Appendix of the Labor Contract: What Contents of the Contract Are Amended?

Article 22 of the 2019 Labor Code stipulates the appendix of the labor contract as follows:

- The appendix of the labor contract is a part of the labor contract and has the same validity as the labor contract.

- The appendix details, amends, and supplements certain articles and clauses of the labor contract but does not alter the duration of the labor contract.

In cases where the appendix details certain articles and clauses of the labor contract leading to a different interpretation from the labor contract, the content of the labor contract shall prevail.

In cases where the appendix amends or supplements certain articles and clauses of the labor contract, it must specify the modified or supplemented content and the effective date.

=> Thus, according to the above regulation, the appendix of the labor contract is allowed to amend the contents of the labor contract, but the duration of the labor contract cannot be changed. Under the old regulation, the duration of the labor contract could be changed.

Article 21 of the Labor Code stipulates the contents of the labor contract as follows:

- Name and address of the employer, and the full name and title of the person entering into the labor contract on behalf of the employer;

- Full name, date of birth, gender, place of residence, and number of the Citizen Identification Card, Identification Card, or passport of the person entering into the labor contract on behalf of the employee;

- Job and workplace;

- Duration of the labor contract;

- Salary as per job or title, payment method, payment period, salary allowances, and other additional amounts;

- Wage raise and promotion regime;

- Working hours and rest time;

- Labor safety equipment for the employee;

- Social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance;

- Training, advanced training, and skills improvement

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