Is it permissible to take early retirement when working in toxic environment in Vietnam?

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Question date: 23/06/2022

Is it permissible to take early retirement when working in toxic environment in Vietnam? What is the minimum retirement ages of employees working in toxic environment in Vietnam? Hello Lawnet. I'm 57 years old and working as a mixer at an explosive factory. I want to take early retirement because of bad health. I don't know if I'm allowed to take early retirement or not. Looking forward to your consultancy.

    • Is it permissible to take early retirement when working in toxic environment in Vietnam?
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    • Is it permissible to take early retirement when working in toxic environment in Vietnam?

      Pursuant to Point a, Clause 1, Article 5 of the Decree 135/2020/NĐ-CP stipulating early retirement when working under ordinary conditions as follows:

      An employee, in any of the following circumstances, may retire at the age earlier but not exceeding 5 years before the statutory retirement age provided for in Article 4 hereof, determined until the retirement date, unless otherwise prescribed by law:

      a) He/she has at least 15 years’ doing laborious, toxic and dangerous occupations or highly laborious, toxic and dangerous occupations on the lists of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

      b) He/she has at least 15 years’ working in highly disadvantaged areas, including the period he/she works in areas with the region-based allowance of at least 0.7 (allowance for those working in disadvantaged areas) before January 01, 2021 on the list of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

      c) His/her work capacity reduction is at least 61%.

      d) He/she has at least total 15 years’ doing the occupations specified in point a and working in the areas specified in point b.

      List of arduous, hazardous and dangerous occupations and works, and extremely arduous, hazardous and dangerous occupations and works (enclosed with the Circular 11/2020/TT-BLDTBXH):

      I. Mining:

      No.

      Occupation or work

      Working conditions

      Class-VI working conditions

      1

      Drilling rock with a hand-held machine hammer in the pit

      Working in a confined space lacking light and oxygen; arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of dust, noise and tremor in excess of permissible limits

      2

      Pit mining

      Working in confined space lacking oxygen; manual and extremely arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of dust, noise and CO2.

      3

      Drying, grinding, mixing and packaging explosives

      Hazardous and dangerous work; working in frequent contact with high temperature, noise, dust and toxic chemicals (TNT, Cl2, Licacmon...).

      4

      Operator of loader or excavator with bucket capacity of at least 8m3

      Arduous work; static working posture; working under impact of dust, noise and tremor in excess of permissible limits.

      5

      Mine rescue team member

      Extremely dangerous occupation

      6

      Extracting non-ferrous metal ores by underground mining method

      Working in confined and wet space lacking oxygen; manual and extremely arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of dust, noise and CO2

      7

      Operating hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy equipment (copper, zinc, tin, titanium, chrome, wolfram, etc.).

      Working under impact of high temperature, dust, arsenic, noxious gases and chemicals.

      As regulations above, you are allowed to take early retirement if you have at least 15 years of working in toxic environment but not exceeding 5 years before the statutory retirement age. In your case, you are an explosive mixer working in toxic environment so you can request for early retirement.

      What is the minimum retirement ages of employees working in toxic environment in Vietnam?

      Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 5 of the Decree 135/2020/NĐ-CP stipulating What is the minimum retirement ages of employees working in toxic environment in Vietnam as follows:

      Male employees

      Female employees

      Retirement year

      Lowest retirement age

      Retirement year

      Lowest retirement age

      2021

      55 years 3 months

      2021

      50 years 4 months

      2022

      55 years 6 months

      2022

      50 years 8 months

      2023

      55 years 9 months

      2023

      51 years

      2024

      56 years

      2024

      51 years 4 months

      2025

      56 years 3 months

      2025

      51 years 8 months

      2026

      56 years 6 months

      2026

      52 years

      2027

      56 years 9 months

      2027

      52 years 4 months

      From 2028

      57 years

      2028

      52 years 8 months

      2029

      53 years

      2030

      53 years 4 months

      2031

      53 years 8 months

      2032

      54 years

      2033

      54 years 4 months

      2034

      54 years 8 months

      From 2035

      55 years

      The month and year of birth of the employee corresponding to retirement age mentioned in this clause shall be determined as prescribed in Appendix II hereto appended.

      Best regards!

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