Chương II Nghị định 28/2015/NĐ-CP: Hỗ trợ đào tạo, bồi dưỡng, nâng cao trình độ kỹ năng nghề để duy trì việc làm cho người lao động

Chapter II

SUPPORT FOR TRAINING COURSES, REFRESHER COURSES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS FOR JOB MAINTENANCE FOR EMPLOYEES

Article 3. Conditions for support

1. Employers may receive financial support for training and retraining to improve occupational skills qualifications for job maintenance for employees defined in Clause 1, Article 47 of the Law on Employment if they meet the following conditions:

1. Having fully paid unemployment insurance premiums under the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 44 of the Law on Employment for at least full 12 consecutive months by the time of request for support for training and retraining to improve occupational skills qualifications for job maintenance for the workers if the employers have paid the unemployment insurance premiums for that month.

2. Meeting difficulties due to economic recession or other force majeure causes, forcing them to undergo restructuring or change production and business technologies resulting in risk of reduction of the number of current employees of at least 30% or 50 or more employees for the employers who employ 300 or fewer employees and of at least 100 or more employees for the employers who employ more than 300 employees, not including workers concluding contract working less than 03 months.

The force majeure shall include: Fires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, enemy-inflicted destruction, epidemic diseases damaging partly or wholly facilities, equipment, machinery, factory certified by the Chairman of the People's Committees at district level at the place of damage.

3. Lacking funds for organizing training and retraining to improve occupational skills qualifications for workers determined through production, business reports of the loss year before the support proposal certified by the tax authorities.

4. Having a plan on training and retraining to improve occupational skills qualifications for job maintenance, approved by a competent state agency.

Article 4. Support

1. The financial support for training courses, refresher courses for improvement of occupational skills shall be maximum 01 million / person / month. The specific support level shall be depended on month, the actual study time of each job or each course but it shall not be more than 06 months.

If vocational courses are not in a full month, it shall be calculated according to the principle: Less than 15 days shall be a half of month, 15 days or more shall be 01 month to determine the level of financial support of training, retraining to improve their occupational skill qualification for job maintenance for workers.

2. With regard to training courses, refresher courses for improvement of occupational skills of which expense is higher than the support fund as specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, the expense which is higher than the support fund shall be paid by employers.