Paying salaries and bonuses so that workers can have a warm Tet holiday

The Hanoi City Labor Federation (HLF) has just issued an official dispatch directing district, town, and city labor federations, industry unions, grassroots unions, and affiliated unions on taking care of the lives of workers and civil servants during the 2017 Lunar New Year.

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Accordingly, the Standing Committee of the City Labor Federation requested that all levels of the city's labor unions urgently and proactively coordinate with the authorities and professional counterparts to develop plans and measures to take care of Tet.

In addition, trade unions at all levels need to direct grassroots trade unions, especially in the production and business sector, to participate in developing plans for salary, bonus and other benefits during Tet and promptly publicize them so that employees know and feel secure in their work; grasp the situation and monitor the salary and bonus payment of units and enterprises, and promptly report to higher-level trade unions.

Trade unions at all levels also need to coordinate with the authorities and professional colleagues to visit and give gifts to union members and workers in difficult circumstances, families with preferential policies, those with serious illnesses, those with serious work accidents, and occupational diseases; mobilize employers to support train and bus tickets or organize car rental for workers to return home for Tet...

According to Urban Economics