Is the Accountant of the School a Service Employee?

According to Article 2 of the Public Employee Law 2010, a public employee is defined as a Vietnamese citizen who is recruited based on the job position, working at a public service provider according to contractual work policies, and receiving salary from the salary fund of the public service provider as regulated by law.

Therefore, when you work as an accountant at a public school, you are considered a public employee, so your year-end evaluation follows the regulations.

According to Article 41 of the Public Employee Law 2010, amended by Clause 5, Article 2 of the Law on Cadres, Officials, and the Amended Public Employee Law 2019, the content for evaluating public employees includes the following:

- Compliance with the guidelines, policies of the Communist Party, and the laws of the State, as well as the regulations of the agency, organization, or unit;

- Results of work or tasks performed according to the signed work contract, planned tasks, or specific job assignments; progress, and quality of task performance. The evaluation of task performance must be linked to the job position and reflected through specific work or products;

- Compliance with regulations on professional ethics;

- Spirit of responsibility, attitude in serving the people, spirit of cooperation with colleagues, and adherence to the code of conduct for public employees;

- Adherence to other obligations of public employees.

Since you did not provide information on the level of the school or the educational institution you are working at, based on Point c, Clause 3, Article 3; Point d, Clause 3, Article 4; and Point d, Clause 3, Article 5 of Circular 16/2017/TT-BGDDT, accountants are categorized under job positions related to support and service work. Therefore, it is lawful for your school to evaluate accountants similarly to service staff.

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