Chương 2 Luật Công đoàn 2012: Quyền, trách nhiệm của công đoàn và đoàn viên công đoàn

Chapter II

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TRADE UNION AND TRADE UNION MEMBERS

SECTION 1: RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TRADE UNION

Article 10. Representation, protection of legal and legitimate rights and interests of laborers

1. Guiding, consulting laborers on their rights and obligations upon concluding, performing labor contracts, working contracts with units employing laborers.

2. Representing for labor collective in agreement of, conclusion and supervision of the implementation of collective labor accord.

3. Participating with units employing laborers to formulate and supervise the implementation of wage scales and wage groups, the labor standards, regulations of wave paying, regulations of reward, labor regulation.

4. Dialoguing with units employing laborers to settle problems related to rights and obligations of laborers.

5. Organizing of law consulting activities for laborers.

6. Taking part in settle labor disputes together with competent agencies, organizations or personals

7. Proposing to organizations, competent state agencies for consideration, settlement upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective or laborers are breached.

8. Representing labor collective to suing at the Court upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective are breached; representing laborer to suing at the Court upon the legal and legitimate rights and interest of laborer are breached and being authorezed by laborer.

9. Representing labor collective to participate in legal proceeding related to cases of labor, administration, enterprise bankruptcy in order to protect the legal and legitimate rights and interest of labor collective and laborers

10. Organization and leadership of strikes as prescribed by law.

The Government shall detail this article after unifying with Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.

Article 11. Participating in the state management and eco-social management

1. Participating with state agencies in formulating policies, law on economy, social, labor, jobs, wage, social insuarence, health insuarance, labor protection and other policies, laws related to Trade Unions, rights and obligations of laborers.

2. Coorporating with state agencies to study and apply science, technology, technique on labor protection, formulating standards, regulations on labour security and hygiene.

3. Participating with sate agencies in managing on social insuarance, health insurance; settlement of complaints, denunciations of laborers, labor collective as prescribed by law.

4. Participating in establishing harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations in agencies, organizations and enterprises.

5. Participating in establishing and implementing democratic regulation in agencies, organizations and enterprises.

6. Cooporating to organizate emulation movements in the scope of branches, localities, agencies, organizations and enterprises.

The Government shall detail this article after unifying with Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.

Article 12. Submitting law or ordinance projects and proposing for development of law and policy

1. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour is entitled to submit law or ordinance projects to the National Assembly, The Standing Committee of National Assembly.

2. Trade Unions at levels are entitled to propose to competent State agencies for elaboration, admendment, supplemention of policies, laws related to Trade Unions, rights and obligations of laborers.

Article 13. Participating in session, meetings, and congress

The president of Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, presidents of trade unions at different levels have rights and duties to participate in session, meetings, and congress of concerned agencies, organizations at the same level upon discussing and deciding on problems related to rights and obligations of laborers.

Article 14. Participating in inspection, examination and supervision of activities of agencies, organizations and enterprises.

1. Participating, coorpodorating with competent State agencies to inspect, exeminate, supervise implementation of regimes, policies, laws on labor, trade union, cadres and civil servants, public employees, social insurance, health insurance and other regimes, policies and laws related to rights and obligations of laborers; investigation of labor accident and professional diseases.

2. Upon participating, coordinating to inspect, exeminate, supervise according to provisions in clause 1 of this article, Trade Unions have the following rights:

a) Requesting agencies, organizations and enterprises to supply information, documents and analyse concerned problems;

b) Proposing measures to repair shortcomings, prevent violations, remedy damages and handle acts violating to law.

c) In case detecting working place where elements affecting or causing danger to healthy, life of laborers exist, the trade unions are entitled to request agencies, organizations and enterprises, individuals have to immediately implement remedial measures, labor safety assurance; even case operation must provisional interrupted.

Article 15. Propagation, mobilization, education with respect to laborers

1. Propagating lines, guideilines, policies of the Party, State laws related to Trade Unions, laborers; regulation of Trade Union.

2. Propagating, mobilizing, educating laborers to study, improve the cultural-political level, specialized and professional skills, and consciousness of compliance with law, regulations, and rules of agencies, organizations and enterprises.

3. Propagating, mobilizing, educating laborers in practicing saving, waste fighting, corruption prevention.

Article 16. Develoment of Trade Union members and primary Trade Unions

1. The Trade Unions have rights and responsibilities to develop Trade Union members and primary Trade Unions in agencies, organizations and enterprises.

2. The Trade Unions at directly higher level have rights and responsibilities to appoint cadres come agencies, organizations, enterprises to propagate, mobilize, guide laborers in establishment, participation and operation of Trade Union.

Article 17. Rights and responsibilities of Trade Unions at directly higher level with respect to laborers in agencies, organizations, enterprises where primary Trade Union has not yet been established.

In agencies, organizations, enterprises where primary Trade Union has not yet been established, the Trade Union at directly higher level shall have rights and responsibilities to present, protect the legal and legitimate rights and interests of laborers upon being requested by such laborers.

SECTION 2: RIGHTS AND DUITIES OF TRADE UNION MEMBERS

Article 18. Rights of trade union members

1. Requesting Trade Union to represent, protect legal and legitimate rights and interests upon being violated.

2. Being informed, diccusing, proposing and voting affairs of Trade Union; being informed of lines, guidelines, policies of the Party and law of the State related to Trade Union, laborers; regulations of Trade Union.

3. Self-nominating, nominating, and voting the agency of Trade Union leaders under regulations of the Charter of Vietnamese Trade Union, questioning leaders of Trade Union; proposing for handling Trade Union’s cadres having mistakes.

4. Being consulted of law, free legal aiding on labor law and Trade Union law.

5. Being guided, helped by Trade Union to find jobs, learn a trade; being cared, helped upon getting sick or meeting difficult situations.

6. Participating in activities of culture, sport, travel organized by Trade Union.

7. Suggesting Trade Union to recomment agencies, organizations and enterprises related to implementation of regimes, policies, laws for laborers.

Article 19. Duties of trade union members

1. Complying and performing the Charter of Vietnamese Trade Union, resolutions of Trade Union; participating in activities of Trade Union, developing Trade Union organizations firmly and strongly.

2. Studying and improving cultural and political level, professional and specialized skills; training quality of the working-class; living and working under Constitution and laws.

3. Uniting, helping mates to improve professional level and skill, work effectively and protect legeal and legitimate rights and interests of laborers and Trade Union organizations.