VIETNAMESE GUEST WORKERS MAY UNILATERALLY TERMINATE CONTRACTS WHEN BEING ILL-TREATED
On November 13, 2020, the National Assembly promulgates the Law No. 69/2020/QH14 on Vietnamese Guest Workers under Contracts.
Remarkably, the National Assembly defines the rights of Vietnamese guest workers under contracts. A Vietnamese guest worker under contract may unilaterally terminate his/her contract in case where he/she is ill-treated, subject to forced labor by the employer, or there is an explicit risk of directly threatening to his/her life, health, or he/she is sexually harassed while working abroad.
Besides, Vietnamese guest workers under contracts shall be exempted from social insurance contribution or double personal income tax in Vietnam and the host country if that country already signed agreements on social insurance or agreements for the avoidance of double taxation with Vietnam.
Working abroad or sending Vietnamese workers abroad for the following jobs: Massage jobs at restaurants, hotels or entertainment centers; Jobs regularly exposed to explosives and toxic substances in extractive metallurgy of non-ferrous metals (copper, lead, mercury, silver, zinc); Hunting predators, crocodiles or sharks, etc. shall be prohibited.
This Law takes effect on January 01, 2022.
