1. Prohibited acts in the field of labor
Prohibited acts in the field of labor are specified in Article 8 of the 2019 Labor Code , specifically:
– Discrimination in labor.
– Mistreatment of workers and forced labor.
– Sexual harassment in the workplace.
– Taking advantage of the name of vocational training or apprenticeship to profit, exploit labor or entice, seduce, or force apprentices or apprentices to engage in illegal activities.
– Using workers who have not been trained or do not have a national vocational skills certificate for occupations and jobs that must use trained workers or must have a national vocational skills certificate.
– Enticing, seducing, promising, false advertising or other tricks to deceive workers or to recruit workers for the purpose of human trafficking, exploitation, forced labor or taking advantage of services employment, activities of sending workers to work abroad under contracts to commit illegal acts.
– Illegal use of underage labor.
2. Administrative fines for prohibited acts in the field of labor
Administrative penalty levels for prohibited behaviors in the field of labor are specifically stipulated in Decree 12/2022/ND-CP:
| STT | Behavior | Fines |
| 1 | Discrimination in labor | Fine from 3,000,000 VND to 180,000,000 VND |
| 2 | Mistreatment of workers and forced labor | Fine from 50,000,000 VND to 75,000,000 VND |
| 3 | Sexual harassment in the workplace | Fine from 15,000,000 VND to 75,000,000 VND |
| 4 | Abusing the name of vocational training or apprenticeship to profit, exploit labor or entice, seduce or force apprentices or apprentices to engage in illegal activities | Fine from 50,000,000 VND to 75,000,000 VND |
| 5 | Using workers who have not been trained or do not have a national vocational skills certificate for occupations and jobs that require the use of trained workers or must have a national vocational skills certificate | Fine from 5,000,000 VND to 10,000,000 VND |
| 6 | Enticing, seducing, promising, false advertising or other tricks to deceive workers or to recruit workers for the purpose of human trafficking, exploitation, forced labor or taking advantage of employment services work, the activity of sending workers to work abroad under contracts to commit illegal acts | coins from 50,000,000 VND to 75,000,000 VND |
| 7 | Illegally employing minors | Fine from 1,000,000 VND to 25,000,000 VND |
Note : The above fine is the fine for individuals, the fine for organizations is 2 times the fine for individuals.
