Bien Hoa city-based hat manufacturer Yupoong Co has said it will reemploy a third of the nearly 1,900 workers who were laid off after its factories were damaged in a fire in September.
Bien Hoa city-based hat manufacturer Yupoong Co has said it will reemploy a third of the nearly 1,900 workers who were laid off after its factories were damaged in a fire in September.
The decision was announced last Wednesday after a meeting with representatives of the Dong Nai Province Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Labour Union, and the province industrial parks management.
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At an earlier meeting with Labour Union representatives, many of the laid-off workers said they did not require support from Yupoong, but the company must employ them again when it resumes operation.
Pham Van Cuong, deputy head of the IP management, said temporary employment opportunities had been sought for redundant workers while they waited for Yupoong to start operating again.
Cuong said five companies had agreed to hire hundreds of the workers.
A spokesman for Yupoong said when manufacturing facilities are repaired and restarted, priority would be given to hiring older workers who have difficulty finding jobs elsewhere.
The decision to take back laid-off workers was made by Yupoong after thousands of workers gathered in front of its factory on November 9 to protest against its decision to unilaterally terminate its contracts with nearly 1,900 workers due to the recent fire.
On November 7 the company issued a notice saying the fire had destroyed one factory and affected work in another.
The company decided to terminate the contracts of almost all workers as a result, it said.
The head of the company's trade union, Nguyen Thi Ut, was quoted by Dan Tri (People's Knowledge) newspaper as saying only 400 workers in the embroidery department and warehouse had been retained.
The notice also said salaries, allowances and redundancy payments would be paid in full to the laid-off workers.
The IP management had said the company could encourage workers to quit on their own volition.
Under the provisions of the Labour Code, the company could terminate workers as a result of the fire, the IP management had said, adding that the company did seek ways to deal with the consequences but in vain and had to downsize operations and lay off employees.
(Source:VNS)
