Important notes on the management and employment of foreign labors working in Hanoi city

11/12/2019 News VBP

On August 12, 2019, Hanoi Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Official Letter No.2617/SLĐTBXH-VLATLAD on the management and employment of foreign labors working in Hanoi city. According to the official letter, organizations and enterprises employing foreign workers in Hanoi city should pay attention to the following contents:

–   When making a report explaining the need for employment or changing the need for employing foreign labor, employers should pay attention to:

+   Declare fully and honestly information about the total number of employees of the unit, enterprise and the number of foreign employees working at the unit (During the process of considering and appraising, it is requested that the unit provides dossiers and related documents)

+  Explain clearly the requirements of qualifications, professional qualifications, experience and reasons for not recruiting Vietnamese labor for each position and job title

–   Signing labor contract with foreign worker who have been issued work permit and sending written notice of signing labor contract together with a copy of the signed labor contract to the authority issued work permit as per regulations (The content of a labor contract must be in accordance with the content stated in the work permit)

–   Notifying in writen notice to the authority issued work permit when the work permit expires in the following cases: Termination of labor contract; Expiration or termination of contracts in the fields of economics, commerce, finance, banking, insurance, science and technology, culture, sports, education and healthcare; Written notice of the foreign party about stopping dispatching foreign citizen to work in Vietnam; Termination in operation of vietnamese enterprise, organization, partner or foreign non-governmental organization in Vietnam;