Prohibit all acts to pay cash in hand and let employee to purchase personal protective equipment

Workers who during their work are in contact with dangerous and harmful elements such as contacting with disadvantageous physical elements; contacting with harmful chemicals and dust; contacting with harmful biological elements and disadvantageous working environment such as harmful virus, bacteria (transmittal diseases), harmful insects; polluted dung, water, sewage; other harmful biological elements; or working with machinery, equipment, working tools, or in positions with high risks of occupational accidents; working in the height, in mines, low-oxygen places; working on water, in forest or working in other dangerous and harmful working conditions shall be provided with personal protective equipment.

The employers provide personal protective equipment for the employee. Where unsafe occupations having dangerous and harmful elements not ensuring health safety for employees are not covered yet in the list of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the employers shall be temporally allowed to provide personal protective equipment to meet the requirements of such occupations, and they shall concurrently send reports to the provincial Departments of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs, of Ministries, sectors directly managing them for supplement to list by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Especially, All acts by employer to pay cash in hand for employee instead of providing personal protective equipment or to pay cash in hand and let employee to purchase personal protective equipment themselves are strictly prohibited.

This Circular No. 04/2014/TT-BLDTBXH takes effect on April 15, 2014.

(Source: luatvietnam.com)