Speeding up, completing housing rental support package for employees in August

The task of considering and approving the the Prime Minister's Decision No. 08/2022/QD-TTg’s housing rental support package in some localities in the province has been completed. Thousands of enterprises in the province have received support with the disbursed amount of more than VND 200 billion. Provincial Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) said that this support package will be completed by the end of August.

Workers getting happy

According to provincial DoLISA, district-level localities have received dossiers of housing rent support for employees until the end of August 15 in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 08. Currently, localities are classifying objects to continue checking and approving dossiers. Through the overall review, the whole province has had 945,000 people working in enterprises and 98,300 workers returning to the labor market to submit applications for housing rental support, corresponding to the support amount of VND 725 billion. As of August 19, localities in the province had disbursed more than VND 200 billion.

Thu Dau Mot city mobilizes staff in charge of labor, war invalids and social affairs from all wards to focus on completing the task of approving documents for the housing rental support package under the Government’s Decision No. 08

Especially in recent days, disbursement has been promoted by localities, so employees are very happy. Nguyen Thi Hang, a worker of Sungshin A Vietnam Company in Ben Cat town-based My Phuoc Industrial Park said: "Just announced that when receiving money from the support package, the company immediately distributes it to workers. Employees in general are facing many difficulties, so they are very happy with the support package. I have just received VND 1.5 million for housing rental support. This amount is almost enough to pay for rental charges within 2 months. Whilst, Nguyen Thanh Binh, a worker of Osco Vietnam Co., Ltd in Ben Cat town’s Phu An commune said: “The new school year has come, with the support of VND 3 million for me and my wife, we are able to cover school fees for our children...".

Although still not receiving money from the support package yet, many other workers in the area still cannot hide their joy and trust in the central and local policies when they always take care of employees. Le Van Thanh, a worker from Yazaki EDS My Phuoc Co., Ltd in Ben Cat town-based My Phuoc I Industrial Park shared: "Since the 4th Covid-19 wave, we have always received support packages from the locality and Government. The rental assistance is slow a bit, but we are not impatient. This is because we will get it sooner or later. During this time, many enterprises are facing difficulties in production, affecting the income of employees. Therefore, we still hope that all-level authorities will pay more attention to workers' lives by support packages like the past."

Mobilizing human resources, definitively resolving dossiers

In recent days, under the direction of all- level authorities, Thu Dau Mot city’s Division of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has mobilized all staff in charge of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs from the wards to focus on considering and approving dossiers sent by enterprises. This force works overtime on Saturdays, Sundays and even at night. Therefore, the locality has approved applications for the support package, only focusing on disbursement. Vi Thi Tam Lai, Head of Thu Dau Mot city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that as of August 15, the locality received applications from 2,339 enterprises with 77,503 employees. Thereby, the city focused on reviewing, inputting data and submitting 76,000 applications to the city’s People's Committee for appraisal. The review and data entry will be completed on August 19. "When receiving money from the support package, we require enterprises to make a commitment to immediately pay it for employees…", Mrs. Lai said.

Ben Cat town, one of the province’s localities with the largest number of employees asking for the support, is also well completing the task of considering and approving applications. Truong Minh Tri, Deputy Head of Ben Cat town’s Division of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that from August 15, the locality has mobilized dozens of officials to appraise applications for the support. According to the division's initial estimate since the implementation of Decision No.08, the town will spend about VND 344 billion in housing rental for employees. However, through the review and appraisal of the documents, the division’s current actual expenditure is about VND 246 billion. Up to now, the locality has been poured VND100 billion by provincial People's Committee. The remaining VND50billion will be spent during the weekend from August 19 to 20. From now until the end of August, the town will fulfill the task of considering and approving applications for the support...

Other localities with a large number of workers such as Thuan An city, Tan Uyen town are also mobilizing forces to consider and approve documents, paying housing rental support for employees and completing this task on schedule. Pham Van Tuyen, Deputy Director of provincial DoLISA said that provincial DoLISA is focusing on urging, monitoring and making daily reports of data sent by localities. The time for application review in the province must be completed in August. Currently, localities are focusing on disbursing and transferring money from the support package to employees in the coming days. For enterprises that are slow to send documents and request support after August 15, provincial DoLISA will submit them to all-level authorities for consideration. However, this number is very small.

Reported by Quang Tam-Translated by Kim Tin