Improving the salary step advancement system for cadres, civil servants and public employees

On August 27, 2024, the Prime Minister issued Decision 918/QĐ-TTg on the Plan to implement Conclusion 83-KL/TW and Resolution 142/2024/QH15 on salary reform and adjustments to pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential allowances for people with meritorious service, and social assistance benefits.

Notable provisions of this Plan include:

– Improving the salary step advancement system:

The Ministry of Home Affairs will lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to study and submit to the competent authorities proposed amendments and supplements to legal provisions on cadres, civil servants and public employees concerning salary step advancement and extensions of the waiting period for salary step advancement for these groups, as appropriate.

– Developing and finalizing documents stipulating new salary policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees and the armed forces effective July 1, 2024:

The Ministry of Home Affairs will lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to:

+ Draft and submit to the Government for issuance a Decree stipulating the base salary and bonus system for cadres, civil servants, public employees and the armed forces; issue a Circular guiding the application of the base salary for those receiving salaries and allowances in agencies, organizations and public service units of the Party, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and associations; and issue a Circular guiding adjustments to monthly allowances for elderly and infirm former cadres of communes, wards and townships.

+ Study and submit to the competent authorities proposed amendments and supplements to legal provisions on cadres, civil servants and public employees concerning the authority and responsibility of heads of agencies and units in evaluating and classifying cadres, civil servants and public employees for salary and bonus payments based on task performance.

+ Promptly identify difficulties, obstacles and emerging issues during the implementation of salary policy reform measures, and address them within its authority or report them to the competent authorities for resolution.

+ Lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and sectors to prepare a report to the National Assembly at its ninth session on the implementation of salary reform and adjustments to pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential allowances for people with meritorious service, and social assistance benefits, as stipulated in Point dd, Section 6.2 of Resolution 142/2024/QH15.

For details, see Decision 918/QĐ-TTg, issued on August 27, 2024.

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