Policy for Communal-Level Officials Ceasing Employment

Officers who resign are entitled to benefits under the Law on Social Insurance:

- Monthly pension if they meet the conditions for pension at the time of resignation;- In case a commune-level officer resigns upon reaching the retirement age, having from 15 to under 20 years of mandatory social insurance contributions, and has not received a lump-sum social insurance allowance, they can opt to continue the voluntary social insurance contributions until reaching 20 years of contributions to qualify for a monthly pension;- Entitled to a lump-sum social insurance allowance if they do not meet the conditions for a pension;- If they do not meet the conditions for a pension or have not received a lump-sum social insurance allowance at the time of resignation, they can retain their social insurance contribution period or continue to participate in voluntary social insurance.

The above content is based on Clause 2, Article 11 of Decree 92/2009/ND-CP, Clause 2, Article 7 of Joint Circular 03/2010/TTLT-BNV-BTC-BLDTBXH.

For officials who resign, in addition to the benefits under the Law on Social Insurance mentioned above, they are also entitled to severance allowance.

Officials who resign are entitled to severance allowance as follows: For each year of service, they are entitled to half (1/2) of the current monthly salary, including: salary according to rank, position allowance, seniority allowance exceeding the frame, professional seniority allowance, and reserved salary differential coefficient (if any). The minimum allowance is equivalent to one (1) current month's salary.

The above content is based on Article 29 of Decree 112/2011/ND-CP, Article 5 of Decree 46/2010/ND-CP.

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