Proposed policy for husband to be given 5 days off when wife gives birth

Male employees who are paying social insurance when their wives give birth are entitled to 5 working days of maternity leave from the first 30 days after their wives give birth.

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The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has just released a draft Law on Social Insurance for comments. Accordingly, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs proposes that female employees who give birth are entitled to 6 months of maternity leave before and after giving birth. In the case of female employees who give birth to twins or more, from the second child onwards, for each child, the mother is entitled to 1 additional month of leave. The maximum maternity leave before giving birth is 2 months.

The draft also stipulates: Male employees who are paying social insurance when their wives give birth are entitled to 5 working days of maternity leave from the first 30 days after their wives give birth.

In case the wife has to undergo surgery to give birth, the male employee is entitled to 7 working days of maternity leave, excluding holidays, Tet holidays, and weekly days off.

In case after giving birth, if the child under two months old dies, the mother is entitled to three months off work from the date of birth; if the child two months old or older dies, the mother is entitled to one month off work from the date of death, but the time off work to enjoy maternity benefits must not exceed the prescribed time; this time is not counted as personal leave time according to the provisions of the law on labor.

In case only the father or mother participates in social insurance or both the father and mother participate in social insurance and the mother dies after giving birth, the father or the person directly raising the child is entitled to take maternity leave for the remaining time of the wife according to regulations.

In case the father or the direct caregiver participates in social insurance but does not take time off work, in addition to salary, he/she is also entitled to maternity benefits for the remaining time of the wife according to regulations./.

According to vov.vn - LT