What are the conditions for employers to request employees to work overtime in Vietnam? What are the cases of overtime working without the employee's consent?
What are the conditions for employers to request employees to work overtime in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 107 of the Labor Code 2019 stipulates as follows:
Overtime work
1. Overtime work is the duration of work performed at any other time than during normal working hours, as indicated in the law, collective bargaining agreement or internal labor regulations of an employer.
2. An employer has the right to request an employee to work overtime when all of the following conditions are met:
a) The employee agrees to work overtime;
b) The number of overtime working hours of the employee does not exceed 50% of the normal working hours in 01 day; in case of weekly work, the total normal working hours plus overtime working hours shall not exceed 12 hours in 01 day, and 40 hours in 01 month;
c) The total overtime working hours do not exceed 200 hours in 01 year, except for the cases specified in Clause 3 of this Article.
3. An employer must not request an employee to work overtime exceeding 300 hours in 01 year in the following fields, works, jobs and cases:
a) Manufacture, processing of textile, garment, footwear, electric, electronic products, processing of agricultural, forestry, aquaculture products, salt production;
b) Generation and supply of electricity, telecommunications, refinery operation; water supply and drainage;
c) Works that require highly skilled workers that are not available on the labor market at the time;
d) Urgent works that cannot be delayed due to seasonal reasons or availability of materials or products, or due to unexpected causes, bad weather, natural disasters, fire, hostility, shortage of power or raw materials, or technical issue of the production line;
dd) Other cases prescribed by the Government.
4. When organizing overtime work as prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article, the employer shall send a written notification to the provincial labor authority.
5. The Government shall elaborate this Article.
Accordingly, an employer has the right to request an employee to work overtime when all of the following conditions are met:
- The employee agrees to work overtime;
- The number of overtime working hours of the employee does not exceed 50% of the normal working hours in 01 day; in case of weekly work, the total normal working hours plus overtime working hours shall not exceed 12 hours in 01 day, and 40 hours in 01 month;
- The total overtime working hours do not exceed 200 hours in 01 year.
What are the conditions for employers to request employees to work overtime in Vietnam? What are the cases of overtime working without the employee's consent? (Image from the Internet)
Vietnam: What are the cases of overtime working without the employee's consent?
Pursuant to Article 108 of the Labor Code 2019, it is stipulated as follows:
Overtime working in special cases
In the following cases, an employer has the right to request any employee to work overtime on any day without limits on the overtime hours as prescribed in Article 107 of this Labor Code and the employee must not decline:
1. Execution of a conscription order for the purpose of national security or national defense as prescribed by law;
2. Performance of tasks necessary to protect human life or property of certain organizations or individuals in the prevention and recovery of natural disasters, fires, epidemics and disasters, unless those tasks threaten the employees’ health or life as prescribed by occupational safety and health laws.
Thus, an employer has the right to request any employee to work overtime on any day without limits on the overtime hours in the following cases:
- Execution of a conscription order for the purpose of national security or national defense as prescribed by law;
- Performance of tasks necessary to protect human life or property of certain organizations or individuals in the prevention and recovery of natural disasters, fires, epidemics and disasters, unless those tasks threaten the employees’ health or life as prescribed by occupational safety and health laws.
How to calculate the overtime pay in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 98 of the Labor Code 2019 stipulates as follows:
Overtime pay, night work pay
1. An employee who works overtime will be paid an amount based on the piece rate or actual salary as follows:
a) On normal days: at least 150%;
b) On weekly days off: at least 200%;
c) During public holidays, paid leave, at least 300%, not including the daily salary during the public holidays or paid leave for employees receiving daily salaries.
2. An employee who works at night will be paid an additional amount of at least 30% of the normal salary.
3. An employee who works overtime at night will be paid, in addition to the salary specified in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article, an amount of at least 20% of the day work salary of a normal day, weekend or public holiday.
4. The Government shall elaborate this Article.
Thus, the employee's overtime salary is calculated according to the above regulations.
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