Vietnam: Is it possible for employment contracts to be concluded by representatives?
Vietnam: Is it possible for employment contracts to be concluded by representatives?
Article 18 of the 2019 Labor Code stipulates the authority to enter into labor contracts as follows:
Competence to conclude employment contracts
1. Employees may directly conclude their employment contracts, except for the cases specified in Clause 2 of this Article.
2. In respect of seasonal works or certain jobs which have a duration of less than 12 months, a group of employees aged 18 or older may authorized the representative of the group to conclude the employment contract, in which case such employment contract shall be effective as if it was separately concluded by each of the employees.
The employment contract concluded by the said representative must be enclosed with a list clearly stating the full names, ages, genders, residences and signatures of all employees concerned.
3. The person who concludes the employment contract on the employer’s side shall be:
a) The legal representative of the enterprise or an authorized person as prescribed by law;
b) The head of the organization that is a juridical person, or an authorized person as prescribed by law;
c) The representative of the household, artels or an organization that is not a juridical person, or an authorized person as prescribed by law;
d) The individual who directly hires the employee.
4. The person who concludes the employment contract on the employee’s side shall be:
a) The employee himself/herself if he/she is 18 or older;
b) The employee aged 15 to under 18 with a written consensus by his/her legal representative;
c) The employee aged under 15 and his/her legal representative;
d) The employee lawfully authorized by the group of employees to conclude the employment contract.
5. The person who is authorized to conclude the employment contract must not authorize another person to conclude the employment contract.
Thus, according to the above regulations, in respect of seasonal works or certain jobs which have a duration of less than 12 months, a group of employees aged 18 or older may authorized the representative of the group to conclude the employment contract, in which case such employment contract shall be effective as if it was separately concluded by each of the employees.
The employment contract concluded by the said representative must be enclosed with a list clearly stating the full names, ages, genders, residences and signatures of all employees concerned.
Vietnam: Is it possible for employment contracts to be concluded by representatives?
What are the obligations to provide information before conclusion of employment contracts in Vietnam?
Article 16 of the 2019 Labor Code stipulates the obligations to provide information before conclusion of an employment contract as follows:
- The employer shall provide the employee with truthful information about the job, workplace, working conditions, working hours, rest periods, occupational safety and health, wage, forms of wage payment, social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, regulations on business secret, technological know-how, and other issues directly related to the conclusion of the employment contract if requested by the employee.
- The employee shall provide the employer with truthful information about his/her full name, date of birth, gender, residence, educational level, occupational skills and qualifications, health conditions and other issues directly related to the conclusion of the employment contract which are requested by the employer.
What are the contents of employment contracts in Vietnam?
The contents of the employment contracts are specified in Article 21 of the 2019 Labor Code including the following main contents:
- The employer’s name, address; full name and position of the person who concludes the contract on the employer’s side;
- Full name, date of birth, gender, residence, identity card number or passport number of the person who concludes the contract on the employee’s side;
- The job and workplace;
- Duration of the employment contract;
- Job- or position-based salary, form of salary payment, due date for payment of salary, allowances and other additional payments;
- Regimes for promotion and pay rise;
- Working hours, rest periods;
- Personal protective equipment for the employee;
- Social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance;
- Basic training and advanced training, occupational skill development.
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