Ms. Nguyen Thi T., 57 years old, from Thu Vu commune, Hung Yen province, is currently working as a worker at Phuc Khanh Industrial Park.
Previously, Ms. Nguyen Thi T. worked in agriculture. It was not until she was 45 years old that she started working as a worker with the desire to have a stable monthly income.
Already old, she still rides a motorbike from home to the company (about 9 km away) every day to work. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi T., she has a basic salary of more than 5 million VND/month. "If you don't work overtime, working 8 hours/day, the income per month is only about 6 million VND. But if you work overtime a lot, depending on the severity, the income can be 10-12-14 million VND/month," Ms. T. informed.
This income level, along with her husband's salary (currently a security guard), is enough to cover living expenses and save money in case of illness. The children have grown up, so the couple is not too economically pressured.
The company where Ms. T. works produces export curtain frames, many orders, many jobs. According to her, although the company does not pay high salaries, there are still many people aged 50-60 working because the job is suitable for their age and health conditions. Moreover, the working pace is not too stressful.
According to a reporter's survey at Phuc Khanh Industrial Park (Hung Yen province) on March 12, many businesses are in need of recruiting workers. Tactician Industrial Co., Ltd. posted a notice recruiting workers, targeting men and women aged 20 to 50. This company operates in the field of producing household architectural appliances and manufacturing export metal components.
And at Vu Thu Industrial Cluster (Vu Thu commune, Hung Yen province), Luden Vietnam Footwear Materials Co., Ltd. posted a notice recruiting workers, salary from 12-15 million VND/month; required to be male, female from 18-55 years old. Unexperienced candidates are trained free of charge by the company...
Talking to reporters, Ms. Pham Thi Thang - Vice Chairwoman of the Hung Yen Provincial Labor Federation - said that up to now, the Provincial Labor Federation is managing 26.3% of workers aged 50 and over who are working as workers in economic zones and industrial parks and clusters throughout the province.
Ms. Pham Thi Thang said that most workers working in paper businesses, toy production, leather shoes... often use many older workers; while garment businesses also use older workers, but less.
According to her, there are people who used to be farmers, when they reached old age they went to work as workers, businesses still recruited them to work for businesses. There are also cases where they used to work as garment workers, but then due to reduced vision, they were not able to meet the requirements of the job requiring accuracy, the Executive Committee of the grassroots Trade Union advised employers to rotate workers to other departments that are more suitable for their health conditions to have income, even income may be higher than the old job.
According to Ms. Pham Thi Thang, recruiting older workers brings benefits to businesses. The labor source is richer, business owners can choose workers to meet the production needs of the company. And most importantly, this labor force, when entering the business, is often attached for a long time.
