Working at night is the normal working hours provided by labour law, the CLA or ILRs and this period falls within the time frame from 22:00 to 6:00 of the following day[1]. In fact, manufacturing enterprises often specify working on shifts and Employees who work on the third shift from 22:00 to 6:00 of the…

As prescribed by labour law, salary allowances are construed as[1]: The monetary amounts to compensate for the elements of working condition, job with complicated nature, living condition, labour force attraction which have not been counted into the contract salary or have not been considered satisfactory. These include: The amount to compensate for working conditions: applicable…

Time-based salaries will be paid according to the actual number of months, weeks, days or hours that Employees have spent doing their work[1]. If Employees receive monthly salaries, salaries will be paid for a working month based on LCs[2]. Of note, monthly salaries do not depend on the normal number of working days in a…

Pursuant to labour law, Employers are obliged to ensure that the salary paid to Employees must not be lower than the area minimum wage prescribed by the Government. The area minimum wage is differently applied in each area based on where Employees work. Specifically, Article 4.1 of Decree 141/2017/NĐ-CP determines the principle of applying the…

Pursuant to labour law, the lowest salary of a job or title requiring traineeship (including enterprise-trained Employees) must be at least 7% higher than the area minimum wage as regulated by the Government[1]. In particular, the Employees who have undergone vocational training or education include[2]: Persons who have been granted a vocational certificate, vocational diploma,…