1. The organizational structure of Vietnam National Salary Council (NSC)
Decree 145/2020/ND-CP stipulates the organizational structure of the National Salary Council as follows:
NSC has 17 members: 05 members are representatives of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs; 05 members are representatives of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; 05 members are representatives of some central employer representative organizations; 02 members are independent experts (hereinafter referred to as “independent members). To be specific:
– The President of NSC is a Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs;
– 03 Vice Presidents of NSC include a Vice President of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, a Vice President of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a Vice President of Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA);
– Other members of NSC: 04 representatives of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs; 05 representatives of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; 03 representatives of central employer representative organizations (including 01 representative of Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and 02 representatives of 02 central labor-intensive trade associations); 02 independent members are experts or scientists specialized in salaries, economics, society (except those working at agencies, units, research institutes, universities of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs, Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and central employer representative organizations).
2. The President and Vice Presidents of NSC mentioned in Point a and Point b Clause 1 of Article 51 of Decree 145/2020/ND-CP shall be designated and discharged by the Prime Minister. The Minister of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs is authorized by the Prime Minister to designate and discharge other members of NSC mentioned in Point c Clause 1 of Article 51 of Decree 145/2020/ND-CP.
The Presidents and Vice Presidents of NSC work on a part-time basis and have a term of office of up to 05 years.
3. NSC has a technical department and assistance department, which will assist NSC and its President in preparing technical reports relevant to the duties of NSC and performance of its administrative tasks.
Members of the technical department and assistance department are personnel of the organizations that participate in NSC and relevant organizations and work on a part-time basis.
2. Tasks of Vietnam National Salary Council
– Carry out surveys; collect information; carry out analysis of salaries and subsistence standards of workers, business performance of enterprises, labor demand – supply relation, employments and unemployment in the economy, and other relevant factors as the basis for determination of minimum wages.
– Prepare reports on minimum wages based on the factors prescribed in Clause 3 Article 91 of the Labor Code.
– Review the subsistence standards of workers and their families; apply minimum wages to separate regions.
– Hold annual negotiations to propose to the Government the plan for adjustments to region-based minimum wages (including monthly and hourly minimum wages).
– Provide consultation for the Government regarding policies on salaries of employees in enterprises, agencies, organizations and cooperatives in accordance with the Labor Code.
