The fact that enterprises are slow to pay and avoid paying social insurance premiums in Vietnam is still very common in society, seriously affecting the interests of employees, especially on social security issues. In many cases, employees are not allowed to receive pensions or settle other regimes such as unemployment insurance, sickness benefit allowance, etc….
Labor contract, a popular concept in Vietnam, is the most important factor verifying the labor relationship between the employee and the employer. On the other hand, the concept of a working contract is a factor that confuses many workers, often mistakenly equating it as one. So, what is the difference between a working contract and…
With the promulgation of Decree 38/2022/ND-CP changing the minimum wage of Vietnamese employees from July 2022, there are still many businesses and trained employees wondering whether this major change in the minimum wage affect the required 7% increase in the minimum wage for trained employees? Article 3 of Decree 38/2022/ND-CP stipulating monthly and hourly minimum…
Recently, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam has proposed that the labor contract with a term of one month or more will be subject to unemployment insurance in Vietnam. Currently, the community is having mixed opinions about this proposal. However, according to ASL Law, allowing employees to have short –…
The act of evasion and late payment of Vietnamese social insurance takes place a lot in Vietnam. However, the sanctioning mechanism still lacks deterrence, leading to a lot of inertia, debt payment, and even evasion of social insurance payment, which severely affects society and employees’ rights in Vietnam. According to Vietnamese law, individuals and organizations…
From July 1, 2023, Vietnam’s base salary will officially increase from 1.49 million VND/month to 1.8 million VND/month, corresponding to an increase of 20.8%. The base salary regime affects many industries and fields in Vietnam, including health insurance contributions for households. Vietnam’s base salary was increased with the approval of the Resolution on the state…
In 2022, the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam had a proposal on the lump-sum social insurance category in the next revised Law on Social Insurance regarding the careful consideration of the division of lump-sum social insurance allowance according to the contribution rate of Vietnamese employees and employers. Specifically, according to this…
According to the provisions of the Labor Code 2019 No. 45/2019/QH14 (“Labor Code 2019”), Vietnamese employees with remaining annual leave days will no longer be paid by the enterprise for the excess leave days. Accordingly, a part of Vietnamese employees wonders if they can transfer their annual leave to the following year. Currently, the law…
At some exporting and manufacturing companies in Vietnam, the employer might make an agreement with the employee not to use up their annual leave. Instead, that number of annual leave days will be used on days when the company has collective events such as team building, year-end meetings, etc., which are collective holidays for all…
If the probationary period has ended but the enterprise has not yet been able to make a decision on whether to accept or refuse to accept employees into the company, can they extend the probationary period for further consideration? The probationary period normally lasts about 2 months. Although it is quite a long time, for…