On December 14, 2020, the Government issued Decree 145/2020/ND-CP guiding the Labor Code on working conditions and labor relations. Accordingly, for dialogue activities at the workplace, this Decree regulates the number and participants as follows:

(1) The Employer Party “Employer”:

Based on production and business conditions, The labor organization and the employer decide the number and participants of the dialogue to ensure at least 03 people, including the legal representative of the employer and the regulations in the grassroots democracy at the workplace.

(2) The Employee Party “Employee”:

Based on production and business conditions, labor organization, structure, number of employees and gender equality factors, organization representing employees at the grassroots level and a group of representatives to discuss participation in the dialogue but must ensure the number as follows:

• At least 03 people, if the employer uses less than 50 employees;
• At least from 04 people to 08 people, if the employer uses from 50 employees to less than 150 employees;
• At least from 09 people to 13 people, if the employer uses from 150 employees to less than 300 employees;
• At least from 14 people to 18 people, if the employer uses from 300 employees to less than 500 employees;
• At least from 19 to 23 people, if the employer uses from 500 to less than 1,000 employees;
• At least 24 people, if the employer uses 1,000 or more employees.

Based on the number of representatives for the dialogue of the employees, the grassroots representative organization and the representative group for the employee’s dialogue determine the number of representatives participating in the dialogue according to the proportion of members of the organization and group yourself on the total number of employees of the employer.

The list of members representing to participate in the dialogue of the two parties is made periodically at least every 2 years and publicly announced at the workplace. During the period between two periods, to determine which members participate in the dialogue, if there is a representative member who cannot continue to participate, the two parties shall consider and decide to add replacement members of the organization or their group and Publicly announced at work.

When conducting a dialogue outside of the above dialogue participants, the two sides agreed to invite all employees or some related employees to join in the dialogue, ensuring the participation of female employee representatives dialog on issues related to the rights and interests of female employee.

This Decree takes effect from February 1, 2021.