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A Brief Information of Labour Laws and Regulations

The law explains the principles, regulation and measures on administration, monitoring, labor skills

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The law applied to all of the labor in Lao PDR including employers, registered and unregistered employees,  L30  ing within the Lao PDR.

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there are  ns and Instructions which mentioned on the labor area including: Decree  on the Innovation and Labour Skill Development, Decree on the export Lao Labour for working abroad."Decisioon the  for Import Foreign labour working in Lao PDRO

n on the Pe  for Import Foreign labour Working in Lao PDR refer to regulation of import  ho is working in Lao PDR to respond demand of skil  foreign labour who is working a s and quarantee to Lao Laobour have a change to learn new knowledge from  nits and foreign Projects

B Requirement of Employing Foreign Employees

a Work PermIt

Labor units which obtain permission to import foreign labor must register and apply for a work permit within one

receiving authorization. A work permit will be issued at the same time as a work visa(LA-B2)andexpire in accordance with the em  act. Registration and issuance of temporary work permits shall not  exceed three months for labor imported for a probationary period. for monitoring and evaluation of projects, or for the

Service Guidebook has mentioned about the terms of requesting the approval for the importand utilization of foreign laborers of labor units or projects

Be labor units or project with leg  business license,

fust have more than 50 million kip of registered fund.

st have at least 10 Lao em

Compose complete forms set by skill Development and Employment Department.  lete commitment fees as per the regulations  a skilled laborer, have relevant knowledge for the required position:  Have clear biography, do not escape any crime and enter into Lao PDR to work.

Must be 20 years of age and above

Must transfer technical knowledge to Lao employee  Must follow rules and regulations, and traditions of the Lao PDR;

Healthy with no contagious disease

Application  Application for registration and work permit cared issuance must submitted through section to Ministry of  Labor and Social Welfare. The work permit cared has its validity of 3 months, 6 months and 1 year, and not longerthan 4 years in total.

Request document:  st and onginal document requesting permission to import foreign employees:  ssion of foreign employment import issued by LSw sectors,

Copy of passport and visa LA-B2,

Time frame for Request document: Not more than 1 week.  Social Insurance

Every labor unit and employee must be insured and make payments into the National Social Security Fund  receive social security benefits of any kind as determined on the law on Social Security. In case, employees wt  have not contributed to the national social security fund or have contributed but are not yet entitled to the benef  employers must be responsible according to the law and regulations

C. Exit and Entry

Foreigners or non-nationality who want to get in to Lao PDR shall follow the convention between bot  parties for the Passport and follow up of the step to get a Visa and show passport to the police at the immigran  checkpoint before get into country.

a Visa Types

There are 13 types to Entry-Exit visa of Lao PDR as such  Diplomatic visa

(sA2)

Courtesy visa

Tourist visa

Short-term visa  (N-B3

Long-term visa  (-B3)

Permanent visa (P.-B3)

Expert visa  (E-B2

(R-B3

Student visa  (ST-B2)

Media visa  (MB2)  Business visa for foreign investors (NI-B2 or 1-B2)

Technical visa, foreign employee

b Restrictions for Exit and Entry

It has specific of the restrictions for exit and entry to Lao PDR especially for the Visa, it has kind of entry-e:  visa, including short term entry-exit visa(3 month, 6-months and 1-year), long-term multiple entry-exit visas with

Visa used for entry into Lao PDR, if investors( for stockholders only) and family, must be Ni-B2 business visadirectors, deputy directors(none-stakeholders or none-investor) and technicians, must be LA-B2 business visaD. Trade Union and Labour Organizations

There are 4 labor administration agency is involved including the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfarelabor and social welfare division of each province and city, the labor and social welfare office in each districtmunicipality, labor Units and Social Welfare at the village level. However the government who is the major body t  managing labor uniformly by set forth the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare as the body directly responsiblE Labour Disputes

For the resolution of labor disputes will be undertaken according to the following methods

Compromise

Administrative resolutions:

Resolution by the Committee for Labor Dispute Resolution

Court rulings

Dispute resolution consistent with intemational protocols