Consultant to provide technical support to the proposal prepared by MOLISA's Department of Employment on the revision of the Employment Law in Viet Nam

The Department of Employment under Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) approached the ILO Vietnam’s new Productivity Ecosystem for Decent Work project in April 2022 with a request to support the revision of employment law. Preliminary work was already implemented jointly by ILO Vietnam and MOLISA in 2021 on the assessment of application of international labour standards, on employment law implementation, credit policies for job creation, public employment services’ organization, etc. ILO Vietnam’s social protection project is currently supporting the Government with the revision of related social insurance legislation.

The Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme (PE4DW) is the new project of ILO Vietnam (2022-2025) launched in April 2022 with the initial inception phase and aims to address productivity and decent work deficits across policy, sector and enterprise levels for win-win solutions that improve productivity and that ensure, through social dialogue and workplace cooperation, that gains are distributed equitably. At the policymaking level, the PE4DW, in the Inception Phase, has started the review of existing policies related to labour and employment to assess the presence and effectiveness of productivity-related policies to identify an orientation for the work on productivity of the Project. PE4DW also comes at the right moment when the Government of Viet Nam is undertaking a revision of the Law on Employment, under the leadership and coordination of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. The Employment Law, enacted in 2013, has been providing a framework to implement job creation and employment services programs; increase the coverage of the unemployment insurance, and identify the roles of different stakeholders in promoting decent work in Viet Nam. However, the 2013 employment law needs to be upgraded in view of the growing challenges to build resilient and productive economy, and to introduce lessons learned from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Vietnam’s labour market, the need for scaling up the recovery measures as part of further employment policy reforms. The revision of the Employment Law will be an important platform for social dialogue and the development of policies supporting the growth of productivity.

The objective of this consultancy assignment is to provide technical analytical feedback to the proposal (dossier) prepared by the Department of Employment/MOLISA for submission to the National Assembly requesting revision of the Employment Law in Vietnam.

Deadline for Submissions: 25 June 2022

Address for Applications: Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae should be submitted by email to main@ilo.org