Retirees get reduced working hours?
(Baonghean.vn) - According to current regulations, in the last year before retirement, employees are allowed to shorten their normal working hours or apply a part-time working regime.
Many people wonder whether the last year before retirement (male workers 59 years old and female workers 54 years old) can be shortened working hours or work part-time. Are there mandatory regulations in this field on shortened working hours and regulations requiring employers to pay for this shortened working hours?
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According to Clause 10, Article 3 of Decree 45/2013/ND-CP, it is stipulated that: Elderly workers will be shortened by 1 hour and paid for this shortened time in the last year before retirement.
Clause 3, Article 166 of the 2012 Labor Code stipulates:“In the last year before retirement, employees are allowed to shorten their normal working hours or apply a part-time working regime,”There is no mandatory provision for paying reduced working hours to employees in the final year before retirement age.
Compared with Clause 1, Article 4 of the 2012 Labor Code, agreements that ensure employees have more favorable conditions than those prescribed by labor law are encouraged.
Change in pension calculation from January 1, 2018: Many people apply for early retirement
Fearing that they will be disadvantaged when changing the way pensions are calculated from January 1, 2018, many workers have applied for early retirement.
