On August 4, the Binh Dinh Economic Zone Trade Union announced that, in relation to the collective complaint of workers at FLC Quy Nhon Golf & Resort Joint Stock Company (abbreviated as FLC Quy Nhon), this agency has requested to work with the legal representative and the grassroots trade union executive committee (CĐCS) of the enterprise.
As previously reported, in recent days, more than 50 workers who resigned from FLC Quy Nhon have sent petitions to Lao Dong Newspaper and the Binh Dinh Labor Federation regarding unpaid social insurance (SI), unpaid wages, resignation without receiving a decision to terminate the labor contract, and unresolved SI issues preventing them from filing for unemployment insurance.
Nguyen Duc Long, Member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Chairman of the Binh Dinh Economic Zone Trade Union, said: “We wanted the meeting to take place earlier, but due to scheduling conflicts, the enterprise requested to postpone it to August 9.”
“This will be an inter-agency meeting,” Mr. Long informed. The Binh Dinh Economic Zone Trade Union invited the Binh Dinh Trade Union Legal Consulting Center, the Economic Zone Management Board, the provincial SI, and relevant departments to participate. The meeting will focus on key issues:
The implementation of policies and regimes for workers at the unit, especially the issues raised in the complaint; the activities of the grassroots trade union executive committee, the implementation of union dues and fees, the financial settlement of union funds; the operation of the enterprise, and the employment of union members and workers.”
The head of the Binh Dinh Economic Zone Trade Union expressed: “The content of the meeting is very practical and important. The results will be reported to the competent state management agency.”
To prepare for the meeting, the Binh Dinh Economic Zone Trade Union requested FLC Quy Nhon to prepare the following documents: List of workers currently employed at the enterprise; notice of mandatory SI contributions of the unit up to June 2024 and related documents on the implementation of SI by the enterprise; list of workers currently contributing to SI, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and other insurances (if any); list and types of labor contracts between the enterprise and workers, including indefinite-term labor contracts, fixed-term labor contracts from 12 to 36 months, seasonal or specific job contracts under 12 months; union financial management documents.
At a recent thematic meeting with voters who are trade union officials and workers, the Binh Dinh National Assembly Delegation received many direct complaints about enterprises deducting SI contributions from workers' wages but delaying the transfer to the management agency. Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Binh Dinh National Assembly Delegation Le Kim Toan called it a “situation containing many paradoxes.” Mr. Toan hypothesized: “I am a worker who fully pays insurance contributions through my employer, but due to the employer's fault, my benefits are “locked.” Why should I suffer losses for someone else's actions? Clearly, the management agency holds the upper hand, choosing to keep the benefits and pushing the risks and uncertainties onto the already struggling workers. Playing like that is not fair!”
