Challenges surrounding the issue of bringing workers back to work are making textile and footwear businesses more difficult in the process of reopening production.

60% of employees are on leave

According to the survey results at 300 textile, garment and footwear enterprises conducted by Dr. Do Quynh Chi - Labor Relations Research Center (ERC) and a group of colleagues recently performed, showing that up to 60% of workers are on leave, 7% are separated, 9% are producing 3 on-site, only 24% of employees are working normally. Equally, 60% of workers lost their income.

The survey results also showed that 62% of workers stopped working and no longer had any source of income. Because of the decline in income, workers have drastically cut back on food spending, managed to maintain their lives by using savings, loans, and accommodation discounts. 77% of surveyed workers, including both working and retired workers, were negatively impacted mentally.

In that situation, the biggest source of support for workers who quit their jobs is businesses, most of the support outside of businesses is food and food. According to statistics, 27.1% of workers who stopped working received unemployment benefits, very few workers who lost their jobs received unemployment benefits. The reason, the business stopped operating, could not be contacted; local requirements for many procedures, rigid, not explained thoroughly; workers in the red zone, isolated...

Labor shortage is a challenge for businesses to restore production

No job, no income, poor life and fear of infection make workers, especially in epidemic-affected localities, exhausted both physically and mentally. This led to a wave of workers moving back to their hometowns. The survey results of the ERC also show that over 60% of migrant workers want to return to their hometown or have already returned to their hometown. However, the employees expressed that they only returned for a short time to restore their health and psychology for themselves and their families. 89% of migrant workers and 96% of local workers want to continue working at the current factory. “But without active support measures, it will take 3-5 months for migrant workers to return to the factory,” said Dr. Do Quynh Chi more information.

Bringing workers back to production

While textile and footwear enterprises are trying to restore production, the lack of labor becomes a big challenge. Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai - Vice President of Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), expressed: Enterprises are not enough "green workers" to reopen production. In the southern region, apart from the epidemic epicenters such as Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong, the vaccination rate for workers in other provinces and cities is very low. The supply chain is once again at risk of breaking, caused not by external supply and demand factors but by the scarcity of domestic labor.

Another inadequacy, according to Mr. Tran Thanh Hai - Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), making it difficult to open the production door of textile, leather and footwear enterprises is that the localities are applying Measures vary widely in allowing workers to move. "There is information, representatives of Ho Chi Minh City must go to negotiate with each neighboring province so that workers can move to the workplace," Mr. Tran Thanh Hai informed. Faced with the above shortcoming, the leaders of the Import-Export Department also suggested: The Government has a general document stipulating the criteria for the movement of workers, so it will be much more convenient for both workers and businesses. industry and locality.

From a business perspective, representatives of VITAS and the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association agree that: It is most important for businesses and workers to safely produce vaccines for workers. Accordingly, it is suggested that the Government put workers in industries that need to use a lot of labor for production and export to be prioritized for vaccination. On the other hand, if the Government creates favorable conditions for bringing workers back to their hometown, it is also necessary to have solutions to facilitate their return to work through arranging means of transportation, creating green inns...

In the report on the survey results, the ERC research team also made a recommendation: Local governments loosen epidemic prevention measures, facilitate circulation between provinces and cities, and allow workers to Animals who have received at least 1 dose of vaccine return to normal work. Banks extend loans and lend loans to businesses with preferential interest rates to pay wages to employees.

In addition, enterprises regularly contact employees to understand the situation and provide immediate support when necessary; coordinate with the local authorities of the migrant workers to arrange means and costs for testing, and give priority to vaccination so that the workers can return to the factory as soon as possible. The relevant units shall provide immediate termination allowances for employees according to Resolution 68 of the Government.

Claudia Anselmi- Representative of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam: The Vietnamese government needs to quickly have specific regulations on health and vaccine distribution, allowing workers to receive 2 injections freely to move to Workplace. Vaccine passports are also a big problem, helping a team of experts and foreign investors return to Vietnam to work.

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