Details of people facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be supported according to Resolution 42

The Covid-19 epidemic has forced workers in many factories to quit their jobs. Illustrative photo

Supported objects include:

1. Employees working under contractEmployees who must agree to temporarily suspend the performance of their labor contracts or take unpaid leave for 01 month or more due to businesses facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic, have no revenue or no financial resources to pay salaries will be supported at a rate of 1,800,000 VND/person/month. The support period is based on the actual time of suspension of labor contracts or unpaid leave, monthly depending on the actual situation of the epidemic, calculated from April 1, 2020 and not more than 3 months.

2. Employershaving financial difficulties and having paid in advance at least 50% of the salary for the suspension of work to the employee according to Clause 3, Article 98 of the Labor Code during the period from April to June 2020, can borrow without collateral up to 50% of the regional minimum wage for each employee according to the actual salary payment period but not more than 3 months with 0% interest rate, maximum loan term of 12 months at the Social Policy Bank to pay the remaining salary and disburse directly monthly to the suspended employee.

3. Individual business householdsHouseholds with taxable revenue under 100 million VND/year that temporarily suspend business from April 1, 2020 will be supported with 1,000,000 VND/household/month monthly depending on the actual situation of the epidemic, but not more than 3 months.

4. Employees whose labor contracts are terminated, labor contracts but not eligible for unemployment benefits, workers without labor contracts who lose their jobs will be supported with 1,000,000 VND/person/month monthly depending on the actual situation of the epidemic but not more than 3 months. The application period is from April to June 2020.

5. People with revolutionary contributionsPeople who are receiving monthly preferential allowances will receive an additional support of VND 500,000/person/month. The applicable period is 3 months, from April to June 2020, and will be paid once.

6. Social protection objectsPeople receiving monthly social benefits will receive an additional VND 500,000/person/month. The application period is 3 months, from April to June 2020, and will be paid once.

7. Poor and near-poor householdsAccording to the national poverty line in the list as of December 31, 2019, the support is 250,000 VND/person/month. The application period is 3 months, from April to June 2020 and is paid once.