the sickness benefit is equal to 50% of the salary paid for social insurance of the preceding month. before leaving work.
The employee’s total maximum time to enjoy sickness benefits is equal to the time he has paid social insurance.
In addition to the above sickness benefits during the leave period for medical treatment, employees are also entitled to free health insurance paid by the social insurance fund.
In addition, according to the provisions of Article 29 of the Law on Social Insurance, employees who have quit their job enjoy sickness benefits for a full period of time in one year according to the provisions of Article 29 of the Law on Social Insurance. stipulated that within the first 30 days of returning to work, if your health has not recovered, you will be entitled to rest and recuperation leave from 5 to 10 days per year.
Level of health recuperation benefits one day after being sick is equal to 30% of the base salary.
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