2. ACTION PLAN Improving the protection of precarious workers in Viet Nam
BUI PHUONG CHI - VGCL

3. Organization: Vietnam General Confederation of Labor - VGCL
Project Title :
Improving the protection of precarious workers
Tentative Duration :
1 year
Starting Date :
01 October 2010
Geographical Coverage :
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city
Project Language :
English
Executing Organization/Unit :
VGCL
Preparation date :
13 August 2010 (first draft)
Author :
Bui Phuong Chi

4. BACK GROUND & JUSTIFICATION
Employment and living standards of “precarious workers”
– Employing and labor contract termination are conducted in illegal way. Normally, precarious workers just have oral labor contracts. Many of them only sign short-term or seasonal instead of long-term or indefinite labor contracts.

5. BACK GROUND & JUSTIFICATION
Normally, the wages of workers is a litte bit higher than the minimum wages set by the government. The wages increase do not level up to the price consumption index... Therefore, precarious workers still face numerous difficulties.

6. BACK GROUND & JUSTIFICATION
Social security is not ensured: most of precarious workers are not paid social insurance; or if any, the pay rate is just based on the minimum wages not the real pay of workers. Most of precarious workers are not covered by the social insurance scheme.
Housing is also one of challenges facing precarious workers, especially the migrant workers.
The number of precarious workers joining unions is lower than the other forms at the enterprises. Particularly, most of precarious workers haven’t joined unions.

7. Target Group
The target group: Workers in industrial zones in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities
Partners involved: VGCL, ILO Vietnam, Union of Industrial Zones in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities
Setting up a Project Steering Committee to coordinate the partners and manage the activities of the project.

8. Development Objectives
This work plan will contribute to achieving:
- Provide better legal protection for precarious workers
- Ensure their rights and interests repected

9. Immediate Objectives End of the project:
The legal frame-work of not using the precarious workers at enterprises will be established.
Wages and working conditions of precarious workers will be equal to indefinite workers
Skills of bargaining and signing the CBA of trade unionists in the Industrial Zones of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities will be improved. 100% of unionized enterprises will sign better CBA ensuring rights and interests of precarious workers

10. Key Outputs/Direct Results
For immediate objective 1:
100% of workers at the Industrial Zones will be trained about the new legal framework
For immediate objective 2:
- Precarious workers will enjoy the same payroll and other benefits such as maternity leave, sick leave, overtime pay, social insurance pay,.. with indefinite workers
For immediate objective 3:
- 100% of trade unionists in the Industrial Zones will join the skills training courses

11. Activities Unionize the enterprises and recruit workers
Organize the trainings for trade unionists
Submit to the government the recommendation of establishing the legal framework for better protection of precarious workers
Educate workers through publications, seminars about their rights and interests
Negotiate and sign better CBAs

12. Main inputs
Human resources: myself with the cooperation of VGCL, ILO and VGCL affiliates
Finance supported by VGCL and technical assistance from ILO

13. Monitoring / Reporting / Evaluation Procedures
Prepare monthly work-plan
Report every 6 months
Self-evaluation every 3 months
Independent evaluation at the end of the year and of the project cycle

14. Thank you!

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