Law on Trade Union (Revised) No. 39/NA.

This Law provides for the principles, rules, measures relating to the organization, activities, management and inspection of the Lao trade unions in order to enhance the efficiency of the performance upon its roles, rights and duties in order to build a strong collective power and to protect legitimate rights and interests of its members, workers, employees.
The State protects the legitimate rights and interest of the workers and employees through the Lao Federation of Trade Unions. The Lao Federation of Trade Unions is the organizational system of Lao Trade Unions, a social and political establishment of the Lao working-class and worker, which has been established, led, and educated by the Lao People’s Revolution Party. The Lao Federation of Trade Unions is the elected organizations; the members of its administrative committee at each level shall be directly elected by the general assembly; and conduct activities under the straight and comprehensive directions of the Party committee standing within its organization. The Lao Federation of Trade Unions divides into four levels: 1. The Lao Central Federation of Trade Union; 2. The Federations of Trade Unions of ministries, and ministerial-equivalent agencies, the provinces, and metropolitan; 3. The Federations of Trade Unions of the districts, municipalities, cities, and Major Educational Institutions, Factories, and Business Groups; 4. Trade Unions at Root Level. Trade union organization can be established in the labour unit or production group that have more than 30 workers or employees.
The National Social Security Fund is made up of: the contribution of Government, employer, enterprise’s employee, self-employed and voluntary insured person, to be used for the payment of social security benefits as stipulated in this Law. The Goverment shall appoint a National Social Security Fund’s Committee, whose role and responsibilities are to manage the National Social Security Fund centrally and with accountability, transparency, fairness and sustainability.
The Law further provides for: rights and duties of the Trade Unions at each level, the membership of the Lao Federation of Trade Unions, the organizational system of the executive committee of the Lao Federation of Trade Unions at each level, employee representative, finance of Trade Unions, settlement of dispute related to rights and interests, inspection of the Lao Federation of Trade Union, setc.