On June 12, 2022, the Government issued Decree 38/2022/ND-CP prescribing statutory minimum wages paid to employees working under labor contracts to replace Decree 90/2019/ND-CP.

On December 28, 2021, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs issued Circular 28/2021/TT-BLDTBXH providing details and guidelines for implementation of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene in terms of regimes for employees suffering from occupational accidents and diseases. Some noticeable features of this Circular are presented in this article.

On March 23, 2022, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved Resolution 17/2022/UBTVQH15 on employees’ annual and monthly overtime hours in the context of Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control and socio-economic recovery and development. The Resolution takes effect from April 1, 2022. Highlights of the Resolution on increasing overtime hours of employees are presented in this article.

Decree 12/2022/ND-CP on regulations of administrative penalties for violations in labor, social insurance, and sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts (Decree 12). Decree 12 replaces Decree 28/2020/ND-CP. Some notable contents related to new regulations on sanctioning administrative violations in labor and salary are analyzed in the article.

On October 8, 2021, the Government issued Resolution 126/NQ-CP on amending and supplementing some articles of Resolution 68/NQ-CP stipulating a number of policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic which took effect on October 8, 2021.

On July 7, 2021, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Circular 06/2021/TT-BLDTBXH amending Circular 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH guiding the implementation of some articles of the Social Insurance Law on compulsory social insurance.