To ensure the safety of workers during their work process, the Government of Vietnam has issued Decree 28/2020/ND-CP stipulating administrative penalties in the field of labor, social insurance, and sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts.
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03 levels of fines for violations regarding occupational safety measures (Illustration)
To be specific, at Article 20 Decree 28/2020/ND-CP stipulates 03 levels of fines for violations concerning occupational safety and hygiene measures as follows:
1. A fine ranging from VND 500,000 to VND 1,000,000 for employers who fail to create environmental sanitation records for harmful factors and occupational disease prevention as prescribed by law.
2. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 for employers committing one of the following violations:
- Failing to develop, issue, or organize the implementation of plans, regulations, and procedures ensuring occupational safety and hygiene at the workplace, or failing to consult the grassroots trade union executive committee when developing them;- Failing to arrange departments or personnel in charge of occupational safety and hygiene, medical work, or assigning personnel in charge of occupational safety and hygiene, medical work but those personnel do not meet the legal requirements;- Failing to arrange sufficient first aid and emergency forces at the workplace as prescribed;- Failing to provide training for first aid and emergency forces at the workplace as prescribed;- Failing to classify labor according to the list of heavy, hazardous, dangerous jobs, and especially heavy, hazardous, dangerous jobs to implement the policies as prescribed.
3. A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 25,000,000 for employers committing one of the following violations:
- Failing to periodically inspect and maintain machinery, equipment, workshops, and warehouses as prescribed;- Failing to equip safety and occupational hygiene devices at the workplace as prescribed;- Failing to develop and issue emergency response plans at the workplace;- Failing to make plans for occupational safety and hygiene measures at the workplace when building new, expanding, or renovating constructions and facilities for manufacturing, using, storing, or retaining machines, equipment, materials, and substances that strictly require safety and occupational hygiene;- Failing to investigate occupational accidents under their responsibility as prescribed by law; failing to report or falsely reporting occupational accidents or technical incidents causing serious safety and occupational hygiene risks;- Failing to ensure adequate and appropriate shower rooms, toilet rooms at the workplace as prescribed by law;- Failing to equip technical and medical means to ensure prompt rescue and first aid in case of technical incidents causing serious safety and occupational hygiene risks, and occupational accidents.
Thus, it can be seen that the state always creates favorable conditions and ensures workers' rights to work in conditions of occupational safety and hygiene. Additionally, there are strict penalties for actions that fail to ensure occupational safety and hygiene for workers and employers.
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