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Working time and rest time of the employees of community-based projects in Vietnam

17:00, 10/05/2017

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam promulgated Circular No. 11/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH on guidelines for the implementation of some articles of Decree No. 61/2015/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government on job creation policies and national employment fund in terms of temporary employment policy on April 20, 2017.

According to Circular No. 11/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam, the organization and arrangement of working time and rest time shall be approved by the employees of community-based projects but comply with the following regulations:

1. The working time must not exceed 8 hours a day;

2. The employee must have at least 1 day off (24 consecutive hours) every week. In special cases, the employee is not able to take weekly rest due to the work cycle, the employee may take monthly rest on the basis of at least 04 days per month.

3. In case the employee has to work overtime, the sum of normal working hours and overtime working hours must not exceed 12 hours a day.

View details at Circular No. 11/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam, effective from June 15, 2017.

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