The Vietnamese government has just issued Resolution 68/NQ-CP dated July 1, 2021, on policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 crisis. Accordingly, in addition to supporting workers facing difficulties because of Covid-19, in this Resolution, the Government also promulgated several policies to support employers such as: Reduce the insurance premium…
Because of the Covid-19 epidemic impacts in Vietnam, many corporations find it hard to maintain a balance of finance, facilities, …. Therefore, although it still wants to keep its employees, the company still needs to cut as much as possible to maintain operations. At this time, the company was forced to cut staff. One of…
The Covid-19 impacts has caused many losses to companies. This made many companies opted for cutting personnel to lessen the finance burden. However, should this situation keeps on, it is expected that there will be 200 million unemployed people all over the globe because of Covid-19, according to the statistic from ILO. These are other…
COVID Question: Can payment obligations be suspended as a result of the Force Majeure event in Vietnam, or will the Force Majeure event only excuse the inability to perform obligations other than monetary obligations? The following article will provide the answers to the above questions, typically under COVID impact. This is a frequent occurrence, where…
Covid Question: Regarding responsibility of employers in preventing epidemics and handling situation when detecting that the employees are sick or are subject to isolation, according to Clause 4, Article 23 of the Vietnam Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, employers, when detecting the disease or signs of infectious diseases, shall have to notify…
COVID Question: For the case of contract termination in Vietnam when the employer unilaterally terminates the contract because of the epidemic, he has to reduce production and business according to Point c, Clause 1, Article 36, Vietnam Labor Code. In this case, according to Article 41 of the Vietnam Labor Code, when the employer unilaterally…
(COVID 19 Question) In fact, Vietnam law does not have specific provisions for the application of salary cuts to company employees. However, according to the provisions of the Vietnam labor law, the employer can only reduce the salary for the company in two cases: transferring the employee to a job other than the labor contract,…
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic caused many employers and employers to close their businesses and lay off employees in Vietnam. Thus, when being asked to quit, can the employees raise a claim to stop the lay-off and if so, in which circumstances? Firstly, the employer allows the employee to stop working for a reasonable…
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam caused many employers to close their businesses and lay off employees. As such, do the laid-off employees have the right of first refusal under local law when the Company reopens for business after Covid-19 containment? If so, is that under law or best practice? This question can…
In the current epidemic, many companies have had to close due to many senior employees have been transferred to other companies in Vietnam of the same owner. At this time, these employees are transferred to a workplace, which is different from the workplace in the employment contract signed between the employee and the employer. Thus,…