Ministry of Labor maintains regulation 'parents are entitled to 60 minutes of rest per day'

In the second draft currently seeking comments, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs retains the regulation that female workers with children under 12 months old are entitled to 60 minutes of rest per day.

From April 21 to June 21, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs will seek opinions from experts and the public on the second draft of the revised Labor Code. According to the new draft, the regulationsFemale workers with children under 12 months old are entitled to 60 minutes off each day during working hours, receive full salary, and are allowed to keep their jobs.

In the draft first published in late 2016, the proposal to remove this regulation faced opposition from workers.Many young mothers wish to have 60 minutes off each day to express milk and breastfeed their babies.

How many days off does a husband get when his wife gives birth?Graphics:Viet Chung.

Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Hong Lan assessed this as a humane and appropriate regulation because "60 minutes is really precious for women raising young children." With the experience of a mother of two children, Ms. Lan said that women can take advantage of the 60 minutes at noon to breastfeed their children or come home early to take care of their children in the afternoon. This regulation is also related to children's right to breastfeed.

To protect women raising young children, the draft revised Labor Code stipulates that when a mother is pregnant or raising a child under 12 months, the business owner must adjust the job if it is dangerous to her health; if the adjustment cannot be made, the mother must be transferred to another job without reducing her salary. Businesses are not allowed to fire or unilaterally terminate contracts with female employees for reasons of marriage, pregnancy, maternity leave, or raising a child under 12 months..

VnExpress's online survey of 25,000 votes showed that 86% agreed to retain the above regulation. Photo: VnExpress.net.

According to VNE