What are the responsibilities of trade unions towards employees in Vietnam? What are the duties of trade union members in Vietnam?
What are the responsibilities of trade unions towards employees in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 10 of the 2012 Law on Trade Union in Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Representation, protection of legal and legitimate rights and interests of laborers
1. Guiding, consulting laborers on their rights and obligations upon concluding, performing labor contracts, working contracts with units employing laborers.
2. Representing the labor collective in agreement of, conclusion and supervision of the implementation of collective labor accord.
3. Participating with units employing laborers to formulate and supervise the implementation of wage scales and wage groups, the labor standards, regulations of wave paying, regulations of reward, labor regulation.
4. Dialoguing with units employing laborers to settle problems related to rights and obligations of laborers.
5. Organizing of law consulting activities for laborers.
6. Taking part in settle labor disputes together with competent agencies, organizations or personals
7. Proposing to organizations, competent state agencies for consideration, settlement upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective or laborers are breached.
8. Representing labor collective to sue at the Court upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective are breached; representing laborer to suing at the Court upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of laborer are breached and being authorized by laborer.
9. Representing labor collective to participate in legal proceeding related to cases of labor, administration, enterprise bankruptcy in order to protect the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective and laborers
10. Organization and leadership of strikes as prescribed by law.
The Government shall detail this article after unifying with Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.
Thus, the Trade Union has the responsibilities for representation, protection of legal and legitimate rights and interests of laborers, specifically:
- Guiding, consulting laborers on their rights and obligations upon concluding, performing labor contracts, working contracts with units employing laborers.
- Representing the labor collective in agreement of, conclusion and supervision of the implementation of collective labor accord.
- Participating with units employing laborers to formulate and supervise the implementation of wage scales and wage groups, the labor standards, regulations of wave paying, regulations of reward, labor regulation.
- Dialoguing with units employing laborers to settle problems related to rights and obligations of laborers.
- Organizing of law consulting activities for laborers.
- Taking part in settle labor disputes together with competent agencies, organizations or personals
- Proposing to organizations, competent state agencies for consideration, settlement upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective or laborers are breached.
- Representing labor collective to sue at the Court upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective are breached; representing laborer to suing at the Court upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of laborer are breached and being authorized by laborer.
- Representing labor collective to participate in legal proceeding related to cases of labor, administration, enterprise bankruptcy in order to protect the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective and laborers
- Organization and leadership of strikes as prescribed by law.
What are the responsibilities of trade unions towards employees in Vietnam? What are the duties of trade union members in Vietnam?
What are the duties of trade union members in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 19 of the 2012 Law on Trade Union in Vietnam, trade union members have the following duties:
- Complying and performing the Charter of Vietnamese Trade Union, resolutions of Trade Union; participating in activities of Trade Union, developing Trade Union organizations firmly and strongly.
- Studying and improving cultural and political level, professional and specialized skills; training quality of the working-class; living and working under Constitution and laws.
- Uniting, helping mates to improve professional level and skill, work effectively and protect legal and legitimate rights and interests of laborers and Trade Union organizations.
What are the rights of trade union members in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 18 of the 2012 Law on Trade Union in Vietnam, the rights of trade union members are as follows:
- Requesting Trade Union to represent, protect legal and legitimate rights and interests upon being violated.
- Being informed, discussing, proposing and voting affairs of Trade Union; being informed of lines, guidelines, policies of the Party and law of the State related to Trade Union, laborers; regulations of Trade Union.
- Self-nominating, nominating, and voting the agency of Trade Union leaders under regulations of the Charter of Vietnamese Trade Union, questioning leaders of Trade Union; proposing for handling Trade Union’s cadres having mistakes.
- Being consulted of law, free legal aiding on labor law and Trade Union law.
- Being guided, helped by Trade Union to find jobs, learn a trade; being cared, helped upon getting sick or meeting difficult situations.
- Participating in activities of culture, sport, travel organized by Trade Union.
- Suggesting Trade Union to recommend agencies, organizations and enterprises related to implementation of regimes, policies, laws for laborers.
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