There will be no more "low salary, high allowance, long life to become a veteran"

According to the National Assembly's Resolution on the 2024 State budget estimate, salary reform will be carried out according to Resolution 27 from July 1, 2024.

Accordingly, the new wage policy will be reformed in the direction of abolishing the current basic wage and wage coefficient, and building a new wage regime. Accordingly, the basic wage is equal to the specific amount in the new wage table.

Resolution 27 will combine occupational allowances, occupational responsibility allowances and hazardous and dangerous allowances (collectively referred to as occupational allowances) applicable to civil servants and public employees of occupations and jobs with higher than normal working conditions and with appropriate preferential policies of the State (Education and Training, Health, Court, Procuracy, Civil Judgment Enforcement, Inspection, Examination, Auditing, Customs, Forestry, Market Management, etc.).

Merge special allowances, attraction allowances and long-term work allowances in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions into work allowances in particularly difficult areas.

When reforming salaries, seniority allowances will also be abolished (except for the military, police, and cryptography to ensure salary correlation with cadres and civil servants); leadership position allowances (due to salary classification for leadership positions in the political system); allowances for party work and political and social organizations; public service allowances (due to being included in the basic salary); toxic and dangerous allowances (due to including working conditions with toxic and dangerous factors in occupational allowances).

Policy - There will be no more — Mr. Nguyen Tien Dinh - former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

Talking to Nguoi Dua Tin , Mr. Nguyen Tien Dinh - former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs said that, according to the spirit of Resolution 27, salary is determined as the main income, the value of labor is measured by salary.

Mr. Dinh pointed out the unreasonable points in the previous salary structure, which was that there were many types of allowances in the salary structure.

“In the past, salaries were low but allowances were high, sometimes allowances accounted for 70-80% of income, allowances were much higher than salaries. Because when salaries were low, allowances were added, so allowances were sometimes even higher than salaries,” Mr. Dinh said, adding that allowances did not reflect the true labor force but should be salaries (salary must account for 70%, allowances no more than 30%).

Mr. Dinh added that Resolution 27 of the 7th Central Conference, Session XII, clearly defined the new salary structure.

The new salary structure will include: Basic salary (accounting for about 70% of the total salary fund) and allowances (accounting for about 30% of the total salary fund). Additional bonuses (bonus fund is equal to about 10% of the total salary fund of the year, excluding allowances).

"The salary after the reform is equal to or higher than the current salary, so there is no need to worry too much about allowances," said Mr. Dinh.

According to Mr. Dinh, seniority allowances or other things will be calculated to design salaries according to job positions and management positions. The viewpoint of Resolution 27 is that the new salary is not lower than the current salary.

Along with that, when reforming salaries, seniority allowances will be abolished (except for the military, police, and cryptography). Mr. Dinh believes that this will resolve the story of allowances being higher than salaries and the story of "living long to become senior", salaries will be designed according to job positions.

In further discussion with Nguoi Dua Tin , National Assembly member Truong Xuan Cu (Hanoi delegation) assessed that the salary reform project was very carefully prepared, had a full practical and scientific basis, and ensured fairness and reasonableness. One of the highlights of the salary reform is that it is paid according to job position.

Regarding the new salary calculation method, Mr. Cu said that salary calculation must be accurate and complete. “Previously, we saw that some agencies, units, and individuals had low salaries but large bonuses, and special allowances also caused a stir, not showing fairness. Therefore, this salary reform is mainly calculated based on salary,” said Mr. Cu.

The Government also issued Resolution 01 on key tasks and solutions to implement the Socio-Economic Development Plan and State Budget Estimates for 2024. This includes important directions related to salary reform.

The Resolution clearly states that the construction of job positions for cadres, civil servants and public employees in the State administrative system must be completed before March 31, 2024; at the same time, clearly define the responsibilities of each ministry, branch, locality and head to serve as a basis for implementing salary policy reform from July 1, 2024 .

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