This is an important content stipulated in Circular 03/2020/TT-BNV which prescribes details on the authority, order, procedures, measures to protect the working position of whistleblowers who are officials and public employees issued by the Minister of Home Affairs on July 21, 2020.
Circular 03: Regulations on measures to protect the work position of whistleblowers (Illustrative image)
According to Article 6 of Circular 03/2020/TT-BNV, the measures to protect the work position of whistleblowers who are officials and public employees are prescribed as follows:
- The measures to protect the work position of whistleblowers who are officials and public employees shall be implemented in accordance with Clause 1, Article 57 of the Law on Denunciations.
- The whistleblowers who are officials and public employees shall not be transferred, rotated, seconded, moved to different work positions or assigned other tasks during the protection period, except for the following cases:
- Regular transfer of work positions as stipulated in Chapter V of Decree No. 59/2019/ND-CP dated July 1, 2019, by the Government of Vietnam specifying certain articles and measures to implement the Law on Anti-Corruption;- With the consent of the whistleblower who is an official or public employee;- Upon a written request from the competent authority handling the denunciation.
- The whistleblowers who are officials and public employees shall not be disciplined during the protection period, except when they commit violations not related to the field of denunciation.
More details can be found in Circular 03/2020/TT-BNV, which takes effect from September 15, 2020.
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