In 2019, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company has not held a Labor Conference!

According to the representative of the Trade Union of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company, in 2019, the company applied a number of new policies for all employees at the enterprise. The new policies are shown in the company's production and business plan for 2019.In which, regarding the income structure, it is stated: "The salary paid to employees is a lump sum, including all benefits (holidays, leave, regional allowance, shift meals, telephone, 3rd shift, business trip allowance, vehicle depreciation, etc.), except for labor protection".

The income structure of employees of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company is shown in the 2019 production and business plan. Photo: Nhat Lan

"In previous years, when holidays came, employees were given time off according to regulations and a small gift from the company. Therefore, on the occasion of the recent Hung Kings' Commemoration Day, when receiving the Company's notice, employees had concerns..." - the representative discussed.

The question is, in the process of building the 2019 production and business plan, are employees allowed to participate in giving opinions? Has Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company organized the 2019 Employee Conference?In response to these questions, the union representative said that workers are not allowed to contribute ideas to production and business plans. In 2019, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company did not organize a Workers' Conference.

Policies related to employee income are an important part of the collective labor agreement. So have the company's employees signed the collective labor agreement yet? The representative affirmed that because the Labor Conference has not been held, the 2019 collective labor agreement has not been signed yet!

Cover of the Production Plan of Vinh City Water Supply Service Enterprise. Photo: Nhat Lan

What will the Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company Trade Union do after receiving a complaint from a worker? The representative replied: “We have heard about the concerns and questions of the workers when they received the holiday notice, however, we have only now learned that the workers have filed a complaint. I will immediately report to the Chairman of the Company’s Trade Union to convene a meeting of the trade union of the departments, then propose to organize a Workers’ Conference…”.

On April 24, 2019, Nghe An Newspaper published an article“Salary deduction for holidays, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company employees shocked”. The content of the article informs about the complaint of employees of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company because on the recent Hung King's Commemoration Day (April 14, 2019), they still had to work but did not receive the prescribed benefits. This situation may also occur on the upcoming Victory Day, April 30, and International Labor Day, May 1.

Citing the provisions of the Labor Code, which stipulate that employees are entitled to take time off and receive full pay during holidays and Tet. In case employees have to work on holidays, they are entitled to overtime pay according to Article 97 of the Labor Code, which stipulates that overtime pay is at least 300%, not including holiday pay and paid leave for employees receiving daily wages. Employees of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company believe that the company's leaders violated the law and imposed the 2019 production and business plan without holding a meeting with employees to make it public and reach consensus.

Employees of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company were shocked by salary deduction for holidays

(Baonghean.vn) - Therefore, employees of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company wrote a complaint to the Provincial Labor Federation and Nghe An Newspaper.