Are civil servants and public employees entitled to regular health check-ups like workers?

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According to Article 132 of the Labor Code, employers, employees, agencies, organizations and individuals related to labor, production and business must comply with the provisions of law on labor.occupational safety and hygiene.

According to Article 2 of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene, applicable subjects include:

"1. Employees working under labor contracts; probationary employees; apprentices and trainees working for employers.

2. Cadres, civil servants, public employees, and people in the people's armed forces.

3. Employees working without a labor contract.

4. Vietnamese workers working abroad under contract; foreign workers working in Vietnam.

5. Employers.

6. Other agencies, organizations and individuals related to occupational safety and hygiene.

Officials and civil servants are also included in the group of subjects entitled to periodic health check-ups like normal workers. Illustration photo: Health Sector Trade Union

The persons specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article are hereinafter collectively referred to as "employees".

Article 21 of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene stipulates health examination and treatment of occupational diseases for workers as follows:

(1) Every year, employers must organize health check-ups for employees at least once; employees doing heavy, toxic, dangerous or especially heavy, toxic, dangerous jobs, employees with disabilities, minor employees, and elderly employees must have health check-ups at least once every 6 months.

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(6) Expenses for health examinations, occupational disease detection examinations, and occupational disease treatment for employees paid by employers as prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 5 of this Article shall be accounted for as deductible expenses when determining taxable income according to the Law on Corporate Income Tax and accounted for as regular operating expenses for administrative agencies and public service units that do not have service activities.

Thus, cadres and civil servants are also in the group of subjects entitled to periodic health check-ups like normal workers.regular health check-upsThe regulations for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers are applied equally. Cadres and civil servants will be examined for health and treated for occupational diseases according to the above regulations.