Can employees work for two companies at the same time?

Can employees work for two companies at the same time?

“I am an IT employee at a Technology company, my income has decreased due to the fluctuating economic situation, so I intend to work as a consultant at a company. other.

At both workplaces, I signed an official labor contract. Is this illegal? Does the technology company have the right to ban me from working two jobs at the same time?”

ANT Legal would like to advise you as follows:

Article 19 of the 2019 Labor Code regulates the conclusion of many contracts as follows:

“1. Employees can enter into multiple labor contracts with multiple employers but must ensure full implementation of the agreed contents.

2. If an employee simultaneously signs multiple labor contracts with multiple employers, participation in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of law on social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and occupational safety and hygiene.”

According to this regulation, employees can enter into labor contracts with multiple employers, with no limit on the number of contracts signed but when signing those labor contracts, you must ensure the rights and obligations of previously signed contracts.

In your case as mentioned above, you can sign two labor contracts at the same time but must ensure the rights and obligations of both parties, for example regarding hours, products or completion of assigned tasks… specified in both contracts.

Legal notes law in case of entering into two or more contracts

Ensure the accuracy of information in the labor contract when concluding: When concluding a labor contract, employees need to carefully check that the information in the labor contract has all of the following contents:

– Name and address of the employer and full name and title of the person concluding the labor contract on the employer’s side;

– Full name, date of birth, gender, place of residence, Citizen Identification Card number, ID card or passport of the person entering into the labor contract on the employee’s side;

– Work and work location;

– Term of the labor contract;

– Salary according to job or title, salary payment method, salary payment period, salary allowances and other supplements;

– Promotion and salary increase regime;

– Working time, rest time;

– Labor protection equipment for workers;

– Social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance;

– Training, fostering, improving professional qualifications and skills.

In cases where the company requires or agrees with the employee not to sign labor contracts with multiple companies at the same time, the employee should note that this is an agreement contrary to the law.

In addition, employees working for two companies at the same time need to pay attention to contents related to confidentiality, business secrets, etc., which need to be specifically regulated to minimize risks during contract implementation.