Today, May 27, continuing the 7th session, chaired by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, the National Assembly listened to the Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Social Committee Nguyen Thuy Anh present a report explaining the reception and revision of the draft Law on Social Insurance (amended) and spent the whole day discussing this draft law.
Delegate Hoang Duc Thang speaks at the National Assembly on May 27 - Photo: TT
Speaking at the discussion session, Deputy Head of the Quang Tri Provincial National Assembly Delegation Hoang Duc Thang gave some opinions focusing on the following contents: subjects and conditions for receiving social pension benefits; conditions for receiving maternity benefits; one-time social insurance; and time for paying social insurance to receive monthly pension.
Regarding the regulations on subjects and conditions for receiving social pension benefits, delegate Hoang Duc Thang said that lowering the age to receive social pension benefits for the elderly without pensions or monthly social insurance benefits is a new step forward, demonstrating the superior policies of the Party and State.
However, delegates disagreed with the draft's provision: "Vietnamese citizens from 70 to under 75 years old who are poor or near-poor households residing in particularly difficult communes and villages are entitled to social pension benefits."
The delegate said that people from poor and near-poor households are all vulnerable groups. When they were of working age, they worked in areas without labor relations and mostly in rural areas. They did not have a pension policy. In addition, poor and near-poor people are often sick, ill, and ill, which is not related to their place of residence.
The provision that these subjects are entitled to benefits under the condition of residing in communes and villages with special difficulties limits the social superiority of the law. Therefore, the delegate proposed that the National Assembly consider removing the condition of residing in communes and villages with special difficulties to create conditions for the poor and disadvantaged to benefit from the policy.
Regarding the provisions on conditions for enjoying maternity benefits in Clause 2, Article 52 of the draft stipulates that "Subjects specified in Points b, c and d, Clause 1 of this Article must pay compulsory social insurance for at least 6 months within 12 consecutive months before giving birth or adopting a child, when using surrogacy or adopting a child under 6 months old", the delegates' opinions reflect the current situation such as: pregnant women have made compulsory social insurance contributions to the units using labor. These cases sign labor contracts but in reality do not work for salary but deduct personal money to deposit to the unit to pay compulsory social insurance for the purpose of profiteering from maternity benefits because the amount of social insurance contributions for 6 months is much lower than the amount of social insurance for maternity benefits.
Therefore, the delegates proposed that the National Assembly amend the regulation on social insurance payment period from 6 months to 9 months to better match the correlation between the amount paid and received, and at the same time minimize the situation of profiteering from maternity benefits.
Regarding the regulation on social insurance payment period to calculate monthly pension, according to the delegate, the regulation at Point a, Clause 1, Article 68 (conditions for pension) of the draft, the retirement age according to the regulation at Clause 2, Article 169 of the Labor Code is: for men, it is 2 years higher than for women (men are 62 years old and women are 60 years old).
Meanwhile, Clause 1, Article 70 of this draft law stipulates that the social insurance payment period to calculate the monthly pension for men is 5 years higher than that for women (20 years for male workers, 15 years for female workers), which is unreasonable and does not ensure fairness for male workers.
Therefore, the delegate proposed to consider adjusting the time in the direction of reducing the social insurance payment period for men to 17 or 18 years in Clause 1, Article 70. Such a provision is appropriate and fair, and at the same time consistent with the retirement age regulations for male and female workers according to the Labor Code.
The delegates also appreciated the efforts of the drafting agencies in absorbing, supplementing and revising the draft law. The draft law, with 10 chapters and 142 articles, addresses many major and new contents on social insurance policies, state management of society, and professional issues related to social insurance work. These are difficult and new issues that require time to fully assess the impact on the social influence and impact related to the lives of millions of people as well as the country's social security policy.
Therefore, the delegate suggested that if there is sufficient basis, it should be approved. However, in case there are many different opinions or many new proposals, time is needed for analysis and evaluation, and it should not be approved in a hurry at this session.
Thanh Tuan
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