Employment policy - modern slavery at UD
FOREWORD
The University of Danang (UD) is strongly committed to implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report focuses on SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. It presents UD's policy framework, implementation measures and results in 2025 on paying a living wage, recognising trade unions and labour rights, preventing discrimination and forced labour, ensuring gender pay equity, providing appeal mechanisms, investing in employees, offering student work placements, and maintaining secure employment contracts.
Indicator 8.2.4: Employment policy - modern slavery
UD is committed to not using forced labour and guarantees the freedom to terminate employment, reasonable working hours and payment for overtime work:
(1) Right to terminate the contract in case of forced labour - Clause 5, Article 25, Regulations on the Recruitment, Employment and Management of Public Employees of UD (issued 28 January 2022, amended 4 April 2024):
Public employees working under fixed-term employment contracts have the right to unilaterally terminate the contract if they are maltreated or subjected to forced labour.
Regulations on the Recruitment, Employment and Management of Public Employees (2022): https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38450&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
Amending document (2024): https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38586&tr=g7vn253255257253249256246254VBNBo
(2) Limits on working time - Clause 1, Article 4, Regulations on the Working Regime of Lecturers of UD (issued 8 December 2021, continuously applied):
The working time of lecturers in an academic year is 44 weeks (equivalent to 1,760 hours).
Clause 1, Article 13 of this document specifies how lecturers' working hours are determined, which serves as the basis for calculating and paying for teaching loads in excess of the norm.
Regulations on the Working Regime of Lecturers of UD: https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=37424&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
(3) Payment for overtime work - Article 9, Internal Expenditure Regulations of UD (issued 6 January 2025), regulates payment for overtime work, ensuring that all additional working time is recorded and remunerated.
Internal Expenditure Regulations of UD: https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38631&tr=g7vn255252250250248255246256VBNBo
In addition, Clause 2, Article 16 of the Labour Rules of the UD Head Office (5 June 2026) defines the coercion of other employees at the workplace as a violation of labour discipline.
Labour Rules of the UD Head Office: https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=39711&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
CONCLUSION
The University of Danang has successfully fulfilled the requirements of Sustainable Development Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. UD has established a comprehensive, coherent and publicly available system of employment policies that is regularly issued, reviewed and updated in line with the law. Through these policies, UD ensures stable incomes for its employees, a fair, equal and non-discriminatory working environment, and the right to join representative organisations. Investment in staff, linking training with professional practice, and maintaining stable, long-term employment relationships are also notable achievements.
Going forward, UD will continue to review and improve its policies and to strengthen transparency and public disclosure of information. In doing so, UD affirms its role both as a leading higher education institution and as a responsible employer, contributing actively to the sustainable socio-economic development of the region and the country.