Minister of Home Affairs: Will add a regime for non-professional officials who quit their jobs
Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said the Ministry is advising the Government to develop additional policies for non-professional officials who are required to quit their jobs.
The National Assembly Standing Committee met today (April 17) to give opinions on the Government's report on salary reform, pension adjustment, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits.
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh commented that in the context of many difficulties facing our country, the 2024 salary increase adjustment is a remarkable achievement, highly appreciated by officials, party members, people, and those receiving salaries from the policy.
However, the upcoming task is very heavy when having to balance salaries with budget expenditures in the context of setting a growth target of over 8%, and negotiating reciprocal taxes with the US is still complicated.
Mr. Nguyen Khac Dinh proposed linking salary policy with the process of restructuring the apparatus, reducing staff, and building a lean, strong apparatus. Accordingly, the budget will have to set aside a portion to pay for those who quit their jobs or retire early.
Meanwhile, currently, public service units, fully autonomous or partially autonomous, are not allowed to use the state budget to pay for officials who retire early or quit their jobs. Therefore, Mr. Dinh suggested that there should be a support mechanism for these public service units.
Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said she would absorb the comments of the Committee on Culture and Society, complete the report, and propose that the Central Executive Committee evaluate Resolution 27 to serve as a basis for fundamental and strategic solutions for the implementation of long-term wage policies.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is currently guiding localities to implement Resolution 27 according to Decree 178, supplement Decree 67, and continue to implement Decree 177.
Along with that, the Ministry of Home Affairs is consulting on building additional policies for non-professional officials who are dismissed according to the general spirit of competent authorities.
Official dispatch No. 03 of the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a 2-level local government organization model clearly states: The use of non-professional workers at the commune level will end from August 1, 2025.
By the end of 2021, the country had 436,617 part-time workers in communes, villages, and residential groups. Over the past few years, this number has increased by 7,418 people. Thus, it is estimated that the country has more than 444,000 part-time workers.
Currently, the settlement of regimes and policies for non-professional workers when merging communes is implemented according to Decree 29/2023 of the Government on streamlining payroll.
Accordingly, part-time workers at the commune, village, and residential group levels who are redundant due to administrative unit reorganization are entitled to benefits when they leave their jobs during the period from the date of reorganization decision by competent authorities until before the end of the reorganization roadmap.
