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Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decision No. 239/2006/QE-TTg approving the scheme on assistance for disabled people in the 2006-2010 period.

Adoption: 2006-10-24 | Date of entry into force: 2006-11-18 | VNM-2006-R-75341

Aims to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities, including participation in social activities, self-reliant organizations, access to medical service and training, etc.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decision No. 236/2006/QD-TTg approving the five-year plan on development of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Adoption: 2006-10-23 | Date of entry into force: 2006-11-18 | VNM-2006-R-75342

Consists of five parts: viewpoint on the development of SMEs; objectives; major tasks; groups and solutions; and organization and implementation.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Directive No. 01/2006/CT-TTg of January 9, 2006 for Promotion for Implementation of Policies to Support Disabled Persons in the Current Socio-Economic Development Situation. -

Adoption: 2006-01-09 | VNM-2006-R-75964

The Directive from the Prime Minister gives instructions to the various responsible ministries and government agencies to promote the implementation of policies adopted by the government concerning disabled persons.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Circular No.19/2005/TTLT/BLDTBXH on Employment Fund for People with Disabilities. -

Adoption: 2005-05-19 | VNM-2005-M-75963

Provides for the establishment, use and management of the Employment Fund for People with Disabilities.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree No. 116/2004/ND-CP of April 23, 2004 amending and Supplementing Decree No. 81/CP and Regulating the Implementation of the Labour Code Regarding Disabled Labourers. -

Adoption: 2004-04-23 | VNM-2004-R-75965

Amends sections 2, 3, 5, 12, 13 and 15 of Decree No. 81/CP and adds a new section 5a concerning the borrowing of capital at preferential rates for disabled persons.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree No. 71/2000/ND-CP on the prolongation of the working time of officials and public servants who have reached retirement age.

Adoption: 2000-11-23 | VNM-2000-R-58413

Determines which officials and public servants shall be considered for prolongation of working time after reaching retirement age. Sets forth conditions, principles, and procedures for considering and effecting prolongation of working time. Prolongation may vary from 1 to 5 years.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance on elderly people (No.23/2000/PL-UBTVQH10). -

Adoption: 2000-04-18 | Date of entry into force: 2000-07-01 | VNM-2000-R-57288

Applies to citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam aged 60 or older. Provides for support and care for elderly people (Chapter II), promotion of elderly people's role in the cause of national construction and defense (Chapter III), state management of the elder-related work (Chapter IV), reward and handling of violations (Chapter V), and some related matters.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree No. 55/1999/ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on the disabled. -

Adoption: 1999-07-10 | Date of entry into force: 1999-07-25 | VNM-1999-R-54109

Provides for social assistance to persons who are disabled and have no income, as well as free medical care and vocational training.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Circular on Recruitment, Employment and Management of Vietnamese Employees working for foreign organizations and individuals in Vietnam (No. 09-1999-TT-BLDTBXH). -

Adoption: 1999-03-15 | VNM-1999-M-53862

Governs applications for Vietnamese employees to work for foreign enterprises, labour contracts, and reports on Vietnamese working in foreign enterprises. Attached to the text is a model employment contract. Implements Decree 85-1998-ND-CP.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Circular guiding the enterprises' labour use declaration when they start operation and their labour use termination reporting when they terminate operation (No. 6/1998/TT-BLDTBXH).

Adoption: 1998-03-15 | Date of entry into force: 1998-04 | VNM-1998-M-50145

Provides for the reporting of the number and type of employees 30 days after establishing or dissolving an enterprise.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Joint Circular guiding the implementation of Decree No. 81-CP of 23 November 1995 of the Government on Disabled Laborers (No. 1/1998/TTLT/BLDTBXH-BTC-BKHDT). -

Adoption: 1998-01-01 | VNM-1998-M-49561

Sets forth conditions for vocational training programmes and enterprises to be considered as reserved for disabled workers so that they may receive certain incentives. To qualify, vocational training programmes must have at least 70 per cent permanent enrollment of disabled persons, and enterprises must hire a specified proportion of disabled workers and include a disabled person in management. Stipulates that cities and provinces establish job funds to finance job training programmes and enterprises for the disabled. Also sets forth entitlements of disabled workers, types of enterprises which must accept a proportion of disabled workers, and stipulates that enterprises which have not hired prescribed proportions of disabled workers pay an indemnity to the Fund for Job Creation.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Circular on Employment Service Agencies (No. 08-LDTBXH-TT).

