So as to help enterprises understand Decree No. 05/2015/ND-CP, Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA) has dispatched notification to them informing of possible punishment for delayed payments to factory workers from March on. The Department shall conduct checking-up and apply sanctions accordingly.
The Decree stipulates on fines of up to the delayed amounts applied with 1-month interest rate of State Bank of Vietnam at the time of such delayed payments from 15 days and more. In special incidents of fires and disasters or other force majeure conditions against which the employers have made use of all remedies but failed to pay timely by employment contract, then the delayed payments are permited but not exceeding 1 month time.
Previously, the government has issued Decree No. 95/2013/ND-CP on administrative sanctions regarding the fields of labor, social insurance, and labor exportation to apply fines of VND 5 million up toVND 50 million for delaying payments to their employees.
According to Binh Duong Newspaper – Translated by Vi Bao












