Vietnam: Mrs. Phung Thi Thuy Lieu (vthl@foster...) takes maternity leave from January 2, 2014 to June 1, 2014. The first 1-year-term employment contract of Mrs. Lieu expired on February 15, 2014. The Company has made a contract addendum to suspend the employment contract for Mrs. Lieu to sign before her leave.
The Law on Public Employees issued by the National Assembly of Vietnam on November 15, 2010, and effective from January 1, 2012, marks an important milestone signifying a new trend in the legal regulation of public employees within public service providers - performing public services, significantly impacting 1.6 million workers (of which up to 80% are public education employees) currently working in nearly 52,000 public service providers. One of the topics within the Law on Public Employees that has garnered considerable attention from academia is the issue of employment contracts for public employees.
Draft Labor Code 2017 The Draft Labor Code 2017 is currently open for comments and suggestions, and is expected to be implemented from January 1, 2018. Surrounding the proposed new regulations in the Draft are various supporting and opposing opinions. However, regardless of how the Labor Code is adjusted, it always aims to protect the legitimate rights of workers in general. Below is one proposal that has received widespread support from workers.
Employees in Vietnam are entitled to unilaterally terminate their employment contracts without the employer's consent if they fall into any of the cases stated in this article.
I am working as a security guard at a commercial center in Hanoi. When I started working, there was only an oral agreement between me and the employer regarding the salary. The agreement includes a two-month working period, and the accompanying policies. Can this agreement be considered an employment contract? If there are any violations by the employer, would I be entitled to compensation?
Circular 03/2019/TT-BNV amending regulations on the recruitment of officials and public employees has been issued, including amendments to the employment contract templates applicable to public employees.
May employers in Vietnam fire employees after suspension of the employment contract?? This is a question that Lawnet has recently received quite frequently from our Valued Customers and Members. The editorial team at Lawnet will address this issue in the article below.
The Labor Code 2012 stipulates that when resignment, the employee is entitled to a severance allowance paid by the employer. Are employers in Vietnam obliged to pay severance allowance to employees in any case?
Probation is the period during which the employer both trains and evaluates the capabilities of the employee before formally signing an employment contract. Therefore, are employers in Vietnam required to receive employees completing the probationary period?
Many employees in Vietnam have concluded fixed-term employment contracts, but when the contract expires, the employer does not renew the contract. So, what actions are taken in cases where employees continue working when their employment contracts expire under the Labor Code 2019?
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