On April 27th, 2022, Hanoi People’s Committee issued Official Letter No. 1426/QD-UBND on the implementation of rent support policies for employees in Hanoi, details are as follows:
+ Applicable entities:
The employees must fully satisfy the following criteria:
– He/she has rented a room or a house from February 1st, 2022, to June 30th, 2022.
– He/she has an indefinite-term employment contract or a fixed-term employment contract with a duration of at least 1 month which was concluded and executed before April 1st, 2022
– He/she has participated in the compulsory social insurance (included in the list of participants in compulsory social insurance of social insurance agency) in the month preceding the month in which the enterprise makes the list of employees applying for rent support.
+ Support amount and payment method:
- Support amount: 500.000 VND/person/month.
- Support duration: Up to 3 months.
- Support will be provided monthly.
+ Implementation procedures:
– Step 1: Employees applying for rent support shall use Form No. 1 in the Appendix promulgated with Decision No. 08/2022/QD-TTg.
– Step 2: The enterprise shall base on the requests of its employees, make a consolidated list of employees applying for rent support using Form No. 2 in the Appendix promulgated with Decision No. 08/2022/QD-TTg and publicly post it up at the workplace for at least 3 working days.
– Step 3: The enterprise shall send the list of employees applying for rent support according to Form No. 2 to a social insurance agency for confirmation of employees participating in compulsory social insurance.
=> Within 2 working days after receiving the request, the social insurance agency shall confirm the participation in compulsory social insurance of employees.
– Step 4: The enterprise shall send the application according to regulations prescribed in Article 6 of Decision No. No. 08/2022/QD-TTg to the People’s Committee of the district where it locates its headquarter or branch, representative office, or manufacturing or business location. The enterprise may send a single application for 2 or 3 months.
The deadline for application submission is August 15th, 2022.
In addition, this Decision also stipulates the dossiers, procedures, and order of settlement of policies to support workers returning to the labor market.
This Decision takes effect from the date of signing.
