Vietnam’s regulation on rest hours of employees in petroleum exploration and extraction at sea

Vietnam’s regulation on rest hours of employees in petroleum exploration and extraction at sea

- After each shift, employees shall be provided with at least 10 consecutive hours of rest before their next shift.

- Employers shall provide employees with rest periods included in the official working hours, with a total rest period of at least 60 minutes, ensuring the requirements for 30 consecutive minutes of rest periods or 45 consecutive minutes of rest periods for night shifts.

- In addition to rest hours during working shifts, after each working session, full-time employees shall be arranged to have a continuous rest with the number of days equal to the number of days in the previous working session.

- Part-time employees shall be arranged to have rest in conformity with the situation of their work, specifically as follows:

+ Employees working on petroleum works at sea on weekdays: 1 working day at sea shall be compensated with a rest period of half a working day;

+ Employees working on petroleum works at sea on weekly holidays: 1 working day at sea shall be compensated with a rest period of a working day;

+ Employees working on petroleum works at sea on public holidays: 1 working day at sea shall be compensated with a rest period of 2 working days;

- Employees shall be entitled to annual leave in addition to short rests between working sessions in compliance with Article 113 and Article 114 of the Labor Code 2019. If it is impossible to arrange leave for employees, employers shall make agreements on integrating annual leave into the rest periods between working sessions.

- Employees shall be arranged to enjoy public holidays, personal leave, and unpaid leave in compliance with Article 112 and Article 115 of the Labor Code 2019.

Employees shall be paid for extra hours if any public holiday coincides with their working sessions as prescribed by laws.

See more details in Circular No. 20/2023/TT-BCT, which comes into force as of December 25, 2023 and replaces Circular No. 24/2015/TT-BCT dated July 31, 2015.

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