1. How many times can an employment contract be signed for less than one month?
For example:
- This is the third time the company has signed employment contracts with employees, covering the period from April 1st to April 25th, 2025.
- This is the third time the company has signed employment contracts with employees, covering the period from April 5st to April 27th, 2025.
- This is the third time the company has signed employment contracts with employees, covering the period from April 1st to April 30th, 2025.
The question is, is it permissible to do so?
According to Point b, Clause 1, Article 20 of the 2019 Labor Code, labor contracts of less than one month are classified as fixed-term labor contracts. When this contract expires, if the parties still wish to continue the work, they must sign a new contract as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 20 of the 2019 Labor Code.
– Sign a new contract within 30 days from the date the current employment contract (less than one month) expires;
– They may sign a fixed-term contract or an indefinite-term employment contract once more;
Therefore, a fixed-term employment contract of less than one month can only be signed a maximum of two times.
2. In what cases can multiple employment contracts of less than one month be signed?
Therefore, multiple labor contracts of less than one month may be signed in the following cases:
- Hiring managers in state-owned enterprises;
- Hiring elderly workers;
- Hiring foreign workers to work in Vietnam;
- Hiring employees who are members of the leadership board of the employee representative organization at the workplace and whose contracts have been renewed until the end of their term.
Note:
Even without signing a new contract, the employee is allowed to continue working. After 30 days, a labor contract of less than one month becomes an indefinite-term contract.