UEH has promulgated and implemented a flexible maternity leave policy for female employees and workers at UEH. In 2024, UEH issued the specific maternity policy as follows:
Introduction
1.Officials and Employees eligible for maternity benefits fall under one of the following categories:
a) Female Officials and Employees who are pregnant;
b) Female Officials and Employees who give birth;
c) Female Officials and Employees who are surrogate mothers and the commissioning mothers;
d) Officials and Employees who adopt a child under 06 months old;
đ) Female Officials and Employees who undergo IUD insertion; Officials and Employees who undergo sterilization measures;
e) Male Officials and Employees who are paying social insurance and have a wife giving birth.
Cases specified in points a, b, c, and d above must have paid social insurance for at least 06 months within the 12 months preceding childbirth or adoption.
Female Officials/Employees giving birth, who have paid social insurance for at least 12 months and must take leave for prenatal care as prescribed by a competent medical facility, must have paid social insurance for at least 03 months within the 12 months before childbirth.
Female Officials/Employees meeting the conditions in Clauses 2 and 3 but whose contracts terminate or who resign before childbirth or adoption of a child under 06 months old are still eligible for maternity benefits as regulated.
During pregnancy, Female Officials and Employees are entitled to leave (calculated in working days) for 05 prenatal check-ups, 01 day each; if living far from the medical facility or if the pregnant person has a pathological condition or an abnormal pregnancy, they are entitled to 02 days for each check-up.
In case of miscarriage, abortion, curettage, stillbirth, or pathological abortion, Female Officials and Employees are entitled to leave with maternity benefits as prescribed by a competent medical facility. The maximum leave period (including public holidays, New Year holidays, and weekly days off) is as follows:
a) Pregnancy under 05 weeks: 10 days;
b) Pregnancy from 05 weeks to under 13 weeks: 20 days;
c) Pregnancy from 13 weeks to under 25 weeks: 40 days;
d) Pregnancy from 25 weeks or more: 50 days.
Female Officials and Employees giving birth are entitled to maternity leave before and after childbirth totaling 06 months. If a Female Official/Employee gives birth to twins or more, starting from the second child, the mother is entitled to an additional 01 month for each child. The maximum pre-childbirth maternity leave shall not exceed 02 months.
Male Officials/Employees paying social insurance are entitled to maternity leave when their wife gives birth as follows:
a) Wife has a normal delivery: 05 working days;
b) Wife has a cesarean section or gives birth before 32 weeks: 07 working days;
c) In case of twins: 10 working days; for triplets or more, an additional 03 working days for each child beyond the first two;
d) In case of twins or more requiring surgery: 14 working days.
The maternity leave period is calculated within the first 30 days from the date of the wife’s childbirth.
Female Officials and Employees, immediately after the maternity leave period for miscarriage, abortion, curettage, stillbirth, pathological abortion, childbirth, or if the child dies after birth, and within the first 30 days back at work if their health has not recovered, are entitled to convalescence and recuperation leave from 05 days to 10 days after the maternity benefit period; specifically:
a) Giving birth to two or more children at once: Maximum 10 days;
b) Childbirth requiring surgery: Maximum 07 days;
c) Other cases: Maximum 05 days.
The convalescence and health recuperation leave period includes public holidays, New Year holidays, and weekly days off. If the convalescence period spans from the end of the previous year to the beginning of the next year, that leave period is counted for the previous year.
In case the child dies after birth, Female Officials and Employees are entitled to leave with specific durations as follows:
a) Child under 02 months old: Entitled to 04 months leave from the date of birth;
b) Child from 02 months old or more: Entitled to 02 months leave from the date of the child’s death.
The leave period for a child’s death after birth is not counted towards other personal leave as regulated by labor law.
Regime for Female Officials/Employees on maternity leave for childbirth
a) State Regime: The monthly maternity benefit level is 100% of the average monthly salary on which social insurance premiums were based for the last 06 consecutive months before taking maternity leave. If the Female Official/Employee has paid social insurance for less than 06 months, the benefit level is the average monthly salary of the months for which social insurance has been paid.
b) UEH’s Income Regime: Officials and Employees receive 100% of their Income. If a Female Official/Employee has worked at UEH for less than 06 months, the benefit level is the average Income of the months she has worked at UEH.
c) Additionally, Female Officials/Employees engaged in teaching duties receive a reduction in teaching, research, and professional activity norms corresponding to the maternity leave period.
d) Female Officials/Employees nursing a child under 12 months old have the right to a 60-minute break each working day while receiving their full salary. Female Officials/Employees can negotiate with their unit’s leadership for a flexible break schedule suitable to the actual workplace conditions and the women’s needs, supporting workplace equality and social inclusion.
Applicable Subjects: Officials/Employees who sign direct labor contracts with UEH and participate in compulsory social insurance schemes at UEH.
III. Legal Basis:
– The 2019 Labor Code;
– The Social Insurance Law;
– Circular No. 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH dated December 29, 2015, of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Social Insurance Law regarding compulsory social insurance; Circular No. 06/2021/TT-BLDTBXH dated July 07, 2021, of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH dated December 29, 2015;
– UEH’s Internal Expenditure Regulations.
Procedures/Guidelines:
For maternity leave:
Step 1: Before giving birth, the female Officials/Employees submits a Maternity Leave Request Form, approved by the Unit Head and noted by the Principals of UEH member schools, to the Human Resources and Organisation Development Department.
Step 2: After giving birth, the Officials/Employees submits the Certified Extract of the Birth Certificate or the original Birth Confirmation Paper to the Human Resources and Organisation Development Department.
Step 3: Human Resources and Organisation Development Department, in coordination with the Department of Finance and Investment Planning, implements the benefits for the Officials/Employees.
Notes:
– In case the child dies, or the mother dies, additional documents required include a Certified Copy of the Child’s or Mother’s Death Certificate.
– In case the child dies before a Birth Confirmation Paper is issued, the Officials/Employees must supplement a Certified Extract of the medical record copy or the Mother’s Hospital Discharge Paper.
– In case of taking convalescence and health recovery leave before or after maternity leave, the Officials/Employees must supplement a Certification from a competent medical facility regarding the mother’s condition requiring pre-natal rest or regarding the mother’s post-natal health condition being insufficient to care for the child.
For other maternity-related leave regimes:
Officials/Employees submit a Leave Request Form, attached with relevant documents (originals or certified copies, approved by the Unit Head and noted by the Principals of UEH member schools), to the Human Resources and Organisation Development Department.
In 2024, UEH fully and properly implemented maternity leave policies for 13 female officials and employees, ensuring accurate payment and processing of documents for the correct individuals and in the correct sequence. 100% of female officials and employees returned to work on time after their maternity leave, according to approved records or their child’s Birth Certificate. UEH also implemented administrative procedure simplification, whereby the leave period and return-to-work date are automatically determined based on approved records, minimizing procedural burdens for employees. Requests for leave extensions were to be considered based on application and supporting documents; however, no extension cases were recorded in 2024. Compared to 2023, UEH applied a more flexible policy and expanded the scope of support to include cases not fully covered by regulations, aiming to ensure female officials and employees receive the maximum benefits related to maternity.
Open related links:
1. Maternity leave policy – https://hotro.ueh.edu.vn/bai-viet/nghi-thai-san-3614
2. Evidences for maternity leave implementation – https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1yhYGSI7hTIXtIXx23aT9Qc5rke1xJVpK