On March 23, 2022, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved Resolution 17/2022/UBTVQH15 on employees’ annual and monthly overtime hours in the context of Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control and socio-economic recovery and development. The Resolution takes effect from April 1, 2022. Highlights of the Resolution on increasing overtime hours of employees are presented in this article.

Decree 12/2022/ND-CP on regulations of administrative penalties for violations in labor, social insurance, and sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts (Decree 12). Decree 12 replaces Decree 28/2020/ND-CP. Some notable contents related to new regulations on sanctioning administrative violations in labor and salary are analyzed in the article.

On October 8, 2021, the Government issued Resolution 126/NQ-CP on amending and supplementing some articles of Resolution 68/NQ-CP stipulating a number of policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic which took effect on October 8, 2021.

On July 7, 2021, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Circular 06/2021/TT-BLDTBXH amending Circular 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH guiding the implementation of some articles of the Social Insurance Law on compulsory social insurance.

With the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government and the Prime Minister issued the Resolution 68/NQ-CP on July 1, 2021 on Policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Decision 23/2021/QD-TTg on July 7, 2021 stipulating the implementation of a number of policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic to minimize the negative impacts of the pandemic.

On December 14, 2020, the Government issued Decree 145/2020/ND-CP providing details and guidelines for the implementation of several articles of the Labor Code regarding working conditions and labor relations.