Working impetus in early year gets animated

As of 11 a.m. on January 30 (the 9th day of the Lunar New Year 2023), around 2,000 enterprises with trade union locals in the province have resumed operation. Most employees who returned their hometowns for Tet with their families have come back to work, reaching 98% of total. The working impetus on the first day of the Lunar New Year is very high. Many businesses have organized overtime on the first working day and recruited hundreds of employees because there are many orders.

Getting happy because of being worked overtime

Overtime also means more income for employees. If being in the last months of the year, many enterprises in the province organized production in moderation and worked under office hours, the working impetus and production on the first working day of the Lunar New Year have been very different. Most businesses have quickly started production, organizing activities for employees to work overtime on the first working day. In addition, many businesses need to recruit hundreds of workers to meet demand.

98% workers of Compass 2 Company in Thuan An city-based VSIP I have come back to work on the first working day of the Lunar New Year

According to provincial Labor Union, as of 11 a.m. on January 30, 1,878 out of 3,527 enterprises with trade union locals in the province have resumed operation (or 53% of total), with 511,962 out of 682,881 employees coming back to work (or 75% of total). Among them, 85% of workers in industrial parks have come back to work... This year, some enterprises gave employees a longer Tet holiday than every year, so they are expected to resume operation on February 1.

As noted by reporters on the morning of January 30, at a number of enterprises that have resumed operation, the number of workers who returned their hometowns for Tet have come back to work on time. Nguyen Phuong Trinh (from Quang Binh province), a worker of Compass 2 Company in Thuan An city-based VSIP 1 said: "Being given bus tickets to return hometown from the company’s leaders and Trade Unions at all levels, immigrant laborers like us enjoyed a very meaningful Tet after many years of facing the pandemic. It's even more fun when we got lucky money of VND 350,000 per person from the company's leaders while being announced that we can work overtime on the first working day of the Lunar New Year. This also means that workers will increase their income and have stable jobs. It's so nice to start the Lunar New Year like that."

Meanwhile, Nguyen Duy Phuong, Chairman of Compass 2 Company’s Trade Union said: “Currently, the company has a total of more than 1,000 employees. On the first working day of the Lunar New Year, 98% of workers living away from home have come back to work on time. Company leaders said they will recruit more workers to ensure production. As expected, the company will consider and start recruiting workers in the next week”.

Although wood and garment industries were affected in terms of orders and materials, on the early days of the Lunar New Year, there are positive signs. Le Van Toai, Vice-Chairman of Pungkook Saigon II Co., Ltd.’s Trade Union local in Di An city said that about 98% of the company's employees have come back to work on time. All workers have got overtime immediately. Although the textile and garment industry was greatly affected in the last months of 2022, the company's production orders are currently very large. The company is urgently recruiting more workers in the coming days.

Although Mekong Furniture Co., Ltd. in Thu Dau Mot city will resume operation on February 6, information from the company's leaders released on the first working day of the Lunar New Year made employees very happy. It is an abundant source of production orders, so workers can work overtime on the first working day of the Lunar New Year (February 6) and the company will recruit more workers. In addition, the company will give lucky money for employees, maintain care regimes for employees such as giving 8kg of rice per person per month and necessities with the average level of between VND 250,000 and VND300,000 per person per month...

Businesses in need of workers

The labor market in the province on the first working day of the Lunar New Year have had a lot of good changes. Many businesses inside and outside the local industrial parks are in need of a large number of workers to meet their production needs. According to provincial Labor Union, as of 11am on January 30, there were 95 enterprises in need of additional 13,350 workers. Meanwhile, provincial Job Placement Center has also been proactive to review and grasp the demand for job recruitment from businesses to supplement labor resources throughout the province. According to leaders of the center, there are a number of enterprises recruiting at the beginning of the year with the number of nearly 2,000 employees. They include New Wide Vietnam Co., Ltd. in need of 940 workers (including 500 skilled workers in garment, 300 unskilled workers, 140 in terms of maintenance, QA, QC and other positions...), Esprinta VN Garment Company in need of 500 skilled sewing workers, Accasette Garment Company in need of 200 skilled sewing workers, Giant Manufacturing VN Company in need of 200 unskilled laborers...

Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Deputy Director of provincial Job Placement Center said: "…The number of workers returning to work on January 30 was relatively high at enterprises ‘production needs. However, there are still a number of businesses facing difficulties in term of orders, so employees still accompany the enterprises by working office hours. It is forecasted that a small number of laborers will change jobs and look for new jobs to increase income. The situation of labor and employment is likely to stabilize from February 5".

As of January 30 afternoon, many workers from the Mekong, central and northern provinces continued flocking to Binh Duong after Tet to keep jobs and stabilize jobs in 2023.

According to provincial Labor Union, as of 11 a.m. on January 30, 1,878 out of 3,527 enterprises with trade union locals in the province have resumed operation (or 53% of total), with 511,962 out of 682,881 employees coming back to work (75% of total). Among them,  85% of workers in the local industrial parks have come back to work

Reported by Quang Tam-Translated by Kim Tin

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