Nghe An Provincial People's Council passed a Resolution on support policy for redundant cadres due to reorganization and merger.

The 11th session of the 17th Nghe An Provincial People's Council, held this morning, November 11, passed important Resolutions.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, leaders of provincial departments, branches, and districts, cities, and towns.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council: Cao Thi Hien and Hoang Viet Duong chaired the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Avoid equalization of support policies

Participating in the discussion of the draft Resolution on support policies for cadres, civil servants, non-professional workers and other redundant subjects due to the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units, merging hamlets, blocks and villages in the province, period 2019 - 2021, the Provincial People's Council delegates agreed on the policy for cadres, civil servants and non-professional workers at the commune level developed by the Provincial People's Committee.

However, regarding the policy for non-professional activists at the hamlet level, 9 delegates raised concerns about the principles of policy development and the level of support. Delegates Vo Thi Minh Sinh (Quy Hop), Hoang Nghia Hung (Nam Dan), Tran Xuan Quang (Nghi Loc) expressed concerns that the draft support policy is leveling a common level for each position without taking into account the number of years of service and also without taking into account people holding multiple positions in the block, hamlet, and village.

Delegate Vo Thi Minh Sinh said that policies need to ensure fairness and avoid leveling the playing field among different groups. Photo: Mai Hoa

According to the delegates, if a general level is implemented as in the draft, people who have only held a position in a block, hamlet, or village for 1-2 years are the same as people with 10, 15, or 20 years of dedication; people who hold multiple positions are the same as people who only hold one position, which is not fair and satisfactory to the dedication of this team. Some delegates also said that the policy needs to be specifically regulated according to the classification of communes and hamlets; people who continuously hold work in hamlets.

Explaining the opinions of the Provincial People's Council delegates, delegates Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of the Vinh City Party Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee; Director of the Department of Home Affairs Le Dinh Ly and former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai said that it is necessary to have a unified perception, this is a support policy and not a "gift" from the province for the redundant team due to arrangement and merger to properly calculate the dedication and work responsibility of this team in the hamlet.

On the other hand, based on the budget source that can be balanced and compared with the provinces in the region that have issued this policy, Nghe An ensures equal or higher; especially Nghe An has additional support policies for the positions of Head of the Front Work Committee, Secretary of the Youth Union, Head of the Associations: women, farmers, veterans, the elderly.

Comrade Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee discussed support policies for commune and hamlet officials who quit their jobs after the merger. Photo: Thanh Duy

Support policy, not "gifts"

On behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy further clarified that the basis for policy development was calculated on the basis of balancing the province's resources and under the condition of stable budget, but the continuous implementation of organizational restructuring in the period of 2016 - 2020 has created passivity.

However, the province has tried to build policies based on balancing the province's resources, which are facing great difficulties, and consulting with other provinces to arrange resources in the most reasonable way for redundant staff due to reorganization and merger.

On the other hand, it is necessary to clearly realize that this is a support policy for "unexpected" situations due to the implementation of the Central's arrangement and merger policy. That is, the policy is implemented at the time of arrangement and merger and cannot fully take into account the issues of holding multiple positions; long-term, short-term; according to the classification of communes, hamlets, etc.

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy speaks about the draft resolution on support policies for commune and hamlet officials who quit their jobs due to mergers. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the viewpoint that policy development must create consensus and beneficiaries must understand the purpose and meaning of the policy; therefore, Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front and organizations at all levels need to widely propagate to gain consensus among officials and people.

Commenting on this draft Resolution, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son said that the opinions of the Provincial People's Council delegates all showed concern, responsibility, and close attention to reality so that the Provincial People's Council could have a comprehensive view and make the wisest decisions.

Civil servants of Hung Linh commune (Hung Nguyen district) advise people on labor export market orientation. Photo: Mai Hoa

In formulating this policy, the viewpoint of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee, in addition to the regulations of the Central Government, the province has expanded the support objects, despite the difficult provincial budget source, to ensure the best policy for redundant cadres due to the merger.

And the promulgated policies must ensure that there are resources for implementation, avoiding policies that are "beautiful" but cannot be implemented, so I hope that the Provincial People's Council delegates will agree and that cadres, civil servants, non-professional workers and other subjects who are redundant due to the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, the merger of hamlets, blocks and villages in the province will share.

Delegates passed the resolution. Photo: Thanh Duy

Also at the meeting, the Provincial People's Council voted to pass 3 other Resolutions, including:

Resolution regulating the prices of medical examination and treatment services not covered by the Health Insurance Fund in State medical examination and treatment facilities in Nghe An province.

Resolution on financial support to encourage communes, wards and towns to meet the national criteria on health by 2020.

Resolution on abolishing Clause 1, Article 1 of Resolution No. 274/2009/NQ-HDND dated July 23, 2009 of the Provincial People's Council on approving the policy to encourage labor export

Support level

1. One-time support for commune-level officials and civil servants, in addition to enjoying the policies on streamlining payrolls as prescribed in Decree No. 108/2014/ND-CP dated November 20, 2014, Decree No. 113/2018/ND-CP dated August 31, 2018 of the Government and other policies as prescribed by law, is supported with 3 months of current salary for each year of early retirement.

a, Including commune-level cadres and civil servants aged 55 or older for men, 50 or older for women, with 20 years or more of social insurance payment; commune-level cadres and civil servants aged 50 or older for men, 45 or older for women, with 20 years or more of social insurance payment, of which 15 years of work in a place with a regional allowance coefficient of 0.7 or more.

b) Support for each year of work with social insurance payment equal to 01 month of current salary for cases of immediate termination of employment.

2. One-time support for non-professional workers in communes, wards, towns, hamlets, blocks, and villages that are redundant due to the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units and the merger of hamlets, blocks, and villages as follows:

a) For non-professional workers in communes, wards and towns: In addition to the regimes and policies enjoyed according to current laws, each year of work is supported with 01 month of current allowance (maximum support not exceeding 15 months);

b) For non-professional workers in hamlets, blocks, and villages: Supported with specific amounts of money for each position as follows:

3. One-time support for Standing members of the Fatherland Front, Standing members of commune-level mass organizations; Heads of the Front Work Committee, heads of socio-political organizations, heads of the Elderly Association in hamlets, blocks, and villages are supported with specific amounts of money for each position as follows: