Employment

BLAW advises many foreign invested companies, branches and representative of foreign companies on all aspects of labor matters including recruitment, employment relations advice, labor restructuring and redundancy advices, award policy advice, social, healthcare and unemployment insurance and implementation, drafting of labor contracts, labor collective agreements, acting on behalf of clients in relation to in-courts or out-of court settlement of labor disputes.

The female employee is entitled to take leave before and after birth, collectively of six months.

The Labor Code 2012 of Vietnam, which is the prescribed law in the territory of Vietnam, specifies the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the employers and the employees. This Code is applicable to the following[...]

Question: I am writing to find out about a quote with regards to Due Diligence on an employee we have based in Vietnam. We are an Hongkong based organisation which works with primarily Hongkong companies which are trading with or investing in the Caribbean.  We are expanding range of Chinese and...

SBLAW would like to provide foreign investor some information about employment contract under Vietnam Labor Code as follows:

No. Document Who to provide Language Remarks Application from Client for the Work Permit Form to be provided by SBLAW, filled out by Client. English & Vietnamese 02 copies are required.To be signed by Client in both languages. 2. Certificate of Business Registration/ Establishment License of Client To be provided by Client 02 notarized copies are required. 3. Clean Criminal record issued by...

Articles 179 to 183 of the Labor Code deals with the provisions related to employees working in the household. Under law, the term housework includes but not limited to housework, housekeeping, child care, patient care, driving, gardening and other work but not related to the commercial activities[...]

The normal working hours prescribed under law is a maximum of 8 hours a day or 48 hours a week and the employer shall have the right to determine. The working hours at night shall commence at 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. of the following day. An employee can be...

If client would like to get Criminal Record/ Police Clarence when doing immigration procedure into foreign countries, SBLAW would like to advise as follows:

In addition to Salary, the Employer can pay allowance to Employee. Rate and type of each allowance shall be very much depended on mutual agreement between Employee and Employer[...]