Workers sue company for unpaid wages, twice "avoiding" mediation

Speaking to Dan Tri reporters, a group of workers at the Haprosimex knitting factory, part of the Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company, filed a petition with the court requesting that the company accept and resolve the issue of unpaid wages for the past 7 years.

Previously, on the morning of September 13, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Hoan Kiem District ( Hanoi ) organized the second mediation session between the collective of workers and Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company regarding the payment of outstanding wages.

Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company continued to be absent. In the previous mediation session (afternoon of August 29), this unit was also absent.

According to the minutes of labor dispute mediation, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Hoan Kiem district said that the collective of workers can submit a petition to the people's court to request the settlement of the labor dispute with Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company in accordance with the law.

Nearly 50 workers of the Haprosimex knitting factory under Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company were owed wages for 9 months, from November 2016 to July 2017.

Công nhân kiện doanh nghiệp nợ lương, 2 lần trốn hòa giải - 1 — Workers who are owed wages have to do many other jobs to make ends meet (Photo: Hoa Le).

It is known that the group of workers submitted a petition to the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Hoan Kiem district in mid-August. A week later, the workers received an invitation to a labor dispute mediation session.

At the end of 2016, Haprosimex One Member Co., Ltd. (Ninh Hiep Industrial Park, Gia Lam, Hanoi) restructured and transformed into Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company.

At that time, the company's director and accountant were arrested. This unit owed the bank, could not proceed with equitization, and was forced to transfer asset management rights to Vietnam Debt Trading Company Limited (DATC).

In October 2016, the company’s employees received notice of temporary layoff. The transition process was complicated, and seven years have passed, and the rights of the employees have not yet been resolved.

At the recent meeting between representatives of Haprosimex Group Joint Stock Company and employees, regarding the employees' salary arrears, the company representative stated that it would be fully paid in the fourth quarter of 2023.

However, on July 4, Haprosimex Company called workers to receive 9 months of unpaid wages. More than 50 workers were happy because their 7-year-old problems were resolved.

However, the workers were forced by the company to receive 50% of the salary owed according to internal salary data (equivalent to the regional minimum wage). To receive that amount, the workers had to sign a confirmation on the working minutes prepared by the company, committing not to ask Haprosimex to pay any other amount of money, not to make any complaints or lawsuits regarding salary and labor regime between the workers and Haprosimex.

Therefore, many workers did not agree to receive the above amount.

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