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Employers and employees are all concerned about what fees and insurances they have to pay for the sake of employees’ benefits under the provisions of laws, and here we summarize such financial obligations:
Obligations |
Employee (1) |
Employer (2) |
Legal basis |
Unemployment
Insurance |
1% of
monthly wage
Workers shall pay unemployment insurance premiums equal to 1% of their
monthly wage |
1% of the
monthly wage fund
Employers shall pay unemployment insurance premiums equal to 1% of the
monthly wage fund of the workers currently participating in unemployment
insurance |
To (1): Article 57.1
(a) of Employment Law No. 38/2013/QH13 (“Employment Law”); Article 102.1
of Social Insurance Law No. 71/2006/QH 11 (“Social Insurance Law”) and
Article 25 of Decree 127/2008/NĐ-CP;
To (2): Article 57.1 (b) of Employment Law; Article
102.1 of Social
Insurance Law and Article 25 of Decree
127/2008/NĐ-CP; |
The ceiling of the monthly wage on which the Unemployment Insurance premiums anchored is 20 months of region-based minimum wage. The region-based minimum wage is prescribed in Article 5.1 of Decree 103/2014/ND-CP on Minimum
Regional Wage |
Article 58.2 of the
Employment Law; |
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Compulsory
Social Insurance |
8% of
monthly wage
Employees shall pay 8% of their monthly wage
stated in their labor contracts. |
18% of the monthly wage fund
Employer shall pay 18% of the
monthly wage stated in the labor contract entered into with employees. |
To (1): Article 91.1
of Social Insurance Law and Article 42.1 of Decree 152/2006/NĐ-CP;
To (2): Article
92.1 of Social Insurance law and Article 43.1 of Decree 152/2006/NĐ-CP; |
The ceiling of the monthly wage on which the Social Insurance anchored is 20 months of common minimum wage. The common minimum wage is
prescribed in Article 3 of Decree 66/2013/ND-CP on Common Minimum Salary |
Article 94 of Social
Insurance Law, Article 45 of Decree 152/2006/NĐ-CP, Article 26.3 of Decree
190/2007/NĐ-CP and Part C.3 of Circular 03/2007/TT-BLĐTBXH; |
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Voluntary
Social Insurance |
22% of desired income level
The
monthly premium payment level is 22% of the desired income level. The ceiling of income level desired for
calculating voluntary social insurance premiums is 20 months of common minimum wages |
Not required |
To (1): Article 100.1 of Social
Insurance Law, Part 3.2 of Circular 02/2008/TT-BLĐTBXH; |
Health Insurance |
1.5% of
monthly wage
Employees shall pay 1.5% of their monthly
wage. |
3% of the monthly wage fund
Employer shall pay 3% of the monthly
wage (used for social insurance payment) stated in the labor contract entered
into with employees. |
To (1) and (2): Article 13.(a) of Medical Insurance Law No. 46/2014/QH13 (“Medical
Insurance Law”) and Article 2.1(a) of Decree 105/2014/NĐ-CP; |
The ceiling of the monthly wage on which the Health Insurance anchored is 20 months
of common minimum wage |
Article 13.5 of Medical
Insurance Law; |
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Trade Union
Fees |
1.5% of
monthly wage
Employees shall pay 1% of their monthly wage. |
2% of the monthly wage fund
Employer shall pay 2% of the monthly
wage (used for social insurance payment) stated in the labor contract entered
into with employees. |
To (1) Point 1.3 of Part
I of Guidance (of the Labor confederation) No. 258/HD-TLD dated 7 March 2014; To (2) Article 26.2 of
Trade Union Law No. 12/2012/QH13 and Article 5 of Decree 191/2013/ND-CP; |
Notes:
Please
be noted that the table set out above is for reference only and the text was
simplified for the sake of quick look.
In
specific cases the situation may vary; and thus, official opinions from the
relevant authorities or correct calculations may be required. If you need any
assistance, please contact our offices.