Leave of periods are counted as the length of working period

On 14 July 2014, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam issued an Official Letter No.2467/LDTBXH LĐTL prescribes the leave of periods are counted as the length of working period to the severance allowance.

Leave of periods are counted as the length of working period 

Pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 15 of Circular No. 30/2013/TT-BLDTBXH, the following periods of the employee are considered as working period when calculating severance allowance:

- Period for probation, apprenticeship and practical training, including period being sent to school;
- Leave of period entitled in accordance with the provisions of the Social Insurance Law No. 71/2006 / QH11.
- Personal leave of period which is fully paid in accordance with Clause 1 of Article 116 of the Labor Code,
- Leave of period without pay if employer agrees;
- Leave of period for union activities under the provisions of the law on trade unions
- Period of time to stop work, leave period without fault of the employee,
- Leave of period due to suspension of work, detained or temporarily held in prison period, but employee is back to work by the state agency competent concluding not guilty.

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