Adoption: 1997-03-10 | VNM-1997-M-48358

Provides guidelines regarding the functions, duties and powers of employment service agencies. Such agencies may organize labour recruitment and provide vocational training courses for the poor and certain ethnic groups. Also governs procedures for the establishment of employment agencies and the organization, personnel and staff structure at such agencies.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Circular No. 16-LDTBXH providing guidelines for implementation of Decree 72/CP of the Government with respect to recruitment of labour. (Thông tư 16/LĐTBXH-TT-1996 hướng dẫn Nghị định 72/CP-1995 về tuyển dụng lao động do Bộ Lao động, Thương binh và Xã hội ban hành) -

Adoption: 1996-09-05 | VNM-1996-M-48596

Sets forth obligations during the recruitment process. Prospective employees shall present a workbook; employers shall divulge full details regarding conditions of employment. In cases where more than one applicant is qualified for a position, priority shall be given to war veterans, sick war veterans or members of their families, persons with disabilities, women, and persons who have been unemployed for more than one year. Also regulates the recruitment of Vietnamese employees in export processing zones and industrial zones, and the submission of periodic reports regarding labour and recruitment statistics.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Circular on Instruction of Tax Exemption Procedures for Production or Business Establishments Exclusively Reserved for Disabled Persons (No. 23TC/TCT9), 26 April, 1996. -

Adoption: 1996-04-26 | VNM-1996-M-75966

Sets out tax exemption procedures for production or business establishments exclusively reserved for disabled persons.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree No. 81-CP to regulate the implementation of a number of sections of the Labour Code relating to disabled workers. -

Adoption: 1995-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 1995-11-23 | VNM-1995-R-45361

Provides regulations governing vocational training institutions in which at least 70 per cent of the trainees are disabled, and enterprises in which at least 51 per cent of the workforce is disabled. Disability for the purposes of this text is established at more than 21 per cent.

Viet Nam - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree No. 72-CP to regulate the implementation of a number of sections of the Labour Code relating to employment.

Adoption: 1995-10-31 | Date of entry into force: 1995-10-31 | VNM-1995-R-45359

Defines and sets forth objectives of employment programmes, including one-year and five-year goals. Establishes and regulates the national employment fund, employment service centres, recruitment procedures, the maximum charge which may be levied against an employer by an employment service, as well as severence pay and dismissal procedures in the case where structural or economic changes in an industry result in mass termination of employment.

Yemen - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Prime Minister's Order No. 214 of 2012 Promulgating the Executive Regulation of Law No. 31 of 2009 concerning Job Rotation. -

Adoption: 2012-09-01 | Date of entry into force: 2012-09-01 | YEM-2012-R-93257

Title I
Chapter I: Definitions
Chapter II: Objectives, Administration and Scope of Application

Title II
Chapter I: Job Rotation Types
Chapter II: Job Rotation Periods
Chapter III: Job Rotation Regulation and Conditions
Chapter IV: Final and General Provisions

Yemen - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 31 of 2009 Concerning Jobs Rotation. -

Adoption: 2009-09-06 | Date of entry into force: 2010-03-06 | YEM-2009-L-93253

Preamble.
Chapter I: Definitions
Chapter II: Objectives of the Law
Chapter III: Administration and Scope of Application
Chapter IV: The Job Rotation Types and Periods
Chapter V: Regulations and Conditions
Chapter VI: General Provisions

Yemen - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Presidential Decree No. 1, 2004 on the Employment Card System.

Adoption: 2004-01-12 | Date of entry into force: 2004-01-12 | YEM-2004-R-76302

The Decree contains 20 Articles, inter alia with respect to: definitions; objectives of the system; database; the formation of the Committees to supervise the work of this system; the duties of the Committees; the duties if the Ministry of Civil Service and Insurance; phases for the implementation of the system; and the duties of the Heads of the Management Units.

Yemen - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 11 of 2001.

Adoption: 2001-10-28 | Date of entry into force: 2003-10-28 | YEM-2001-L-64695

Amends article 16 of Presidential Decree No. 5 of 1995 (the Labour Code). The amended article now provides for the possibility of establishing private employment agencies.

Zambia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

The Persons with Disabilities Act, 2012 [No. 6 of 2012]. -

Adoption: 2012-06-21 | ZMB-2012-L-94955

An Act to continue the existence of the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities and define its functions and powers; promote the participation of persons with disabilities with equal opportunities in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural spheres; provide for mainstreaming of disability issues as an integral part of national policies and strategies of sustainable development; incorporate a gender perspective in the promotion of the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities; ensure accessibility by persons with disabilities to the physical, social, economic and cultural environment, and to health, education, information, communication and technology; provide for the regulation and registration of institutions that provide services to persons with disabilities and organizations of, and for, persons with disabilities; continue the existence of the National Trust Fund for Persons with Disabilities; provide for the domestication of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol and other international instruments on persons with disabilities to which Zambia is party, in order to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities and to promote respect for their inherent dignity; repeal and replace the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1996; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.

Zambia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Zambia Institute of Human Resources Management Act, 1997 (No. 11 of 1997). -

Adoption: 1997-04-18 | ZMB-1997-L-46834

Establishes the Zambia Institute of Human Resources Management, which shall have the function of developing human resources management programmes and training persons involved in the field. Also establishes a Human Resources Management Council which shall govern the Institute.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Older Persons Act, 2011 (Act No. 1 of 2012). -

Adoption: 2012-09-17 | ZWE-2012-L-89594

The purpose of this Bill is to provide for the well-being of older persons, to provide for the appointment of a Director for Older Persons affairs, the establishment of an Older Person Board, to create an Older Persons Fund and to provide for matters connected therewith, or incidental thereto.

