Not ensuring safety and hygiene at work, how will be punished?

Nguyen Van An (Tan Ky)

Reply:

Clause 3, Article 21, Decree No. 12/2022/ND-CP stipulates administrative sanctions for violations in the fields of labor and social insurance,workersVietnamese working abroad under contract are regulated as follows:

3. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 25,000,000 shall be imposed on an employer committing one of the following acts:

a) Failure to periodically inspect and maintain machinery, equipment, factories and warehouses as prescribed.

b) Not providing safety and hygiene equipment at the workplace as prescribed.

c) Failure to develop or promulgate an incident handling or emergency response plan at the workplace.

d) Failure to develop a plan for measures to ensure occupational safety and hygiene for employees' workplaces when constructing new, expanding or renovating works and facilities for the production, use, preservation and storage of machinery, equipment, materials and substances with strict requirements on occupational safety and hygiene.

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d) Failure to investigate work-related accidents that fall under the responsibility as prescribed by law; failure to report or late reporting or false reporting of work-related accidents; failure to report or late reporting or false reporting of technical incidents that cause serious loss of occupational safety and hygiene.

e) Failure to ensure adequate showers and toilets at the workplace as required by law.

g) Not providing technical and medical equipment to ensure timely response and first aid when technical incidents occur that cause serious loss of occupational safety and hygiene or cause occupational accidents.

Thus, if the business does not equip itself with thesafety equipment, occupational hygiene at the workplace, may be subject to penalties according to the above provisions.