The first time there was a penalty decision from the Provincial People's Committee
If in 2023, in the whole Binh Dinh province, there were only 4 decisions on administrative sanctions for violations in the field of Social Insurance (SI), then by this time in 2024, that number has been 18.
In August 2024, Vice Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee Lam Hai Giang signed Decision 2820/QD-XPHC to impose a fine of VND 102 million (rounded) on L'AMOUR Company Limited (Nguyen Van Cu Ward, Quy Nhon City). At the time of inspection, L'AMOUR Company was VND 437.5 million late in paying compulsory social insurance; VND 3.4 million late in paying unemployment insurance; VND 7.8 million late in paying health insurance for 42 employees; VND 854,000 late in paying occupational accident and disease insurance. The amount of late payment interest was more than VND 18 million.
Deputy Director of Binh Dinh Social Insurance, Dang Van Ly, said: “This is the first time that a decision on administrative sanctions in the field of social insurance has been issued by the authority of the Provincial People's Committee. With the goal of promoting the recovery of late payments and ensuring the rights of employees, the control and handling of delays and procrastination in the implementation of social insurance laws has been implemented more widely, continuously and strictly than before, including both surprise inspections and planned inspections.”
Mr. Ly added that 2024 is also the first year that Binh Dinh Social Insurance applies early warning measures by requiring units to provide relevant documents such as labor contracts, salaries, income tax settlements, revenue generation, profits, etc. as a basis for verification and review of signs of violations. "Monitoring and urging late payments are carried out regularly after every 10-day period, before we work directly at the unit to decide whether to apply inspection measures or not," Mr. Ly emphasized.
The familiar "big guys"
The list published on the Binh Dinh Social Insurance Website shows that by the end of June 2024, the whole province had 379 units (3,508 employees) that were still late in paying nearly 160 billion VND in social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, etc. Many enterprises were in debt, such as 504 Joint Stock Company (162 months of debt, more than 13 billion VND); An Doanh Phat Trading Construction Company Limited (131 months, 257 million VND); SPQD Investment - Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company (123 months, 477 million VND); Thanh Phat HQ Company Limited (115 months, 720 million VND) ...
Most notable are the big names, with huge debts, that have become familiar on the "deification list". Bamboo Airways Joint Stock Company has 1,044 employees, debt of 37.1 billion VND; Construction Joint Stock Company 47: 662 employees, debt of 32.4 billion VND; FLC Quy Nhon Golf and Resort Joint Stock Company: 451 employees, debt of 25.8 billion VND...
Responding to the question of Lao Dong reporter why the above "big guys" are not the subject of inspection in 2024, Mr. Dang Van Ly explained: "Any unit that did it last year will not return this year". However, Mr. Ly also admitted that for similar enterprises, Binh Dinh Social Insurance alone cannot handle it: "In fact, at Tre Viet Aviation, in 2023, the Ministry of Labor, War invalids and Social Affairs Inspectorate will come in. As for Construction Joint Stock Company 47, Vietnam Social Insurance will inspect".
The story from the Deputy Director of Binh Dinh Province Social Insurance has a somewhat "optimistic tone: "Tre Viet Aviation has good intentions. At the time of the 2023 inspection, they paid off all their debts. Although the current debt is large, with a monthly payment of about 5 billion VND, the debt period is actually not long. Regarding Company 47, recently, the information we received was an immediate payment of up to 5 billion VND".
