Sickness benefits for employees follow isolation social (COVID-19)

Sickness benefits for employees follow isolation social (COVID-19)

In order to ensure the rights of employees against the complicated situation of new coronavirus(COVID-19), Vietnam Social Insurance has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs on the settlement of social insurance regime for employees. The program was requested to implement medical isolation measures to prevent from COVID-19.

According to this dispatch, workers who are subject to medical isolation for prevention purposes under the decision of competent authority will be entitled to the sickness regime provided for during the medical isolation period.

1. Necessary documents to apply for sickness regime for people with medical isolation

 

 

No Case Place of isolation Necessary documents Place of issues Note
1 F0: Positive for covid – 19 Hospital Hospital checkout Hospital Rest as directed by the doctor
2 F1: Suspected person, in contact with F0 Hospital Certificate of rest for social insurance Hospital Isolated for 14 days
3 F2: In contact with F1 Follow the isolation instructions of health staff (at home or centralized quarantine) Certificate of time for medical isolation Issued by the medical isolation area Isolated for 14 days
4 F3: In contact with F2 Follow the isolation instructions of health staff (at home or centralized quarantine) Certificate of time for medical isolation Issued by the medical isolation area Isolated for 14 days
5 F4: In contact with F3 Self-isolation at home Certificate of rest for social insurance Health stations of communes, wards and towns where workers reside Isolated for 14 days

 

2. Sickness benefits rate

 

  • Sickness benefits equal 75% salary paid for social insurance

 

Sickness benefits rate = Monthly salary paid for social insurance x 75% x Days of medical isolation/ isolation(Normally it is 14days)
24 days