Holiday schedule April 30 - May 1, 2023: Will the employees in Vietnam enjoy 5 consecutive days off? What is the day of Hung Kings' death anniversary Day?
- Holiday schedule April 30 - May 1, 2023: Will the officials, public employees, and employees in Vietnam enjoy 5 consecutive days off?
- How long does the vacation of Hung Kings' death anniversary Day and April 30 - May 1, 2023 for employees working at enterprises in Vietnam last?
- Vietnam: How to extend the holiday period for Hung Kings' death anniversary Day, April 30 and May 1, 2023?
Holiday schedule April 30 - May 1, 2023: Will the officials, public employees, and employees in Vietnam enjoy 5 consecutive days off?
According to Clause 1, Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019, on the occasion of the Hung Kings' death anniversary Day and April 30 - May 1, employees are entitled to leave as follows:
- The Hung Kings' death anniversary Day: a day (March 10 of lunar year)
- Victory Day: one day (April 30 of solar calendar).
- International Labor Day: one day (May 01 of solar calendar).
In addition, according to Clause 3, Article 111 of the Labor Code 2019, in case a public holiday falls on an employee’s weekly break coincide with a public holiday, he/she will have compensatory time-off on the next working days.
However, a special thing is that in 2023, the Hung Kings' death anniversary Day of the lunar calendar falls on Saturday, April 29, 2023 and Victory Day (April 30, 2023) and International Labor Day (May 1, 2023) take place on the following Sunday and Monday.
As can be seen, 02 public holidays fall on Saturday and Sunday, so officials, public employees and employees have a holiday on Saturday, Sunday, the anniversary of the death anniversary and April 30 - May 1 of the year 2023 lasts for 5 consecutive days from April 29, 2023 to the end of May 3, 2023.
How long does the vacation of Hung Kings' death anniversary Day and April 30 - May 1, 2023 for employees working at enterprises in Vietnam last?
It can be seen that for employees who have Saturday and Sunday leave, the holiday schedule for the anniversary of the Hung Kings' death anniversary Day and April 30 - May 1, 2023 lasts for 5 consecutive days from April 29, 2023 to the end of May 3, 2023.
In addition, for units with weekly rest on Sunday, employees are entitled to take leave for Hung Kings' death anniversary Day, April 30 and May 1 for 04 consecutive days, from April 29 to the end of May 2.
Holiday schedule April 30 - May 1, 2023: Will the employees in Vietnam enjoy 5 consecutive days off? What is the day of Hung Kings' death anniversary Day?
Vietnam: How to extend the holiday period for Hung Kings' death anniversary Day, April 30 and May 1, 2023?
Take unpaid leave
According to the provisions of Article 115 of the Labor Code 2019 on personal leave and unpaid leave as follows:
Personal leave, unpaid leave
1. An employee is entitled to take a fully paid personal leave in the following circumstances, as long as it is notified to the employer in advance:
a) Marriage: 03 days;
b) Marriage of his/her biological child or adopted child: 01 day;
c) Death of his/her biological or adoptive parent; death of his/her spouse’s biological or adoptive parent; death of spouse, biological or adopted child: 03 days.
2. An employee is entitled to take 01 day of unpaid leave and must inform the employer in the case of the death of his/her grandparent or biological sibling; marriage of his/her parent or natural sibling.
3. The employee may negotiate with his/her employer on taking unpaid leave other than the leave stipulated in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article.
Thus, if an employee wishes to extend the holiday period, he or she can negotiate with the enterprise to take unpaid leave.
Take annual leave
Pursuant to Article 113 of the Labor Code 2019, the annual leave of the employee is as follows:
Annual leave
1. Any employee who has been working for an employer for 12 months is entitled to fully-paid annual leave, which is stipulated in his/her employment contract as follows:
a) 12 working days for employees who work in normal working conditions;
b) 14 working days for employees that are minors, the disabled, employees who do laborious, toxic or dangerous works;
c) 16 working days for employees who do highly laborious, toxic or dangerous works.
2. An employee who has been working for an employer for less than 12 months will have a number of paid leave days proportional to the number of working months.
3. An employee who, due to employment termination or job loss, has not taken or not entirely taken up his/her annual leave shall be paid in compensation for the untaken leave days.
4. The employer has the responsibility to regulate the timetable for annual leaves after consultation with the employees and must give prior notice to the employees. An employee may reach an agreement with the employer on taking annual leave in instalments or combining annual leave over a maximum period of up to 03 years.
5. When an employee takes his/her annual leave before salary payment is due, he/she may receive an advance in accordance with Clause 3 Article 101 of this Labor Code.
6. When taking annual leave, should the employee travel by road, rail, water and the travel days, the traveling time in excess to 02 days will be added to the annual leave days, and this policy shall only be granted once for an annual leave in a year.
7. The Government shall elaborate this Article.
Thus, in addition to taking unpaid leave, employees can use their annual leave to extend the holiday.
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