Decree 283/2026/ND-CP, effective from today (September 10, 2026) stipulates many levels of labor penalties, in which businesses that pay salaries on time are fined up to 100 million VND.
According to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 23 of Decree 283/2026/ND-CP Regulating penalties for administrative violations in the field of labor, social insurance, Vietnamese workers going to work abroad under contracts, if the enterprise pays salaries not on time; does not pay or does not pay insufficient salaries to employees under labor contracts; does not pay or does not pay insufficient overtime wages; does not pay or does not pay insufficient nighttime wages; does not pay or does not pay insufficient work stoppage wages to employees... will be penalized.
The fine level depends on the number of employees who are violated, but the maximum is up to 50 million VND for employers who are individuals and 100 million VND if employers are organizations.
The Decree also stipulates a fine of 1 million VND to 3 million VND applicable to employers who do not notify all employees of the labor regulations or do not list the main contents of the labor regulations in necessary places at the workplace. The fine will increase from 5 million VND to 10 million VND if employers do not register labor regulations according to the provisions of law; Do not consult the opinion of the employee representative organization at the grassroots level for places where there are employee representative organizations at the grassroots level before issuing or amending, supplementing labor regulations; Use labor regulations that are not yet effective or have expired;
For serious acts such as: Infringement on the health, life, honor, prestige or dignity of employees when handling labor discipline but not to the extent of criminal prosecution; Using the form of monetary fines or wage cuts instead of handling labor discipline; Handling labor discipline for employees with violations not specified in the internal labor regulations or not agreed upon in the signed labor contract or labor law does not have regulations; Applying multiple forms of labor discipline for one violation of labor discipline, the highest penalty for enterprises is up to 80 million VND.
Decree 283/2026/ND-CP also stipulates the highest fine of up to 15 million VND for employers who are individuals and 30 million VND for employers who are organizations if they have one of the following acts: Refusing collective bargaining when receiving a request from the requesting party; Implementing the content of the Collective Labor Agreement that has been declared invalid; Causing difficulties, obstructing or interfering in the process of organizing representatives of employees to discuss, get opinions from employees, and get voting opinions on the draft Collective Labor Agreement.
