07 LIGHT WORKS PERMITTED TO USE LABORERS UNDER 15 YEARS OLD
On June 11, 2013, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued the Circular No. 11/2013/TT-BLDTBXH detailing the list of the light works permitted to use laborers under 15 years old to work.
Also in accordance with this Circular, list of works allowed using laborers under 15 years old to work includes arts and crafts: embroidery, art wood, make horn comb, weaving net, making Dong Ho paintings, molding toy figurine; wicker, making home appliances, fine art crafts from natural materials such as: rattan, bamboo, neohouzeaua, coconut, banana, water hyacinth; rearing silkworms; packing coconut candy; traditional jobs: drawing dots on ceramic, sawing clams, painting lacquer, making poonah paper, conical hat, making incense, drawing dots on hat, mat weaving, drum making, brocade weaving, making rice noodles, bean sprouts, making rice noodle (vermicelli). And only two works allowed using laborers under 13 years old to work such as actors and actresses: Dancer; singer; circus actors; movie actors; theater actors, traditional musical theatre actors, commissioned officers, obligation soldiers and workers, public employees of Defense, contractual employees in the Vietnam People’s Army; officers, non-commissioned officers received wage, non-commissioned officers, soldiers in a term serve; workers, public security personnel and contractual employees under the people's Public Security; employees working in cipher organizations; and employees operating on a part-time basis at communal level, in hamlet and in residential group.
The basic wage level shall be used as grounds to calculate wage levels in wage scales, the allowance levels and to perform other regimes; to calculate the operational charges as prescribed by law; to calculate the deductions and the regimes received under the basic wage level. And the basic wage level may be adjusted based on ability of the State budget, consumption price indexes and country’s economic growth rate.
This Decree takes effect on August 15, 2013.
