THE OFFICIAL DISPATCH NO. 4359/TLD-QHLD OF THE VIETNAM GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR ON GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 17/2022/UBTVQH15 ON OVERTIME HOURS PROMULGATED BY THE VIETNAM GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR

Effective date: June 16, 2022 

Main contents: 

  • Cases where an employer is permitted to assign their employees to work overtime for up to 300 hours per year are prescribed in clause 1 Article 1 of this Resolution and clause 3 Article 107 of the Labor Code in 2019. 
  • All employees who are permitted to work overtime for up to 300 hours per year are permitted to work overtime for more than 40 hours to 60 hours per month from April 01, 2022. 
  • Upon organizing the implementation of regulations on overtime hours according to the Resolution, other regulations on overtime hours prescribed in the Labor Code in 2019 and guidelines on the Labor Code (regulations on daily overtime hour limit; overtime pay; contents of employee’s agreement to work overtime; notification of organizing overtime work for more than 200 hours per year; etc.) shall be fully followed. 
  • When organizing overtime work for from more than 200 hours to 300 hours per year as prescribed in clause 1 Article 1 of the Resolution, employers must send notifications to state labor management authorities in their provinces as prescribed in clause 4 Article 107 of the Labor Code and Article 62 of Decree No 145/2020/ND-CP dated December 14, 2020 of the Government elaborating certain Articles of the Labor Code in 2019 on working conditions and labor relations. 
  • Resolution No. 17/2022/UBTVQH15 is developed and promulgated on the basis of Resolution No. 30/2021/QH15 dated July 28, 2021 of the first meeting of the 15th National Assembly. Thus, regulations of Resolution No. 17/2022/UBTVQH15 are implemented until the end of December 31, 2022, except for the case that the National Assembly decides to extend implementation period.