HANOI: EMPLOYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CUT WAGE-BASED ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO EMPLOYEES WORKING OVERTIME
The Official Dispatch No. 2588/BHXH-QLT on notifying the wage levels as the basis for payment of social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and occupational accident and disease insurance from July 01, 2022 is issued on June 27, 2022 by Hanoi Social Security.
According to this Official Dispatch, employers in Hanoi are not allowed to neither abolish nor cut wage-based allowances payable to employees who work overtime, work overtime at night, or benefits in kind and other entitlements in accordance with labor law regulations.
Agreed contents or commitments in labor contracts, labor agreements or other legal agreements, that bring more benefits for employees compared to provisions provided in Decree No. 38/2022/ND-CP, shall continue to be implemented, including the provisions that the level of wage to be paid to an employee performing a job which requires trained employees that is at least 7% higher than the minimum wage level shall continue to be implemented, unless otherwise agreed by both parties.
The wage level for payment of social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and occupational accident and disease insurance must be adjusted according to regulations before July 25, 2022. Past the above time limit, for cases where the unit has not yet requested to adjust the wage according to the region-based minimum wage, the social insurance agency will temporarily adjust the salary for payment of social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and occupational accident and disease insurance by the region-based minimum wage for employee who performs the simplest job until the unit prepares an adjustment file according to regulations.
