What is the period that does not count towards the seniority allowance for teachers in Vietnam?

What is the period that does not count towards the seniority allowance for teachers in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 3 of Decree 77/2021/ND-CP:

Period counts towards and periods do not count towards the seniority allowance

1. Period counts towards the seniority allowance

The period counted towards the seniority allowance is determined by the total of the following periods:

a) The period of teaching and education with mandatory social insurance in public educational institutions.

b) The period of teaching and education with mandatory social insurance in private educational institutions (for teachers currently teaching in public educational institutions who previously taught in private educational institutions).

c) The period of work counted for seniority allowance, including: the period of work with salary classified according to one of the grades or titles in the customs, court, prosecution, audit, inspection, civil judgment enforcement, forestry, national reserve, party inspection sectors; the period of work counted for the seniority allowance in the military, police, cipher, and the period of work counted for seniority in other industries and professions (if any).

d) The period of military service under the law before the military service was counted for the professional seniority allowance.

2. Periods do not count towards the seniority allowance

a) The probation period.

b) The period of unpaid leave for personal reasons continuously for 01 month or more.

c) The period of illness, maternity leave beyond the legal limit as prescribed by social insurance law.

d) The period of working as an expert, studying, internship, working, and surveying domestically and abroad beyond the time limit decided by the competent authority.

dd) The period of temporary suspension from work or temporary detention or custody for investigation, prosecution, or trial purposes.

e) The period of not working other than those specified in points a, b, c, d, đ of clause 2 of this Article.

Thus, the periods not counted towards the teacher's seniority allowance include:

- The probation period.

- The period of unpaid leave for personal reasons continuously for 01 month or more.

- The period of illness, maternity leave beyond the legal limit as prescribed by social insurance law.

- The period of working as an expert, studying, internship, working, and surveying domestically and abroad beyond the time limit decided by the competent authority.

- The period of temporary suspension from work or temporary detention or custody for investigation, prosecution, or trial purposes.

- The period of not working other than those specified above.

What is the period that does not count towards the seniority allowance for teachers in Vietnam?​ (Image from the Internet)

What are methods for calculating seniority allowance for teachers in Vietnam?

According to clause 3 of Article 4 of Decree 77/2021/ND-CP, the calculation of the monthly seniority allowance for teachers is as follows:

Note:

- Teachers participating in teaching and education with mandatory social insurance for 5 years (60 months) are entitled to a seniority allowance equal to 5% of the current salary plus the leadership position allowance and the extra-seniority seniority allowance (if any). From the sixth year onwards, each full year (12 months) is entitled to an additional 1%.

- The seniority allowance is calculated and paid together with the monthly salary and used to calculate and enjoy social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance.

What is the funding source for the seniority allowance for teachers in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 5 of Decree 77/2021/ND-CP:

Funding sources

1. The funding sources for the implementation of the seniority allowance policies for teachers are from the legitimate revenue of the unit and the funding guaranteed by the state budget, specifically:

a) For public educational institutions self-financing their regular and investment expenses, and public educational institutions self-financing their regular expenses: The funding for implementing the seniority allowance policies is guaranteed from the unit's career revenue.

b) For public educational institutions partially covering their own recurrent expenditures: The funding for implementing the seniority allowance policies is guaranteed from the unit's career revenue and the state budget allocated according to the current state budget management decentralization.

c) For public educational institutions with regular expenses guaranteed by the State: The funding for implementing the seniority allowance policies is guaranteed by the state budget and allocated in the annual budget estimates of educational institutions according to the current state budget management decentralization.

2. In case the State adjusts the statutory pay rate, ministries, central agencies, and provinces and cities directly under the central government are responsible for organizing, guiding, reviewing, and aggregating reports on the needs and funding sources for implementing the seniority allowance policies for teachers in line with the needs for salary reform according to current regulations on determining the needs and funding sources for annual statutory pay rate adjustments; submit to the Ministry of Finance for review and appraisal according to regulations.

Thus, the funding sources for the implementation of the seniority allowance policies for teachers are from the legitimate revenue of the unit and the funding guaranteed by the state budget, specifically:

- For public educational institutions self-financing their regular and investment expenses, and public educational institutions self-financing their regular expenses: The funding for implementing the seniority allowance policies is guaranteed from the unit's career revenue.

- For public educational institutions partially covering their own recurrent expenditures: The funding for implementing the seniority allowance policies is guaranteed from the unit's career revenue and the state budget allocated according to the current state budget management decentralization.

- For public educational institutions with regular expenses guaranteed by the State: The funding for implementing the seniority allowance policies is guaranteed by the state budget and allocated in the annual budget estimates of educational institutions according to the current state budget management decentralization.