Decision No. 32/2020/QD-TTg amending Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg policies for people due to COVID-19

DECISION

On amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2020 providing regulations on the implementation of policies to support people facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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             Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015;

            Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 154/NQ-CP dated October 19, 2020 on amending and supplementing the Government’s Resolution No. 42/NQ-CP dated April 09, 2020 on measures to support people affected by the COVID-19 epidemic;

            At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs;

           The Prime Minister hereby promulgates the Decision on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2020 providing regulations on the implementation of policies to support people facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2020 providing regulations on the implementation of policies to support people facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic as follows:

1. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Article 1 as follows:

Working at enterprises, people-founded and private education institutions, and public education institutions that exercise financial autonomy in terms of frequent expenditures at early childhood, pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary level (hereinafter referred to as education institutions) with no revenue or financial source to pay the salary (after using the wage reserve funds, after-tax profit and other lawful financial sources of the enterprise and education institutions), due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic”.

2. To amend and supplement Clauses 2, 3 and 4, Article 2 as follows:

“2. An enterprise or education institution shall make a List of employees temporarily suspended from their labor contracts and taken unpaid leave, and request the grassroots trade unions (if any) and social insurance agencies to certify this List. Such employees must fully meet conditions specified in Article 1 of this Decision.

3. Within 03 working days, after receiving the List at the request of the enterprise or education institution, the social insurance agency shall certify the employee's participation in social insurance under the provisions of Clause 2, Article 1 of this Decision and send it to the enterprise or education institution.

4. An enterprise or education institution shall send the application to the district-level People's Committee where the head office is located. Within 03 working days, from the date on which the sufficient application is received, the district-level People’s Committee shall appraise and submit it to the Chairperson of provincial-level People’s Committee.  Within 02 working days, from the date on which the sufficient application is received, the Chairperson of provincial-level People’s Committee shall issue the decision on approving the List and support fund; at the same time, direct the implementation of the support payment.”

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