What is the minimum monthly wage for workers in Region 1?

What is the minimum monthly wage for workers in Region 1? Let's find out what the minimum monthly wage is.

What is the minimum monthly wage in Region 1 in 2023?

What is the minimum monthly wage?

The minimum monthly wage is the lowest wage used as a basis for negotiation and payment of wages to employees applying the monthly salary payment method, ensuring that the wage according to the job or position of the employee who works enough normal working hours in the month and completes the agreed labor or work norms must not be lower than the minimum monthly wage.

(Clause 1, Article 4, Decree 38/2022/ND-CP)

What is the minimum monthly wage in Region 1 in 2023?

Specifically, in Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree 38/2022/ND-CP, the minimum monthly wage of Region 1 in 2023 is 4,680,000 VND/month.

In which, Region 1 will include the following areas:

- Districts and counties of Gia Lam, Dong Anh, Soc Son, Thanh Tri, Thuong Tin, Hoai Duc, Thach That, Quoc Oai, Thanh Oai, Me Linh, Chuong My and Son Tay town of Hanoi city;

- Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province;

- Districts and counties of Thuy Nguyen, An Duong, An Lao, Vinh Bao, Tien Lang, Cat Hai, Kien Thuy of Hai Phong city;

- Districts, Thu Duc city and Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh, Nha Be districts of Ho Chi Minh city;

- Bien Hoa and Long Khanh cities and Nhon Trach, Long Thanh, Vinh Cuu, Trang Bom and Xuan Loc districts of Dong Nai province;

- Thu Dau Mot, Thuan An, Di An cities; Ben Cat, Tan Uyen towns and Bau Bang, Bac Tan Uyen, Dau Tieng, Phu Giao districts of Binh Duong province;

- Vung Tau city, Phu My town, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.

What is the penalty for paying less than the monthly minimum wage?

According to Clause 3, Article 17 of Decree 12/2022/ND-CP, employers will be fined for paying employees lower than the minimum wage prescribed by the Government at the following levels:

- From 20,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND for violations involving 01 to 10 employees;

- From 30,000,000 VND to 50,000,000 VND for violations involving 11 to 50 workers;

- From 50,000,000 VND to 75,000,000 VND for violations involving 51 or more employees.

If the violator is an organization, the fine will be twice the fine for an individual (Clause 1, Article 6, Decree 12/2022/ND-CP)

Specifically:

- In case of violation from 01 to 10 employees, the fine will be from 40,000,000 VND to 60,000,000 VND;

- In case of violation of 11 to 50 workers, the fine will be from 60,000,000 VND to 100,000,000 VND;

- In case of violation of 51 or more employees, the fine will be from 100,000,000 VND to 150,000,000 VND;

Instructions for applying minimum wages according to each region

The application of the regional area is determined according to the employer's place of operation as follows:

- Employers operating in a region shall apply the minimum wage prescribed for that region.

- If an employer has units or branches operating in locations with different minimum wages, the minimum wage prescribed for the location in which the unit or branch operates shall apply.

- Employers operating in industrial parks and export processing zones located in areas with different minimum wages shall apply the locality with the highest minimum wage.

- Employers operating in an area with a name change or separation shall temporarily apply the minimum wage prescribed for the area before the name change or separation until the Government has new regulations.

- Employers operating in a newly established area from one or more areas with different minimum wages shall apply the minimum wage according to the area with the highest minimum wage.

- Employers operating in a provincial city newly established from one or more localities in region IV shall apply the minimum wage prescribed for the remaining provincial city in Clause 3 of the Appendix issued with Decree 38/2022/ND-CP.

(Clause 3, Article 3, Decree 38/2022/ND-CP)

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