FROM FEBRUARY 2021, ENTERPRISES EMPLOYING 1,000 FEMALE WORKERS OR MORE MUST HAVE A ROOM FOR BREAST MILK COLLECTION AND STORAGE
The Government issues the Decree No. 145/2020/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Labor Code regarding working conditions and industrial relations on December 14, 2020.
According to the new regulation, an employer employing 1,000 female employees or more must have a room for breast milk collection and storage at the workplace. Noticeably, this Decree specifies acts regarded as sexual harassment at the workplace such as: Physical behavior including sexual actions, gestures, contact, or physical impact on the body or sexual suggestions; Verbal sexual harassment, including using direct speeches, via the telephone or electronic means, etc.
Specifically, the employer must promptly prevent, handle an act of sexual harassment at the workplace and take measures to protect secret, honor, reputation, dignity and safety of the person being sexually harassed, person making a complaint or denunciation and person being complained or denounced, when the complaint or denunciation of such act arises.
Besides, the Government also stipulates cases in which the domestic employee may unilaterally terminates the labor contract without notifying in advance due to one of the following reasons: He/she is not assigned the job or workplace or is not assured of the working conditions as agreed upon; His/her wage is not paid in full or on time; He/she is ill-treated or beaten or verbally or physically humiliated; He/she is subject to forced labor; is sexually harassed at the workplace, etc.
This Decree takes effect on February 01, 2021.
