PERIODICAL DISCUSSION AT WORKING PLACES ONCE 3 MONTHS
This is the Government’s requirements for units at the Decree No. 60/2013/ND-CP dated June 19, 2013 promulgating details the clause 3, Article 63 of the Labor Code on the implementation of democracy regulation at working places.
At this Decree, the Government promulgates two forms of democracy implementation at working places, including: discuss at working places and laborer conference.
Accordingly, Employers shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with organizations representing labor collectives at foundation levels in exercising periodical discussions at working places on 03 months basis to exchange, discuss contents; distance between two adjacent periodical discussions does not exceed 90 days. If time of holding periodical discussion coincided with time of holding laborer conferences, enterprises are not required to hold the periodical discussion. Each party shall determine quantity, members, standards of members in periodical discussions at working places. Enterprises employing 10 employees or more must hold laborer conferences, laborer conferences are held 12 months once. In addition, laborer conferences are held under form of plenary conference for enterprises employing less than 100 employees and form of congress of representatives for enterprises employing 100 employees or more.
Besides, the Decree also promulgates other forms of democracy implementation such as supplying and exchanging information at meetings of key leaders or at meetings from groups, teams to whole enterprises or at specialized meetings of departments, workshops, production groups and teams; listing publicly at advantageous places in enterprises and so on.
This Decree takes effect on August 15, 2013 and replaces Decree No. 07/1999/ND-CP dated February 13, 1999 and the Decree No. 87/2007/ND-CP dated May 28, 2007.