In more detail, the individual clauses of the Bill provide as follows:
Clause 1
This clause gives the short title of the Bill and provide for the fixing of date of operation by President through a statutory instrument.

Clause 2
The terms used in this Bill are defined in this clause.

Clause 3
This clause establishes the office of Director for Older Persons Affairs who will be responsible for coordinating the activities of the Older Persons Board. The Director will perform his duties in accordance with such general directions as the Minister may issue from time to time.

Clause 4
This clause establishes the Older Persons Board and also provides for the appointment of members of the Board by the Minister. This clause also provide for the appointment of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Board, the conditions of service for members of the Board and the procedure at meetings of the board.

Clause 5
This clause deals with disqualification for appointment as a member of the Board. In particular, persons not ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe will not qualify for appointment.

Clause 6
Termination of appointment as members of the Board is provided for by this clause. A member of the Board may resign voluntarily. The Minister is also empowered to terminate the appointment of any Board member in circumstances outlined in this clause.

Clause 7
The functions of the Older Persons Board are provided for by this clause. Basically the Board will be responsible for formulating and designing policies meant to ensure the well-being, care and protection of older persons. This clause also empowers the Board to set up committees to which certain of its functions may be delegated.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disabled Persons Act [Chapter 17:01]. -

Adoption: 1992 | ZWE-1992-L-30350

This Act provides for the welfare and rehabilitation of disabled persons, the appointment and functions of a Director for Disabled Persons' Affairs, and the establishment and functions of a National Disability Board. Discrimination against disabled persons in employment, and denial to disabled persons of access to public premises, services and amenities are prohibited.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Urban Development Corporation Act 1986. No. 14.

Adoption: 1986 | ZWE-1986-L-2470

An Act to provide for the declaration of development areas, to establish the Urban Development Corporation and provide for its the functions, and related matters. One object of the Corporation is to generate employment (s. 19(b)).

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Domestic Workers) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (No. 4).

Adoption: 1985-06-28 | ZWE-1985-R-1716

Inter alia, repeal the schedule to the principal regulations.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Tobacco (Miscellaneous) Industry Employment (Amendment) Regulations (No. 1). S.I. No. 93.

Adoption: 1985 | ZWE-1985-R-1512

Miscellaneous amendments (rates) to the Regulations of 1983 on the same subject.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Labour Relations (Employment Agencies) Regulations 1985. S.I. 370.

Adoption: 1985 | ZWE-1985-R-2267

See summary under S.I. 372 of 1985.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Domestic Workers) (Amendment) Regulations 1984 (No. 3). S.I. 238C of 1984.

Adoption: 1984-07-01 | ZWE-1984-R-758

Amends schedule to Employment (Domestic Worker) Regulations 1983 (No. 2).

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Manpower Planning and Development Act 1984 (No. 36).

Adoption: 1984 | ZWE-1984-L-1357

Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of manpower training schemes and institutions; to provide for the research and planning of manpower resources; to provide for the imposition of a levy and the establishment of a fund to finance manpower development and for other purposes; to establish the National Manpower Advisory Council; to repeal the Apprenticeship Training and Skilled Manpower Development Act [Chapter 266] and the Vocational Education and Training Act, 1978; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. Commencement: 15 Feb. 1985.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Meat and Fish Processing Industry Employment Regulations 1983. S.I. No. 511.

Adoption: 1983 | ZWE-1983-R-10054

Repeal the Regulations of 1980 on the same subject and subsequent amendments.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Sweet and Confectionery Manufacturing Industry Employment Regulations 1983. S.I. No. 525.

Adoption: 1983 | ZWE-1983-R-10055

Repeal the Regulations of 1978 on the same subject, and subsequent amendments.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Commercial Undertaking of Zimbabwe Employment Regulations 1983. S.I. 571 of 1983.

Adoption: 1983 | ZWE-1983-R-10056

Repeal, inter alia, the Commercial Undertaking of Zimbabwe (other than Harare) Employment Regulations 1981, and subsequent amendments.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Undertaking of Town Councils Employment Regulations 1983. S.I. 529.

Adoption: 1983 | ZWE-1983-R-10057

Repeal the Regulations of 1979 on the same subject, and subsequent amendments.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Motor-Vehicle Manufacturing Industry Employment Regulations 1983. S.I. 537.

Adoption: 1983 | ZWE-1983-R-10058

Repeal the Regulations of 1979 on the same subject, and subsequent amendments.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Clothing Industry Employment Regulations 1983. S.I. 539.

Adoption: 1983 | ZWE-1983-R-10059

Repeal the Regulations of l977 on the same subject and subsequent amendments.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Hours of Work) Regulations 1981. Statutory Instrument 818.

Adoption: 1981 | ZWE-1981-R-10978

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Conditions of Service) Regulations 1981. Statutory Instrument 894.

Adoption: 1981 | ZWE-1981-R-10977

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (No. 1). Statutory Instrument 832.

Adoption: 1981 | ZWE-1981-R-10979

Amends ss. 3 and 4 of the principal Regulations S.I. 818 of 1981.

Zimbabwe - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Domestic Workers) Regulations 1981. Statutory Instrument 925C.

Adoption: 1981 | ZWE-1981-R-10980