LCs signed with handy workers Under the labour laws, Employers may agree with Employees to apply full-time or part-time employment regimes. Accordingly, the part-time working regime is defined as the mode where Employees have shorter working time than the normal working day by the day or by the week as stipulated in the labour law…

The Labour law does not particularly provide for the case where foreign traders’ representative offices (“RO”) terminate LCs with their Employees when ROs cease to operate in Vietnam. However, based on the cases of LC termination listed in the Labor Code[1], there are now two points of view concerning the case of LC termination as…

After Employees terminate LCs, must the Employer pay them unemployment allowances for the period when they do not contribute to the UI fund? First, it is necessary to clarify the two concepts below: “Unemployment allowances” are the amounts that the SI agency pays to eligible Employees when LCs are terminated[1]. “Severance allowances” are the amounts…

What type of contract do paid internship contracts fall into? Case 1: One party to the contract is a student expecting graduation and wishing to work as an Intern for the Employer. In consideration of the regulations of the Labor Code, there are no regulations governing the admission of Interns. However, pursuant to Article 12.6…

Pursuant to Article 45 of the Labor Code, in case of transfer of the ownership or the right to use corporate properties, Employers take the following responsibilities: Set up a plan to employ labour pursuant to the Labor Code[1]; Calculate statutory retrenchment allowances to pay Employees who must terminate LCs according to the said labour…