Phuc Hung Mechanical and Electrical Joint Stock Company has just paid nearly 291 million VND in salary arrears
Phuc Hung Mechanical and Electrical Joint Stock Company has paid nearly 291 million VND in salary, still owing nearly 1 billion 154 million VND, according to statistics from employees.
On February 20, Mr. To Hong Chung - a worker who used to work at Phuc Hung Mechanical and Electrical Joint Stock Company - said that according to his statistics and summary, the total amount of salary the company has transferred to workers who are owed salaries is 290,795,572 VND.
According to the employee's summary, the company owes 1,444,691,158 VND to 26 employees. Thus, after paying the above amount, the company still owes employees 1,153,895,586 VND," Mr. Chung informed.
Mr. Chung is the one who contacts and grasps information from workers who are owed wages, and summarizes information to provide to reporters.
Thus, the amount of money of Phuc Hung Mechanical and Electrical Joint Stock Company is still very large. There are cases where employees are owed 120 million VND by the company but have only recently paid more than 14 million VND; owed 111 million VND but only paid more than 10 million VND.
Employees request the company to pay the entire amount of salary that the company owes employees, resolve it thoroughly, resolve it early, and have clear content for easy monitoring.
Previously, as Lao Dong Newspaper published in many articles, many workers who used to work at Phuc Hung Mechanical and Electrical Joint Stock Company sent petitions to the Newspaper reflecting that they were owed salaries with a total amount of more than 1.4 billion VND.
To have objective information, before that, Lao Dong Newspaper reporters called and texted Mr. Cao Van Lam - Director of the company - but did not receive a response.
When contacting Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Duong - Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors - both times, despite agreeing on an appointment, Mr. Duong did not appear at the office to work with reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper.
Most recently, on February 2, reporters called, but Mr. Duong did not answer the phone. When reporters texted to ask about the salary payment schedule for workers, Mr. Duong texted back saying that he was waiting for sources from investors to come for handling.
According to the provisions of Article 94 of the 2019 Labor Code, employers must pay salaries directly, fully, and on time to employees. Clause 4, Article 97 of the 2019 Labor Code stipulates that in cases where due to force majeure reasons, employers have taken all measures to remedy but cannot pay salaries on time, they must not be delayed more than 30 days; if salary is paid late by 15 days or more, employers must compensate employees with an amount of money equal to at least the interest of the late payment amount calculated according to the 1-month term deposit interest rate announced by the bank where the employer opens a salary account for employees at the time of payment.
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