Advisory lawyer:

Pursuant to Article 137 Labor Code 2019 There are regulations on protecting maternity benefits for female employees and Clause 4, Article 80 of Decree 145/2020/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Labor Code on policies for female employees .

According to information she said, she is raising a baby for 11 months. Currently, the company is letting her work 7 hours/day. But when it was time for the inventory, she was forced to work overtime to support from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Based on the provisions of Clause 1, Article 137 of the 2019 Labor Code, the company's request for her to work overtime without her consent during the period from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. is a violation of labor laws.

Decree 28/2020/ND-CP stipulating penalties for administrative violations in the fields of labor, social insurance, sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts, Article 18 Decree 95/2013/ND-CP Penalties for violations of regulations on female workers. Based on the above regulations, if the company violates the working hours for female employees raising children under 12 months old, they will be fined from 10,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND.