Chapter XI
IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 139.- Transition provisions
1. The provisions of this Law apply to persons who have participated in the social insurance before this Law takes effect.
2. Persons who are enjoying retirement pensions, monthly working capacity loss allowances, labor accident or occupational disease allowances or survivorship allowances and persons suspended from enjoying social insurance due to their law offenses before this Law takes effect shall still comply with the previous regulations and are entitled to the adjustment of the enjoyment levels in accordance with law.
3. Persons who are enjoying retirement pensions, monthly working capacity loss allowances, labor accident or occupational disease allowances before this Law takes effect shall, upon their death, enjoy the survivorship allowance regime provided for by this Law.
4. If laborers who had worked in the state sector before January 1, 1995, for a given duration have not yet received the job severance allowance, lump-sum allowance or demobilization allowance, this duration shall be counted as the duration of social insurance premium payment.
5. Annually, the State shall transfer from the budget an amount into the compulsory social insurance fund to ensure full payment of retirement pensions and social insurance allowances to persons enjoying retirement pensions, social insurance allowances before January 1, 1995; and payment of social insurance premiums for the working duration before January 1, 1995, for persons specified in Clause 4 of this Article.
6. The duration for which laborers pay unemployment premiums under the provisions of this Law shall not be counted for enjoyment of job loss allowances or job severance allowances under the provisions of the labor law or the law on cadres and civil servants.
Article 140.- Implementation effect
1. This Law takes effect on January 1, 2007; particularly for voluntary social insurance, after January 1, 2008, and unemployment insurance, after January 1, 2009.
2. All provisions contrary to this Law are annulled.
Article 141.- Implementation guidance
The Government shall detail and guide the implementation of this Law.