Do domestic workers have to pay unemployment insurance?
Are domestic workers obliged to participate in unemployment insurance?
Base Article 43 of the Employment Law 2013, subjects required to participate in unemployment insurance include:
- Employees must participate in unemployment insurance when working under a labor contract or employment contract as follows:
+ Labor contract or working contract with indefinite term;
+ Labor contract or fixed-term working contract;
+ Seasonal labor contract or a certain job with a term of 3 months to less than 12 months.
In cases where an employee has entered into and is performing multiple labor contracts specified in this Clause, the employee and the employer of the first labor contract signed are responsible for participating in unemployment insurance. .
- Employees specified in Clause 1 of this Article who are receiving pensions or working as domestic workers are not required to participate in unemployment insurance.
- Employers participating in unemployment insurance include state agencies, public service units, and people's armed forces units; political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations; foreign agencies, organizations, and international organizations operating in Vietnamese territory; Enterprises, cooperatives, households, business households, cooperative groups, other organizations and individuals that hire or employ workers under work contracts or labor contracts specified in Clause 1 of this Article .
Accordingly, domestic workers are not obliged to participate in unemployment insurance.