Seasonal workers getting short end of stick

Workers work inside a factory at the hi-tech area of HCMC's Thu Duc City. Photo by VnExpress/An Phuong

Many seasonal workers don't have labor contracts despite lasting working durations, preventing them from accessing benefits like social insurance or sick pay.

Hua Van Tai, 23, traveled from Binh Phuoc Province to Ho Chi Minh City, more than three hours away, to look for a job four months earlier. He later got one at a factory of Japanese electrical component firm Nidec in Thu Duc City as a seasonal employee, thanks to the help of a labor agency. There was no CV involved.

Tai said the firm only required an ID card, which the labor agency would keep for seven days before returning. There was no labor contract. Tai's income consists of a basic salary of around VND4.7 million ($204), along with travel, accommodation support and social insurance payments, among others. They all add up to around VND10 million a month for 22 days of work, 12 hours a day.

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