8 rights of social insurance beneficiaries

Office of Legal Consulting of Lao Dong Newspaper replied:

Clause 2, Article 10 of the 2024 Law on Social Insurance stipulates that beneficiaries of social insurance have the following rights:

a) Receive full, timely and convenient social insurance benefits;

b) Enjoy health insurance in case of receiving pension; taking leave to receive monthly occupational accident and disease benefits; during maternity leave of 14 working days or more in a month; during sick leave of 14 working days or more in a month or taking leave to receive sick benefits for employees suffering from diseases on the list of diseases requiring long-term treatment issued by the Minister of Health; and enjoying the regime prescribed in Article 23 of this Law;

c) Medical examination fees shall be paid in cases where the employee is not referred by the employer for examination to determine the level of reduced working capacity and the medical examination results meet the conditions for enjoying social insurance benefits according to the provisions of this Law;

d) Authorize another person in writing to perform social insurance. In case of authorization to receive pension, social insurance benefits and other regimes as prescribed by this Law, the authorization document shall be valid for a maximum of 12 months from the date of establishment of authorization. The authorization document must be certified in accordance with the provisions of law on certification;

d) For people aged 80 years or older, if there is a need, the social insurance agency or a service organization authorized by the social insurance agency shall pay pensions and social insurance benefits at their place of residence in the territory of Vietnam;

e) Receive monthly information on social insurance benefits from the social insurance agency via electronic means; receive confirmation of information on social insurance benefits from the social insurance agency upon request;

g) Complain, denounce and file lawsuits regarding social insurance according to the provisions of law;

h) Refusal to enjoy social insurance benefits.

Thus, beneficiaries of social insurance have the above rights.