Increase health check list for female workers
Khatoco Garment Factory (located in Ninh Ich Commune, Ninh Hoa Town, Khanh Hoa) has more than 500 female workers. Due to the nature of the work, the Enterprise's Trade Union has proposed that the Board of Directors have specific regulations to make female workers more comfortable during their work.
That is to support the cost for female workers during their menstrual cycle, arrange a lactation room for female workers with young children. Every year, organize health check-ups for employees, in addition to the list of check-ups according to the general regulations of the Corporation and the unit, female workers of Khatoco Garment Factory are also given additional check-ups to screen for diseases related to women, reproductive diseases...
Also a company with a majority of female employees, at Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Beverage Joint Stock Company, taking care of female employees is a top priority. Ms. Pham Thi Thu Huyen - Chairwoman of the Company's Trade Union said that in addition to the general policies for employees of the unit, at the company, female employees who are pregnant or raising young children will be given priority to have at least 1 hour of extra rest time. Rest time arrangements will also be arranged according to the needs of female employees.
“At the factories, we arrange special resting rooms for female workers with break rooms, medical rooms, and breast pumping rooms... Female workers who do special jobs related to the eyes are allowed to take a break on the condition that they do not use their phones and are rewarded with an allowance of 15,000 VND/day to encourage them to focus on resting and ensuring their health. For female workers, there is also an additional makeup allowance, especially personal insurance outside of the State's regulations..." - Ms. Huyen shared.
Care about female workers' welfare
Nha Trang City currently has 15,000 workers, including more than 8,000 female workers. Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Chi - Head of Women's Union, Nha Trang City Labor Federation said that the three key tasks that women's union members at all levels focus on in taking care of female workers are organizing visits to encourage and give gifts to female union members with serious illnesses or in difficult circumstances on holidays; caring for and encouraging women in their daily work, especially teachers working in difficult conditions; establishing a mass women's union at the grassroots level to listen to women's thoughts and aspirations and protect their rights...
Implementing sustainable care policies for female workers, Nha Trang City Labor Federation also pioneered in building a union dialogue channel, so that female workers can raise their voices to reflect their rights when they encounter problems so that the union can resolve them together. Proactively connecting with partners to build health care programs for female union members.
Notably, the union welfare agreement with MEDLATEC Khanh Hoa Company Limited provides free health consultation and 3,000 free liver cancer screening tests; the comprehensive health care welfare program for female union members with Viet Han International General Clinic with 11,000 discount vouchers for periodic health check-ups and 500 free reproductive health care vouchers for female union members worth 830 million VND...
According to Mr. Ngo Anh Duyet - Chairman of Nha Trang City Labor Federation, "this is part of our continuous efforts to create the best conditions for female union members and female workers to be protected and improve their health, improve their quality of life, thereby feeling secure at work and contributing more to their families and society".
