Internal Labor Regulations are the foundation for compliance in the enterprise, effective human resource management, and this is a basis for the determining whether an behavior is considered as a violation for disciplinary action or not. To register for Internal Labor Regulations, the enterprise shall perform the following tasks:

1. List of dossier to be prepared for registration of Internal Labor Regulations

• A written request for registration of labor regulations;
• Minutes of comments of the representative organization of employees (Grassroots trade unions);
• Decision of issuing the Internal Labor Regulations;
• Internal Labor Regulations;
• Enterprise Registration Certificate;
• Investment Registration Certificate;
• Decision on the recognition of the executive committee of the Internal trade unions;
• Decision on the establishment of Grassroots trade unions and appoint provisional Grassroots trade union executive committee;

Note:  Some documents may not be required on a case-by-case basis.

1. Implementation procedure:

• Step 1: The employer prepares the dossier and submits it to the Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs Office or Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs where the company is located within 10 days of the date of promulgation of the Internal Labor Regulations;
• Step 2: If it is founded that the Internal Labor Regulations are illegal within 07 working days from the date of receiving the application for registration, the competent authority will notify and guide the employer to amend, supplement the re-registration of labor regulations.

1. Implementation methods

Perform one of the following methods:

• Submitting the dossier through the online Public Service Portal, specialized labor agency under provincial People’s Committee, or district-level People’s Committee (authorized by specialized labor agency under province People’s Committee);
• Submitting the dossier directly to the provincial People’s Committee’s specialized labor agency or the district-level People’s Committee’s specialized labor agency (authorized by the provincial People’s Committee’s specialized labor agency);
• Submitting the dossier by post to the provincial People’s Committee’s specialized labor agency or the district-level People’s Committee’s specialized labor agency (authorized by the provincial People’s Committee’s specialized labor agency).

Employer employing 10 or more employees are required to have written Internal Labor Regulations. After completing the registration, the employee shall be notified of the internal working regulations, and the major contents shall be listed in appropriate locations at the workplace.

Writing time: 21/03/2023