Circular No. 21/2013/TT-BLDTBXH of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs regulating the ceiling level of deposit and labour markets in which service enterprises permitted making agreement about the depositing with labourers

 THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, INVALID AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Circular  No. 21/2013/TT-BLDTBXH dated October 10, 2013 of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs regulating the ceiling level of deposit and labour markets in which service enterprises permitted making agreement about the depositing with labourers

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 106/2012/ND-CP dated December 20, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs;

Pursuant to Article 23 of Law on Vietnamese laborers going abroad for working under the labor contract, dated November 29, 2006;

At the request of Director of the Department of Overseas Labor Administration;

The Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs promulgates the Circular providing for the ceiling level of deposit and labor markets in which service enterprises permitted making agreement about the depositing with laborers going abroad for working under the labor contract.

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Circular regulates the ceiling level of deposit and labor markets in which enterprises providing service of putting Vietnamese labourers going abroad for working permitted making agreement about the depositing with laborers going abroad for working under the labor contract.

Article 2. Subjects of application

1. Service enterprises licensed for providing service of sending Vietnamese laborers going abroad for working under the labour contract (hereinafter collectively referred to as service enterprises).

2. Vietnamese laborers going abroad for working under the contract of putting labourers going abroad for working signed with service enterprises (hereinafter collectively referred to as labourers).

Article 3. Principles of the depositing  

Labourers and service enterprises shall agree about the depositing according to trades, countries receiving laborers with a deposit not exceeding the ceiling level of deposit specified in this Circular.

Article 4. The ceiling level of deposit and labor markets permitted making agreement about the depositing

1. The labor market in which service enterprises permitted making agreement about the depositing with laborers and the ceiling level of deposit of labourers at some labor markets shall comply with Annex No.01 promulgated together with this Circular.

2. In case labourers fail to conduct the depositing or have not enough money for the depositing, service enterprises may agree with labourers to conduct guarantee as prescribed in the Joint Circular No. 08/2007/TTLT-BLDTBXH-BTP dated July 11, 2007 of the Inter-Ministries of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, guiding in details some issues about content of guarantee contract and liquidation of contracts guaranteeing for laborers going abroad for working under the contract.

Article 5. Management and use of deposit

The management and use of deposit of laborers shall comply with provisions in the Joint Circular No. 17/2007/TTLT-BLDTBXH-NHNNVN dated September 04, 2007 of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the State bank of Vietnam, providing for the management and use of deposit of enterprises and laborers going abroad for working under contract.