The Labor Code 2019

The Labor Code of 2019, designated as No. 45/2019/QH14, was passed by the National Assembly on November 20th, 2019, encompassing notable content such as documented types of labor contracts, the right to terminate labor contracts, and the retirement age of workers.  

This Code serves to regulate labor relations between employers and employees, as well as social relations directly associated with labor relations that emerge during the process of employing labor. The Labor Code of 2019 comprises the following sections: 

– General provisions; 

– Employment, recruitment and labor management; 

– Labor contract; 

– Vocational education and vocational skills development; 

– Workplace dialogue, collective bargaining, collective labor agreement; 

– Salary; 

– Working time and rest time; 

– Labor discipline and material responsibility; 

– Occupational safety and hygiene; 

– Special regulations for female workers and ensuring gender equality; 

– Special regulations for minor workers and some other workers; 

– Social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance; 

– Organizing employee representatives at the facility; 

– Resolving labor disputes; 

– State management of labor; 

– Labor inspection and handling violations of labor laws; 

– Terms of enforcement.