Need to review streamlining staff to suit reality

Quynh Luu District People's Committee currently has 12 departments, specialized agencies and 1 project management board, of which 75/79 positions are assigned; there are 4 public service units under the district; the educational public service unit has 100 schools.

In 2015, the District People's Committee recruited 2 officials from the Radio and Television Station; in 2016, it recruited 7 officials from the Culture and Information Center; and in 2016, it specially recruited 1 official from the Land Use Rights Registration Office.

Regarding the education and training sector, from 2015 to present, the District People's Committee has organized the recruitment of 133 civil servants and recruited 230 contract teachers according to Joint Circular No. 09. Implementing Decree 108/2014/ND-CP of the Government on streamlining the payroll, from 2015 to 2017, 10 civil servants and 25 public employees of public service units have been streamlined.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong chaired the meeting. Photo: Phuong Thuy

At the commune level, the district currently has a total of 751 assigned cadres and civil servants, with a current payroll of 730 people, including 334 cadres and 396 civil servants. The total number of non-professional cadres currently is 582 people.

The work of inspection, examination, settlement of complaints and denunciations and handling of officials, civil servants and public employees who violate the law is carried out promptly, in accordance with procedures and regulations. In the period of 2015 - 2017, the District People's Committee disciplined 41 civil servants and 4 management officials who violated the law.

At the working session, members of the Provincial People's Council's monitoring delegation raised many issues, especially the operational efficiency of the current organizational structure and human resources; orientations for streamlining the school's apparatus and staff; policies and benefits for workers, etc.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Hoang Danh Lai - Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee said that in the past time, regarding the organization of the apparatus, payroll, and labor contracts, the district has closely followed the processes, procedures and instructions of superiors.

Besides, there are some shortcomings such as the policy of merging Quynh Luu Radio and Television Station with the Culture and Information Center, because each unit has different functions and professional tasks. Or organizing the apparatus and streamlining the staff in the commune also faces many difficulties, the regulations are clear but there is no specific direction.

To solve these problems, the district will immediately resolutely and actively request communes and towns to develop job placement projects to implement Resolution 6 of the Central Committee...

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong acknowledged the school's efforts in carrying out political tasks as well as in streamlining staff.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council highly appreciated the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district for effectively arranging the apparatus of civil servants and public employees and directing the grassroots, developing a project on job positions and streamlining the payroll strictly and seriously; recruiting civil servants and public employees to attract many high-quality and guaranteed workers. In addition, the district has attached importance to resolving complaints and petitions, stabilizing the local situation.

However, there are still some limitations such as the number of labor contracts in agencies and units is still large and has not been processed; streamlining the payroll, old remaining labor contracts still exist...

Accordingly, Mr. Hoang Viet Duong requested the District People's Committee to direct, advise, and review the streamlining of staff to suit the actual situation to avoid cases of excess in some places and shortage in others; must focus on a roadmap to handle the situation of labor contracts in public service units to avoid complaints; prepare mentally for the merger of the Radio and Television Station with the Culture and Information Center of Quynh Luu district. Particularly for the education sector, it is necessary to develop a job position project to improve the quality of teaching and learning...