Fines when paying wages to hired workers are lower than those working in the same job

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 5, Article 19, Decree 283/2026/ND-CP stipulating penalties for administrative violations in the fields of labor, social insurance, and Vietnamese workers going to work abroad under contracts (effective from September 10, 2026) stipulates as follows:

5. A fine shall be imposed on a labor leasing enterprise for one of the following acts: paying a labor leaser's salary lower than the salary of a labor with the same qualifications, doing the same job or the same value job of the labor leasing party; not properly implementing the regimes for labor accidents and occupational diseases according to the provisions of law; not notifying or falsely informing laborers of the content of the labor lease contract according to one of the following levels:

a) From 10 million VND to 20 million VND for violations from 01 to 10 employees;

b) From 20 million VND to 40 million VND for violations of 11 to 50 employees;

c) From 40 million VND to 60 million VND for violations of 51 to 100 employees;

d) From 60 million VND to 80 million VND for violations of 101 to 300 employees;

e) From 80 million VND to 100 million VND for violations of 301 employees or more.

Thus, from September 10, 2026, depending on the number of violating workers, the penalty level will vary, but labor subleasing enterprises will pay subleased workers a salary lower than those with the same level of education and will be fined up to 100 million VND.