It is necessary to fully implement the legal policies of employees

​The delegation supervises the implementation of Law on Labor at a company in the province

It is necessary to fully implement the policies of employees

Supervision at Ngo Han Joint Stock Company, Long Thanh District shows that this enterprise still has many limitations in compliance with Law on Labor. Specifically, the annual OSH implementation plan has not been developed, periodical health check-ups and occupational diseases have not been established for employees, and the operating procedures for occupational safety have not been developed. For the implementation of the Law on Labor, the company has not well implemented the democratic regulations and policies towards female employees. Along with that, the enterprise still owes union fees and has not created favorable conditions for grassroots Trade Unions to operate.

In addition to Ngo Han Joint Stock Company, some businesses also have similar limitations such as: organizing employees to work overtime beyond the prescribed time; incomplete classification of the number of workers doing heavy, hazardous and dangerous jobs, workers doing jobs with strict requirements on OSH, etc. Explaining the above situation, enterprises said that due to the epidemic in the past 2 years the production conditions have become more challenging, so the implementation of a number of legal regulations has not been implemented timely.

Mr. Ho Thanh Hong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Confederation of Labor said that through supervision, the delegation had physically checked the records and papers related to the policies of employees at the enterprise; at the same time, directly go down to the workshop to survey the working environment, OSH work and know about the situation of employment, income and workers' life. Regarding the inadequacies in the implementation of regulations on Labor Law, the delegation suggested enterprises eliminate the above limitations. At the same time, it is required that enterprises strictly abide by labor law provisions such as: implementing well the democratic regulations, holding dialogues at the workplace, building a salary scale and paying a salary commensurate with the requirements of workers' jobs.

Solutions are necessary

According to Mr. Ho Thanh Hong, over the past time, the Provincial Confederation of Labor has coordinated with departments and branches in the province to synchronously implement many solutions to raise the awareness of abiding by the provisions of the Labor Law, creating the harmonious, stable and progressive labor relationships at enterprises. Along with that, promoting propaganda and dissemination of Law on Labor to employees is a very important task of the Trade Union. However, violations of labor laws still occur in many places.

In addition, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs regularly organizes inspection groups to inspect the implementation of Law on Labor at enterprises and take many forms of timely sanctions. However, in many enterprises, the implementation of Law on Labor is still formal and has not really achieved high efficiency. Specifically, when an enterprise signs a contract with an employee, the content of the labor contract is not fully written or not specific; signing labor contracts in contravention of regulations, jobs of a regular nature but signing labor contracts with a term or a seasonal basis.

Besides the mistakes of enterprises, on the part of employees, their awareness of Law on Labor is still limited, so they are not conscious of protecting their legitimate rights and interests. In addition, the propaganda and dissemination of Labor Law has only been at the management department of the enterprise and has not yet reached the employees, which is also a reason why employees still lose their rights when working at enterprises. In which, enterprises owe social insurance, salary debt, illegal dismissal or workplace arrangement that is not as committed in the labor contracts.

Mr. Cao Duy Thai, Deputy Head of the Department of Labor Policy under the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said that in the coming time, the Department will organize many training sessions on Labor Law for business owners, personnel working in human resources, and Trade Unions to master the regulations and perform well at enterprises. The training contents focused on labor policies, wages, labor relations. In addition, the training conference also raised some common situations, exchanged and answered problems in the implementation of labor policies at enterprises on labor contracts, wages, labor discipline and material responsibility, labor disputes.

Mr. Le Duc Thuy, Vice Chairman of the Trang Bom Confederation of Labor said that one of the urgent measures to limit enterprises' violations of the Labor Law is to strengthen coordination among the provincial branches in inspection. To consult and guide enterprises to well comply with the provisions of labor law. Enterprises are required to strictly implement policies for employees, and at the same time implement measures to ensure occupational safety and health, in order to minimize occupational accidents and diseases in production and business.

Phong Lan