On the morning of June 4th, presenting the Summary Report of recommendations of union members, workers and trade union organizations to the Party and State, Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour proposed to consider adding 2 days of holiday on National Day holiday (vacances from September 2nd to 5th), creating opportunities for workers to take their children to school on the opening day.
In the group of 5 recommendations of union members, workers and trade union organizations, the second group of recommendations aims to build policies and laws related to workers and trade union organizations.
Accordingly, it is proposed that the National Assembly comprehensively amend the 2019 Labor Code in accordance with the new context, socio-economic development goals, innovation in national governance, employment trends, development of science and technology, artificial intelligence, "green transformation", labor relations movements, comprehensively covering the informal labor sector according to the motto "no one is left behind", foundational economy...
In which, supplementing regulations on employers' responsibilities for meals; mental health care, support for stress reduction and exhaustion prevention at the workplace for workers in high-pressure and complex technology environments; flexible working policies (online combined with online) suitable for digital transformation and the context of local mergers; fundamental rights of workers and responsibilities of enterprises suitable for the context of artificial intelligence (AI) explosion. Promulgating a national strategy on developing the labor force in the AI era.
Supplement regulations on enterprises having the obligation to arrange time for employees to take leave from work and receive salaries to study the Party and State's policies and laws to improve self-defense capacity and law compliance in the context of many traditional and non-traditional security risks.
Amend and regulate the roadmap to reduce the normal working hours of workers to 40 to 44 hours/week in agreement with the public sector; consider adding 2 holidays on National Day holiday (off from September 2nd to 5th), creating opportunities for workers to take their children to school on the opening day; combined with solutions to improve labor productivity to achieve the goal of double-digit growth.
It is proposed that the National Assembly supplement the content of building the Labor Procedure Law into the Law-making Program of the 16th National Assembly to overcome the limitations and obstacles being encountered and towards resolving professional, rapid and effective labor disputes, in accordance with the flexibility of the labor market and the difference between labor disputes and civil disputes.
