This document provides guidance on a number of insurance benefits for male employees as follows:
- Article 38 of the 2014 Law on Social Security prescribing that, if the father solely participates in the social insurance program, he may be entitled to the one-off childbirth benefit, will be so applied if the child’s mother is not eligible for entitlement to the pregnancy and maternity benefit and the child’s father has managed to pay social insurance contributions for at least 6 months to 12 months prior to childbirth.
- The male employee paying social insurance contributions entitled to paternity leaves and benefits upon his wife’s giving birth may divide his leave into multiple periods, but must meet the following requirements:
+ Total leave is not allowed to exceed the prescribed period.
+ The start date of the final leave period must be within the period of 30 days following the childbirth date.
Note: Clause 6 of Article 34 in the 2014 Law on Social Security prescribes that the child’s father is entitled to the paternity benefit until his child reaches 6 months of age in the following situation:
The child’s father solely participates in the social insurance program and the child’s mother dies after birth or faces post-natal health risks causing her child care incapacity attested by an authorized healthcare establishment.
For more details, please read the Official Dispatch No. 2219/BHXH-CD dated November 7, 2018.
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