Cases of civil servants and public employees temporarily suspending social insurance payments from July 2025

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 11 of Decree 158/2025/ND-CP (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates the temporary suspension of compulsory social insurance payment as prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3, Article 37 of the Social Insurance Law 2024 as follows:

1. Cadres, civil servants and public employees who are participating in compulsory social insurance but are detained or temporarily suspended from work for 14 working days or more in a month, the suspension of compulsory social insurance payment shall be implemented as follows:

a) During the period of detention or temporary suspension from work for 14 working days or more in a month, cadres, civil servants, public employees and employers temporarily suspend compulsory social insurance contributions;

b) After the detention period, temporarily suspended from work for 14 working days or more in a month, if the cadres, civil servants, and public employees are repaid and receive 100% of their salary during the detention period or temporary suspension from work, they shall pay compulsory social insurance compensation for the period of detention or temporary suspension from work. The deadline for compensatory payment is the last day of the month following the month in which the suspension ends. The compensation for the months of suspension is equal to the amount of compulsory social insurance payment according to the provisions of Articles 33 and 34 of the Law on Social Insurance.

In case after the compensation payment period the latest, the employer and the staff, civil servants and public employees pay compensation for the months of suspension, then comply with the provisions of Articles 40 and 41 of the Law on Social Insurance;

c) In case after the detention period, temporarily suspended from work for 14 working days or more in a month, if the cadres, civil servants, and public employees do not receive 100% of their salary during the detention period or temporarily suspended from work, they will not be required to pay compulsory social insurance compensation for the detention period or temporarily suspended from work.

Thus, the cases of civil servants and public employees temporarily suspending social insurance payment from July 2025 are regulated as above.