INTRODUCTION TO THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LEAGUES AGENCY

1. Function

The General Confederation Agency is the specialized agency of the Vietnam Trade Union organization at the central level, with the function of advising and assisting the Executive Committee and the Presidium of the General Confederation in implementing the Trade Union Law, the Charter of the Vietnam Trade Union and relevant regulations of the Party and State; and is also a professional and nghiệp vụ agency on trade union work of the General Confederation.

2. Task

2.1. Staffing, implementation

a) Study and concretize the Party's guidelines and resolutions, the Trade Union Law, policies and laws of the State related to the legitimate rights and interests of trade union members, workers and trade union organizations; resolutions of the National Congress of Vietnam Trade Unions; tasks according to the provisions of the Charter of Vietnam Trade Unions to organize implementation in the system of Vietnam Trade Union organizations and the General Confederation Agency.

b) Proposing and participating with the Party and State in policies, guidelines, policies, and laws related to trade union members, workers, trade union organizations and the worker movement.

c) Advising the Standing Committee of the Presidium, Presidium, Executive Committee of the General Confederation on guidelines, resolutions, plans, trade union work programs and workers' movements; planning strategies, leading, and orienting activities for trade union levels; international cooperation on workers and trade unions in accordance with the Party's regulations and the State's laws.

d) Proposing to participate in building the Party, State, and political system; participating in inspecting, examining, and supervising the activities of state agencies, organizations, units, and enterprises on issues related to the rights and obligations of employees, supervising and conducting social criticism on organizational and personnel work in accordance with the Party's regulations and the State's laws.

2.2. Presiding over coordination

a) Organize the implementation of the Party's guidelines and resolutions, the State's policies and laws, trade union work guidelines, resolutions, plans, and programs and the workers' movement.

b) Summarize and provide information on the situation of trade union members, workers, trade union work organizations and workers' movements serving the leadership, direction, and administration of the Standing Committee of the Presidium, Presidium, and Executive Committee of the General Confederation.

c) Maintain working relationships with agencies of the Party and State; ministries, branches, unions, economic organizations; Party committees, local authorities to organize the implementation of trade union work and the workers' movement.

d) Preliminary review and summary of resolutions and directives of the Party, policies and laws of the State related to trade union members, workers and trade union organizations according to assignment and decentralization.

e) Organize the launching, preliminary review, and summary of emulation movements and campaigns. Implement evaluation and classification of emulation and commendation in the trade union system and related work contents.

e) Scientific research on the working class, trade union members, workers and trade union organizations.

g) Financial and asset management of the Vietnam Trade Union organization. Management of organizational structure, staff, cadres, civil servants, public employees, laborers, finance, assets of the General Confederation Agency, non-business units, enterprises directly under the General Confederation in accordance with the Party's regulations, policies and laws of the State.

h) Establishment, dissolution, direction of central and equivalent industry trade unions, economic group trade unions, general corporation trade unions directly under the General Confederation of Labour (collectively referred to as central and equivalent industry trade unions) according to the Party's regulations, policies, laws of the State and the Charter of the Vietnam Trade Union.

i) Implement the settlement of complaints and denunciations according to the Party's regulations and the State's laws.

2.3. Guidance, inspection, supervision

a) Guiding and inspecting the implementation of the Party's guidelines and resolutions, policies and laws of the State, the Charter of the Vietnam Trade Union, and the Trade Union Law in the trade union system.

b) Guiding and inspecting the organization of the implementation of guidelines, resolutions, trade union work programs and workers' movements; programs and regulations on coordination between the General Confederation and ministries, branches, unions and other organizations.

c) Develop and organize the implementation of inspection and supervision programs in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Vietnam Trade Union and relevant Party and State laws.

d) Guiding the implementation of the Charter of the Vietnam Trade Union and relevant legal documents according to assignment and decentralization.

e) Perform other tasks assigned by the Standing Committee of the Presidium, Presidium, and Executive Committee of the General Confederation.

3. Organizational principles

3.1. The organizational structure of the General Confederation Agency is implemented in accordance with the Party's regulations, the State's laws, and the Charter of the Vietnam Trade Union; including departments, Offices of the General Confederation, and the Inspection Committee of the General Confederation (hereinafter referred to as departments) to advise and assist the Executive Committee, Presidium and Standing Committee of the Presidium of the General Confederation.

3.2. The apparatus of the General Confederation of Labour ensures streamlining, effective and efficient operation; clearly defines the functions and tasks of each department; each task is assigned to only one department to perform, each department must perform at least 02 or more groups of tasks; and at the same time, there is no overlap, duplication, or omission of functions and tasks.

3.3 Ensure advising and serving the Executive Committee, Presidium, Standing Committee of the Presidium of the General Union of Science, promptly and constantly improving the quality of activities.

3.4. The establishment of department-level focal points is only carried out at the General Confederation Office, according to the principle: there are at least 05 newly established departments, departments have heads of departments and deputy heads of departments.

3. 5. Staffing and the number of leadership and management positions of departments are considered and decided by the Presidium of the General Confederation of Labour on the basis of requirements and tasks, in accordance with the approved title and job position standards; improving the quality and capacity of the contingent of cadres and civil servants.

3.6. Ensure that no later than 5 years from the date the Presidium of the General Confederation of Labour promulgates this Regulation, the number of leading and managing officials and the number of civil servants in departments must be streamlined according to regulations.

4. Organizational structure

4.1. Standing Committee of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, including: Chairman and Vice Chairmen.

4.2. Organizational structure

(1) Trade Union Affairs Committee.

(2) Labor Relations Department.

5. Staffing of the General Confederation Agency

5.1. The payroll of the General Confederation Agency is decided by a competent authority.

5.2. The Presidium of the General Confederation of Labour allocates staff to advisory and assisting boards according to the principles specified in Clause 5, Article 3 of this Regulation, in order to meet the task requirements of each board and the general tasks of the General Confederation of Labour Agency.

5.3. Based on the task needs at each specific time, the Head of the General Confederation Agency decides the number of people to be signed labor contracts to do the work according to regulations. People working under labor contracts who are not subject to the staffing quota of the General Confederation Agency.