Comments on the draft revised Law on Social Insurance

On the afternoon of September 21, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation held a Conference to survey the implementation of policies and laws on social insurance in Nghe An province and to collect opinions on the draft Law on Social Insurance (amended).

Attending the event were members of the National Assembly Delegation survey team, leaders and departments of the Provincial Federation of Labor, representatives of Labor Federations of some districts and sectors. Comrade Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation and Comrade Kha Van Tam - Chairman of the Provincial Federation of Labor co-chaired the conference.

The event was conducted by the National Assembly Delegation, aiming to survey and evaluate the implementation of social insurance policies and laws in the province in the past time, detect shortcomings, inadequacies, difficulties, and obstacles, on that basis, recommend and propose solutions to continue perfecting policies, contribute opinions on the draft Law on Social Insurance (amended) to submit to the 15th National Assembly for consideration and comments at the upcoming session. The survey period is from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023.

At the conference, delegates listened to the results of the Trade Union's participation in implementing social insurance policies and laws.in Nghe An province in the period of 2021-2023. Accordingly, Nghe An Trade Union at all levels plays an important role in disseminating and popularizing policies and laws on social insurance for workers. From 2021 to 2023, Nghe An Trade Union organized 16 mobile propaganda campaigns for more than 3,500 workers, provided consultation via the union's television page, and hotline phone more than 200 times a year for workers and laborers on contents related to the Labor Code, Social Insurance, etc.

To protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees participating in social insurance, the provincial Trade Union at all levels has implemented many activities such as coordinating with the Social Insurance agency to find solutions and provide legal support for employees with social insurance debts; participating in inspecting social insurance payments at enterprises with large, protracted, and prolonged debts at 35 enterprises; chairing conferences to resolve benefits for medical staff of communes and wards participating in the fight against the epidemic...

In addition, the Trade Unions at all levels also require employers and Social Insurance agencies to provide information on employees' social insurance, coordinate with Social Insurance agencies to inspect and supervise the implementation of social insurance law provisions. The Provincial Labor Federation has coordinated with competent agencies to resolve 05 complaints about social insurance, and prosecute violations of social insurance law.

At the conference, delegates shared their experiences in implementing social insurance and had many comments on the draft revised Law on Social Insurance related to a number of contents such as: Handling violations of the Law on Social Insurance, expanding the subjects participating in social insurance, receiving one-time social insurance benefits,retirement age…

Speaking at the conference, comrade Kha Van Tam also gave many enthusiastic comments on the draft law, and said that the LawSocial insuranceIt is necessary to determine the viewpoint of amending the law so as not to reduce or eliminate the social insurance benefits that employees are currently enjoying.

Concluding the conference, Comrade Thai Thi An Chung highly appreciated the coordination and organization of the conference of the Nghe An Provincial Federation of Labor as well as the role of the Trade Union in implementing policies and laws on social insurance. Determining policies around social insurance is an extremely important issue, directly related to workers. Comrade Thai Thi An Chung suggested paying more attention to this issue, promoting the role of protecting the rights of workers, especially in the business environment, and hoped that the Trade Union would be more proactive in coordinating activities in the coming time.

With the responsibility of aMember of ParliamentComrade Thai Thi An Chung and other members of the delegation will study, filter and convey the comments recorded at the conference to present and make recommendations at the upcoming National Assembly session./.