Our legal services in this area focus on labor contractual relationships, employment contracts, company’s working rules, labor collective agreements, employee’s assets and responsibilities and confidentiality, as well as consulting in employment matters (such as salary, insurances, allowances, etc.), contractual negotiations and litigations. Our specific involvement would be as follows:

Employment Contracts 

Advising on all legal aspects related to labor matters in Vietnam, e.g. labor contracts, salaries and allowances, probation, employment policy issues, termination, and compensation 

Analyzing and advising on key terms and conditions of labor contracts, including personal income tax, allowances, social and medical insurance 

Drafting labor contracts and labor-related arrangements

Working Rules 

Advising on structures and principal terms of company’s working rules with variations applicable to specific projects of companies 

Drafting the company’s working rules based on the requirements of the company 

Representing companies in filing company’s working rules and obtaining registration of these rules, including negotiations with local labor authority on terms of company’s working rules

Labor Collective Agreement 

Advising on conditions of, requirements of and procedures for establishing a labor collective agreement 

Advising on structures and principal terms of a labor collective agreement with variations applicable to specific projects of companies 

Drafting labor collective agreements 

Representing companies in the negotiation of the labor collective agreements with representatives of employees 

Representing companies in the filing of labor collective agreement and the obtaining of registration of this agreement, including negotiations with local labor authority on terms of labor collective agreement

Work Permits

Advising on conditions, procedure and documents required for obtaining work permits for expatriates working in Vietnam

Drafting and preparation of all necessary documents

Representing companies and individuals in the completion of procedures for securing work permits for expatriates

Advising on procedures and conditions for dismissal of employees or termination of labor contracts, and representing companies and individuals in negotiations on terminations

Offering advice on compensation, severance allowances and other allowances with respect of termination

Representing companies and individuals in labor disputes in front of Vietnamese Authorities and/or the courts in Vietnam