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Workplace Harmony In Vietnam: Understanding Trade Unions And CBAs In Vietnam
- 12 November 2024
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- by Stephen Le
Friend or foe? Trade unions, employee representation, and collective bargaining agreements play a pivotal role in building a balanced and productive workplace. In this guide, Lê Hoàng Chương (Stephen), Hannah Huynh, and Tee Le explore Vietnam’s labor landscape, offering insights to help you create stronger, more cooperative environments.
Strategic Approaches to Employment Termination in Vietnam
- 24 October 2024
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- by Stephen Le
Employment termination in Vietnam requires careful adherence to the country’s labor laws, which are designed to protect employee rights. For employers, navigating these regulations is essential to avoid wrongful termination claims and costly disputes. This guide provides strategic insights into the legal grounds for terminating employees, the procedural steps required for compliance, and best practices to safeguard your company’s interests. Understanding Legal Grounds for Employment Termination in Vietnam Vietnamese labor law specifies several legitimate grounds for...
Reimagining Workspace
- 17 October 2024
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- by Stephen Le
As the workplace continues to evolve, so do the legal frameworks that shape it. From remote work policies to sabbaticals and hot desking, companies are facing new challenges. In this guide, Lê Hoàng Chương (Stephen), Hannah Huynh, and Tee Le share insights on the future of work to help your organization stay ahead of the curve.
What Happens When You Lose Your Job?
- 16 October 2024
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- by Stephen Le
This is a difficult but necessary conversation to have. While retrenchment numbers have fallen since record highs during COVID-19, the turmoil in some sectors of the economy continues. What happens to a person when they are told to leave? We hope this is helpful.
Handling Violations Of Regulations On Labor Leasing
- 05 August 2024
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- by Hannah Huynh
Emerging from growing lab demand by enterprises in recent years, the trend of labor leasing has become a vital part of the economy. This solution helps businesses manage their personnel for upcoming production plans in urgent, short-term situations, or when recruitment is inconvenient. Labor leasing fills this role by creating opportunities for both employees and employers to connect easily. This solution has many advantages due to its proactive and flexible nature, allowing for the easy acquisition...
An Introduction to Employment Law in Vietnam
- 02 August 2024
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- by Stephen Le
Stay ahead in HR and legal compliance with this guide to Employment Law with our legal experts Lê Hoàng Chương (Stephen), Hannah Huynh and Vu Nguyen. Stay in the know on contract types, employee status, and minimum wage requirements and ensure compliance with Vietnam’s 2019 Labour Code.
Adjustment Of Minimum Wage And Key Points For Businesses When Creating Salary Scales
- 22 July 2024
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- by Vania Van
In recent years, the manufacturing and business market has continued its recovery trend. The labor market remains stable, with wages and incomes of workers continuing to rise. These are positive signals for the socio-economic situation in Vietnam. In response to this positive trend, on July 1, 2024, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs adjusted the regional minimum wage. This wage adjustment is viewed as crucial to ensure the rights of workers, increase employee satisfaction...
Employment Discrimination
- 04 July 2024
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- by Stephen Le
To illustrate this topic, let’s see the following cases which relate to gender discrimination (which is the most common type of discrimination): Case 1: Female employee A was selected to participate in an upcoming training course. However, since said female employee recently discovered that she was pregnant, the company decided instead to send another employee to that training course. The reason being that it would not be beneficial for the company if said female employee finishes...
Vietnam Labor Relations in the Context of Digital Transformation
- 02 July 2024
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- by Hannah Huynh
The objective in the context of Vietnam’s phenomenal digital transformation in recent years is to build progressive, harmonious, and stable labor relations for businesses and workers at the national and regional levels. Promoting a positive cooperative spirit in resolving issues helps companies achieve profits while fulfilling the needs of workers and minimizing conflicts leading to conflicts of interest between parties. In addition, the developing social context and economic situation generate new issues in labor relations, requiring...
The Foundation for Establishing Stable and Developed Labor Relations
- 02 July 2024
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- by Vania Van
Vietnam is continuing to adapt to meet the challenges of integrating into the global economy. As such, compliance with international labor standards requires Vietnam to adopt an appropriate labor relations model. For enterprises, building harmonious, stable, and progressive labor relations is one of the key factors contributing to a stable investment environment, ensuring sustainable economic growth, and achieving social progress and equity. Not only are Labor relations a critical aspect of social and professional life, but...
Noteworthy Issues regarding Foreign Workers in Vietnam
- 22 April 2024
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- by Hannah Huynh
Can an Indefinite-term Labor Contract be Signed with a Foreign Employee? From January 01, 2021, Article 151 of the 2019 Labor Code specifies that only a definite-term labor contract can be signed with a foreign employee with the term not exceeding the work permit term, and the parties may agree to enter into several definite-term labor contracts. The provision of signing an indefinite-term labor contract after two occasions of signing a definite-term labor contract (Article 20...
Case Study – Decision No. 755/QD-PQTT: Annulment of Arbitral Award on Confidentiality & Non-Compete
- 10 April 2024
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- by Vania Van
Decision No: 755/2018/QD-PQTT Requesting party: Ms. Do Thi Mai T. Party with related rights and obligations: X LLC Regarding: Request for annulment of arbitral award in dispute violating confidentiality and non-compete agreement Facts of the Case X LLC and Ms. Do Thi Mai T. entered into a fixed-term employment contract for 12 months, from October 10, 2015, to October 31, 2016. The position on offer was Head of the Recruitment Department. On October 21, 2015, X...
