Vietnam: The act of discrimination by gender in recruitment shall be fined severely

Decree No. 88/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government supplements Article 4a after Article 4 of Decree No. 95/2013/NĐ-CP: “A fine of from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of discrimination by gender, skin color, social class, marital status, belief, religion, HIV infection, impairment in recruitment, employment, and worker management.”.

Besides, Decree No. 88/2015/NĐ-CP also supplements penalties for violations against regulations on recruitment and management of workers:

- A fine of from VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed upon any employer that commits any of the following violations:

+ Failure to publicly announce the labor demand, failure to announce the labor demand at least 5 working days before receiving workers’ applications, or failure to make an announcement that contain sufficient information as prescribed by law;

+ Failure to publicly announce the recruitment result or failure to announce the recruitment result within 05 working days from the day on which the result is available.

- A fine of from VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed upon any employer that commits any of the following violations:

+ Collecting money from applicants;

+ Failure to make a labor management book; failure to make a labor management book on schedule or that contains sufficient information as prescribed by law; failure to record and update information about works on the labor management book when employment contracts take effect; failure to update information about changes on the labor management book.

View other provisions at Decree No. 88/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 25, 2015.

Thu Ba

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