Official Dispatch No. 1064/LDTBXH-QHLDTL of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs on instruction for work suspension wage payment and regime for the employee during work suspension related to Covid-19 pandemic

To:

Department of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs
of provinces and municipal cities

In recent time, due to the impact of Covid-19 epidemic, production and business of many enterprises have encountered difficulties, some enterprises have to suspend or narrow production, a number of employees have to stop working due to effects of the pandemic such as: (i) Foreign employee who are not allowed to return to the enterprise for work during the pandemic period in accordance with provisions; (ii) The employee must carry out quarantine at the request of the competent authority; (iii) employee has to suspend working due to the enterprise or the enterprise division cannot operate because other employees have not returned to work at the request of the competent authority; (iv) enterprises are facing difficulties due to pandemic affecting material sources and market operation leading to production narrowing and not having enough jobs for employee.

Depend on that actual situation, to implement wage regime during work suspension and other regimes of the employee in accordance with labor law provisions, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social suggest that Department of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs at localities carry out the following actions:

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