Teachers and contract workers in Nghe An receive salary advances before Lunar New Year 2024

After receiving instructions from the State Treasury of Nghe An province, on the morning of January 29,Quynh Luu District State Treasuryhas decided to temporarily pay January 2024 salaries to teachers and contract employees in the district. This move took place after Nghe An Newspaper on January 27 reportedarticle reflecting on dozens of teachers and contract employeesSchools in Quynh Luu district stopped paying salaries right before Tet holiday, causing many people to quit their jobs.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoa - Director of the State Treasury of Nghe An province said that regarding this issue, the unit has sent a document to the Provincial People's Committee asking for instructions. "We did not direct to stop paying salaries to teachers and contract employees before Tet but are waiting for the Provincial People's Committee to review and give opinions," Mr. Hoa said.

Previously, on January 17, Nghe An State Treasury sent a document to the Provincial People's Committee regarding payment of the contract quantity according to Decree No. 111/2022/ND-CP dated December 30, 2022 of the Government.

Accordingly, implementing Decree No. 111 and Decision No. 4431/QD-UBND dated December 28, 2023 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province on assigning the number of employees and contract workers in public service units that have not yet self-financed regular expenses and organized the Association in 2024, as well as Notice No. 1035/TB-UBND dated December 28, 2023 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province on the payroll of civil servants and support and service contracts in state administrative agencies and organizations of Nghe An province in 2024, from the beginning of 2024, the State Treasury of Nghe An will control salary payments for subjects of support and service contracts and professional and technical contracts according to the provisions of Decree No. 111/2022/ND-CP and ensure that it does not exceed the number in the above documents of the People's Committee of the province.

"However, some budget-using units sent documents requesting the Nghe An State Treasury to pay for support and service contracts and professional and technical contracts exceeding the quantity in the documents assigned by the Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, and the Nghe An State Treasury temporarily refused to make payment.

In order to comply with the budget law, documents of the People's Committee of Nghe An province and ensure the rights of employees, the State Treasury of Nghe An province reports and respectfully requests the People's Committee of Nghe An province to direct relevant units to rectify budget-using units to strictly comply with the number of support and service contracts and professional and technical contracts assigned. At the same time, we would like to request the direction of the People's Committee of Nghe An province on controlling payments for contracts exceeding the number assigned by the People's Committee of Nghe An province," the document of the State Treasury of Nghe An stated.

After receiving this dispatch, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued a document assigning the Department of Home Affairs to coordinate with relevant units to advise and handle the request of the Nghe An State Treasury to ensure compliance with legal regulations.

Previously, as reported by Nghe An Newspaper, on January 19, dozens of teachers and contract employees at schools in Quynh Luu district suddenly received notice that they would not be paid their salaries for January 2024. These are all people who were signed work contracts by the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district more than 10 years ago and are in difficult circumstances. Many have nearly 20 years of teaching experience, but still only receive a salary of less than 5 million VND. Meanwhile, accountants and clerical staff only have a salary of more than 3 million VND/month.

After being denied salary payments, many teachers and school accountants have simultaneously refused to continue working. This move threatens to affect teaching and learning at schools.

According to a leader of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district, during the period from 2000 to 2013, the district signed many contracts with teachers and school staff. However, the Provincial People's Committee later requested a review and concluded that these contracts were signed by Quynh Luu district without authority and not in accordance with the law. The province requested Quynh Luu district to liquidate them. "After that, some cases quit teaching and switched to other jobs. Some were oriented by the district to study for a second degree to transfer to preschools and join the payroll. Up to now, there are 24 people left," said this leader./.