The Ministry of Home Affairs has just sent an official dispatch to ministries, branches and localities guiding the implementation of Decree 178 and Decree 67 on policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces when rearranging the apparatus of the political system.

According to this guidance, agencies, organizations and units that do not directly arrange their organizational structure according to the requirements of Resolution 18 of the Central Committee shall base on the job position project, plan (or staff streamlining project) approved by competent authorities to screen, evaluate staff and streamline staff.

Regarding the current monthly salary used to calculate the allowance, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that Decree 178 and Decree 67 clearly stipulate the current salary and allowances used to calculate the policies and regimes according to regulations.

Accordingly, in case of unpaid leave or sick leave, the current monthly salary is the salary of the month immediately preceding the leave. The basic salary is calculated based on the salary of the month immediately preceding the month of leave.

Other allowances such as: responsibility allowance, toxic and dangerous allowance, regional allowance, attraction allowance, party committee responsibility allowance, chief accountant responsibility allowance, etc. are not included in the current monthly salary.

Regarding the time of calculating the allowance based on the number of years of work with social insurance contributions, those who retire early from July 1 with 15 years of work or more will receive an allowance of 4 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work; from the 16th year onwards, for each year of compulsory social insurance contributions, they will receive an allowance of 0.5 months of salary.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that cases of voluntary resignation must also be evaluated and reviewed according to criteria to determine the subjects of resignation according to the provisions of Decree 178.

The guidance also states that civil servants and public employees who have announced their retirement are not eligible for early salary increases.

Regarding the subjects of application of policies and regimes under Decree 178, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that it has reported on the final handling of the surplus commune-level cadres and civil servants due to the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units in the 2019-2021 period; at the same time, it encourages surplus commune-level cadres, civil servants and public employees due to the rearrangement of district-level and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2025 period to retire before the end of the rearrangement roadmap.

Therefore, in case the above subjects have been resolved by the competent authority under Decree 29 but have not yet issued a decision to enjoy the policy, or the time of retirement is after January 1, 2025, the regime and policies prescribed in Decree 178 will be applied.