Legal advice for Vietnamese workers in RoK
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Labor Management Office under the EPS (Employment Permit System) Program (VEWMO) in collaboration with the Siheung City Foreign Workers Support Center held a meeting on October 13 to provide legal advice to Vietnamese workers in Gyeonggi province and surrounding areas.
With the Korean job market still being an attractive destination for Vietnamese workers, the Vietnam Labor Management Board and the EPS Office view the meeting as one of regular activities aimed at strengthening the management and offering support to employees working and living in the Republic of Korea (RoK).
This therefore ensures employees work and live in the RoK in accordance with signed contracts, comply with the laws of the host country, and return to the country in line with regulations when their contracts expire.
In recent times, the Vietnam Labor Management Board and the EPS Office have actively co-ordinated efforts with relevant Korean agencies in order to welcome all flights for migrant workers, give lectures, and guide related procedures at Korean training centres.
It has also worked closely with HRD Korea and relevant agencies in the RoK to support and promptly solve arising cases relating to employees and update employee information, such as working place address, phone numbers, change of status of residence, repatriation for labour management, and support.
Furthermore, the EPS Office also conducts verification of information on employees who do not comply with labour contracts or flee from their workplace.
The office also provided supports for employees to register for flights to return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst also helping to extend their residence to wait for flights, helping workers with COVID-19, and dealing with other procedures.
According to the content of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the EPS Program, signed by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor in 2021, the two sides have co-ordinated to organise Korean language exams. In total, their collaboration has helped to bring 6,057 Vietnamese workers to the RoK over the past two years.
The two sides therefore agreed to continue to promote the management and support workers during their time living and working in the RoK, especially during the time when workers are about to end their contracts and return home.
From the fourth quarter of the year, they will continue to negotiate and are expected to re-sign the MoU in early 2023 as a basis for continuing to bring workers to the East Asian nation to work.