Employees performing work with a duration of less than 1 month may be engaged through an oral contract according to the new regulations in the Draft Labor Code (amended).
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To be specific, the Draft Amendment of the Labor Code stipulates that parties can enter into contracts verbally for contracts with a term of less than one month, except for cases stipulated in Point a Clause 1 Article 147 (entering into contracts with persons under 15 years old) and Clause 1 Article 164 (entering into contracts with domestic workers) of this Code.
Meanwhile, the current regulation in the Labor Code 2012 allows verbal labor contracts for temporary jobs with a term of less than three months.
Additionally, the Draft also stipulates that labor contracts entered into through electronic means in the form of data messages as per the Law on Electronic Transactions are considered written labor contracts.
With the provision allowing verbal labor contracts for a term of less than one month, employers and employees can be more flexible and easily negotiate and enter into labor contracts.
See the detailed content in the Draft Amendment of the Labor Code expected to take effect from January 1, 2021.
Duy Thinh
