HCM City firms owe over VND1 trillion (USD47.31 million) to insurance agencies as a result of recent financial difficulties.
Many employees have complained that their employers have yet to pay for social, health and unemployment insurance for them. In several cases, employees have been out of work for a long time without receiving unemployment benefits.
Employees apply for unemployment insurance
Several female staff members of Ben Nghe Biro and Stationery Co., Ltd did not receive benefits for maternal leave because their company was late in their insurance payments. The company’s human resource manager suggested that they lodge a complaint against the company to claim these benefits.
Many employees at Mai Linh Mineral Water Co., Ltd said they have yet to receive unemployment after nearly a year.
The municipal Social Insurance Agency said the Mai Linh Group owes the most to their workers, a figure estimated to be over VND80 billion (USD3.78 million).
Nguyen Thi Hong Bach, head of Binh Tan District Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, said, “Most of disputes between employees and employers result from debts to social insurance. Currently, 831 companies in the district owe a total of VND52.2 billion (USD2.47 million) in social insurance payments.”
Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh, from the municipal Social Insurance Agency, said that it was difficult to retrieve insurance arrears.
“The major problem is a lack of punishments timely and strict enough to act as an effective deterrent,” Do Quang Khanh, Deputy Director of the municipal Social Insurance Agency said.
The agency said they must finish procedures before suing more than 700 enterprises for owing back insurance payments.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
