Giving birth is one of the noble duties of a woman. In order to help female employees, feel secure during pregnancy as well as support a part of their economy part after the baby is born, the social insurance law has regulated the rights of pregnant female employees and female employees who have given birth to a child are entitled to the following maternity benefits:
Regarding maternity benefits, there are basically 2 benefits as follows:
- Firstly, to take maternity leave and give birth;
- Second, receive subsidies.
To make it easier to understand, we will divide it into 3 stages: pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
Correspondingly, different stages will have different benefits, specifically as follows:
First: PREGNANCY STAGE
- Female employees are entitled to leave work to go to antenatal care 5 times, 1 day each time (if they are far from medical examination and treatment facilities or the pregnant woman has a medical condition, or her pregnancy is abnormal, she is entitled to 2 days off, for each antenatal visit).
Next: CHILDBIRTH STAGE
- Female employees giving birth are entitled to leave work and enjoy maternity benefits for 6 months before and after giving birth. In case female employees have twins or more, from the second child onwards, for each child, the mother is entitled to an extra month of leave.
Note that the maximum period of maternity leaves before giving birth is not more than 2 months.
- The maternity benefit rate of female employees who give birth each month is equal to 100% of the average monthly salary on which social insurance premiums are based for the 06 months before leaving work to enjoy the maternity regime.
- In addition, female employees giving birth are entitled to a one-time allowance for each child equal to 02 times the base salary in the month the female employee gives birth.
(The current base salary (in 2022) is VND 1,490,000/month)
Finally: POSTPARTUM PERIOD ANG RETURN TO WORK
If you want to return to work, before the maternity leave expires, you must meet the following conditions:
- One is after taking a break for at least 04 months;
- Secondly, there must be a certificate of health to work;
- And the third is the consent of the employer.
Female employees who go to work before the maternity leave expires, are still entitled to the maternity regime for the remaining time, but must pay social insurance and health insurance as prescribed.
In addition, during the first 30 days of returning to work, if the female employee's health has not yet recovered, she shall be entitled to convalescence and post-natal recovery.
The benefit period and benefit rate are as follows:
- Maximum 10 days for female employees who give birth once with two or more children;
- Maximum 07 days for female employees giving birth by cesarean section;
- Maximum 05 days for other cases.
This time includes public holidays, New Year holidays, and weekends.
During the convalescence days, female employees are entitled to a daily allowance equal to 30% of the base salary.
The article ends here, hopefully with the above sharing will help you have a better understanding of the rights of female workers during pregnancy to childbirth.
