Abolished Allowance for Officials in Salary Reform Implementation under Resolution 27?
Allowance Cancellation for Officials When Implementing Wage Reform According to Resolution 27?
The National Assembly conducted a vote to pass the Resolution on the state budget estimate for 2024 on the morning of November 10.
The Resolution resolves, starting July 1, 2024, to comprehensively reform the wage policy in accordance with Resolution 27-NQ/TW in 2018 on the reform of the wage policy for officials and public employees, armed forces, and workers in enterprises issued by the Central Committee.
Based on Resolution 27-NQ/TW in 2018 which includes content on allowances as follows:
III- MAIN TASKS AND SOLUTIONS
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4. Strongly implement financial and budget solutions, considering this a breakthrough task to create resources for wage policy reform.
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- Abolish all non-salary allowances of officials and public employees funded by the state budget such as: meeting allowances; allowances for drafting legal documents, projects; workshops... Implement salary fund allocation tied to the goal of streamlining staff numbers for agencies and units. Expand the mechanism of funding allocation tied to the achievement of task outcomes. Do not link the salary levels of officials and public employees with the drafting, amending, supplementing policies, and regulations not related to wages. Research regulations on the contracting of non-salary policies (such as cars, phones...). Only issue new policies when the resources to implement them have been allocated.
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Thus, with the 2024 wage reform, the following non-salary allowances for officials funded by the state budget will be abolished:
+ Meeting allowances;
+ Allowances for drafting legal documents, projects; workshops...
In addition, for allowances not funded by the state budget, implement as follows:
+ Implement salary fund allocation tied to the goal of streamlining staff numbers for agencies and units.
+ Expand the mechanism of funding allocation tied to the achievement of task outcomes.
+ Do not link the salary levels of officials and public employees with the drafting, amending, supplementing policies, and regulations not related to wages.
+ Research regulations on the contracting of non-salary policies (such as cars, phones...).
+ Only issue new policies when the resources to implement them have been allocated.
Allowance Cancellation for Officials When Implementing Wage Reform According to Resolution 27?
How is the new salary scale for officials designed with the wage reform?
According to the spirit of Resolution 27-NQ/TW in 2018, the new salary scale for officials when implementing wage reform will be designed based on the following specific factors:
- Abolish the current statutory pay rate and salary coefficient, and build a basic salary amount in specific figures in the new salary scale.
- Unify labor contract policies according to the provisions of the Labor Code (or service provision contracts) for those performing support tasks (requiring training qualifications below intermediate level), not applying the salary scale of officials and public employees to these subjects.
- Determine the lowest salary level of officials and public employees in the public sector to be the salary level of someone performing work requiring intermediate level training (grade 1) not lower than the lowest wage level of trained labor in enterprises.
- Expand the salary relationship basis to determine specific salary levels in the salary scale system, gradually approaching the salary relationship of the enterprise sector suitable to the state's resources.
- Perfect policies for regular salary promotion and pre-term salary promotion for officials, public employees, and armed forces in compliance with the new salary scale regulations.
Also, according to the spirit of Resolution 27-NQ/TW in 2018, the new salary scale for officials when implementing wage reform will be designed with a new salary structure including: Basic salary (accounting for about 70% of the total salary fund) and allowances (accounting for about 30% of the total salary fund). Add bonuses (bonus fund accounting for about 10% of the total annual salary fund, excluding allowances).
After implementing the wage reform expected from July 1, 2024, the new salary of the salary scale for officials and public employees not holding leadership positions and holding leadership positions when implementing wage reform will be designed according to the following formula:
| Salary = Basic Salary + Allowances (if any) + Bonuses (if any). || --- |
What allowances are no longer included in the new salary scale for officials after the wage reform?
According to Resolution 27-NQ/TW in 2018, the content on allowances is unified as follows:
II- DIRECTIVE VIEWPOINTS, GOALS AND CONTENT OF REFORM
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3. Content of Reform
3.1. For officials, public employees, and armed forces (public sector)
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d) Rearrange the existing allowance policies, ensuring the total allowance fund does not exceed 30% of the total salary fund
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- Abolish professional seniority allowance (except for the army, police, and cipher force to ensure salary parity with officials); leadership position allowance (since leadership positions in the political system are classified into position-based salaries); party, social-political organization work allowance; public service allowance (since it has been included in the basic salary); hazardous and dangerous conditions allowance (since hazardous or dangerous working conditions have been factored into occupational allowances).
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With the 2024 wage reform, the salary of officials after the wage reform will no longer include the following allowances:
+ Professional seniority allowance;
+ Leadership position allowance (since leadership positions in the political system are classified into position-based salaries);
+ Party, social-political organization work allowance;
+ Public service allowance (since it has been included in the basic salary);
+ Hazardous and dangerous conditions allowance (since hazardous or dangerous working conditions have been factored into occupational allowances).
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