This is one of the important contents prescribed at the Law No. 84/2015/QH13 on occupational safety and health passed by the National Assembly on June 25, 2015 and takes effect on July 01, 2016.
In particular, the Law prescribed that the employers shall be responsible for assigning with new works In case victims of occupational accidents or diseases are assigned and the new work requires training, they are entitled to financial support to cover the training expense. The financial support must not exceed 50% of the total training expense and 15 times the basic salary; this support may not be provided for more than twice per employee and shall be provided once a year only.
Also in accordance with this Law, every month, employers shall pay an amount equaling maximum 1% of the salary fund used as the basis for payment of social insurance
premiums for employees. Annually, the Occupational Accident and Disease Insurance Fund shall reserve maximum 10% of its revenue to support the prevention and sharing of risks of occupational accidents and diseases and the activities include health check-up and medical treatment of occupational diseases; working function rehabilitation; re-investigation of occupational accidents and diseases at the request of the social insurance agency and occupational safety and health training for participants in occupational accident and disease insurance and those.
Employers shall provide health check-up for employees at least once a year; employees performing heavy, hazardous and dangerous occupations or jobs or extremely heavy, hazardous and dangerous occupations or jobs, employees with disabilities, minor employees and elderly employees shall be provided with health check-up at least once every six months.
Source: luatvietnam.vn
