Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Registration of Employee
Type of formality	Registration
Date of last modification	29.10.2020
Responsible Authorities	Lao Social Security Organization
LSIC	All sectors
Who should complete this business formality?	Any employee working under the labour unit/enterprise that obtains the business operating license in compliance with the laws, and they shall receive a wage or salary in accordance with the Labour Law.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	Any employee working under the labour unit/enterprise obtaining the business operating license in compliance with the laws of Lao PDR, and they shall receive a wage or salary in accordance with the Labour Law.
Additional Comment	After the labour unit has signed a contract or employees receive a salary or wage from the labour unit, the labour unit must register the employees immediately in order to ensure the protection of labour under the social security system in accordance with the laws and regulations. The labour unit shall provide personal information about their employees accurately and completely as defined in the application form, and it shall be based on their identification cards or family registrations.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Order on the Establishment and Functioning of National Social Security Fund Office	3122/MOLSW	14.10.2014
Law on Social Security (Amended)	54/NA	27.06.2018	Article 74 (Clause 2.2), Article 90 (Clause 1 and last paragraph), Article 91, Article 92 (Clause 1.4 and last paragraph) and Article 97	""
Instruction on the Implementation of Law on Social Security (Amended)	1206/MOLSW	23.04.2019	Clause 5, Article 75 (Clause 5.1) Clause 6, Article 90 (Clause 1, Hypen 4, 5, 6) Clause 7, Article 92	""
Law on Family (Amended)	05/NA	26.07.2008
Law on Notary (Amended)	11/NA	26.11.2009		""
Law on Children's Rights	05/NA	27.12.2006
Law on Lao Nationality	29/NA	01.11.2017
Law on Labour (Revised)	43/NA	24.12.2013	Article 71
No name	37/ສພຊ	17.07.2023	ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍການຈັດຫາງານປີ2023

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Documents if the applicant is single	Confirmative act	ID, or Family Registration Book or Employment ID issued by the labor unit
Documents to inform about married status	Confirmative act	Family Registration Book that has the name of the insured person or Engagement Proposal or Certification from the village Chief
Documents to inform about the divorced status	Confirmative act	Divorce Certificate from the court or Certification of Divorce from the Village Chief
Documents to inform about the widow status	Confirmative act	Death Certificate from the hospital or the Certification from the village chief or Death Certificate form the Office of Home Affairs
Documents to inform about children	Confirmative act	Family Registration Book that has the name of the insured person, spouse, and the child, or the Discharge Certificate (for the children under 3 months) or the Birth Certificate. If the child is adopted, it must strictly comply with the law.
Documents in case that the spouse and child are foreignerss	Confirmative act	Certification from relevant embassy and copies of passport of the spouse and child
Application form for Employee	Confirmative act

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment
This formality is not required to be renewed	Confirmative act

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation
Address of authority	National Social Security Fund Office, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare
Processing Time (Day(s))	30	In practice, it depends on the number of applications received from the labour unit. If there are not many applications, they shall receive the social security cards immediately. But, if there are many applications, it shall take around 1 week but not exceed 1 month as defined in the law.

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	NO
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	0
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
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RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
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REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Documents if the applicant is single	ID, or Family Registration Book or Employment ID issued by the labor unit
Documents to inform about married status	Family Registration Book that has the name of the insured person or Engagement Proposal or Certification from the village Chief
Documents to inform about the divorced status	Divorce Certificate from the court or Certification of Divorce from the Village Chief
Documents to inform about the widow status	Death Certificate from the hospital or the Certification from the village chief or Death Certificate form the Office of Home Affairs
Documents to inform about children	Family Registration Book that has the name of the insured person, spouse, and the child, or the Discharge Certificate (for the children under 3 months) or the Birth Certificate. If the child is adopted, it must strictly comply with the law.
Documents in case that the spouse and child are foreignerss	Certification from relevant embassy and copies of passport of the spouse and child
This formality is not required to be renewed
Application form for Employee

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016	39473	0
2017	26813	0
2018	25120	0
2019	28560	0
2020	1956	0