Overtime capped at 60 hours per month
VNA -  
(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Wednesday adopted a resolution on overtime hours of employees in a month and in a year.
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According to the resolution, overtime hours range from 200 to 300 hours per year, except for the cases of laborers aged from 15 to 18, disabled employees whose working capacity reduces by 51 percent and above, those working heavy load and in toxic, dangerous environments, employees who are seven months pregnant or six month pregnant in mountainous, remote and island areas, and breastfeeding laborers with children under 12 months old.
The regulation is not applied for the cases stipulated in Clause 3, Article 107 of the Labor Code.
Meanwhile, overtime hours should not exceed 60 hours a month, the resolution says.
The resolution will take effect from April 1, 2022. Notably, the regulation on annual overtime hours comes into force from January 1, 2022.
VNA