Are teachers on maternity leave rewarded according to Decree 73?

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 4 of Decree 73/2024/ND-CP stipulates the basic salary and bonus regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces, stipulates the bonus regime as follows:

1. Implement the bonus regime based on outstanding work achievements and results of assessment and classification of annual task completion levels for subjects specified in Clause 2, Article 2 of this Decree.

2. The bonus regime specified in Clause 1 of this Article is used for special rewards based on work achievements and annual periodic rewards based on the results of the assessment and classification of the level of work completion of each salary recipient in the agency or unit. The head of the armed forces unit according to the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security; the head of the competent authority managing or delegated the authority to manage cadres, civil servants and the head of the public service unit is responsible for developing specific regulations to implement the bonus regime applicable to the subjects on the salary list of the agency or unit; send them to the direct superior management agency for management, inspection and public implementation in the agency or unit.

3. The bonus regulations of the agency or unit specified in Clause 2 of this Article must include the following contents:

a) Scope and subjects of application;

b) Bonus criteria based on outstanding work achievements and based on the results of assessment and classification of the annual task completion level of salary earners in agencies and units;

c) Specific bonus levels for each case, not necessarily linked to salary levels according to the salary coefficient of each person;

d) Procedures for considering bonuses;

d) Other regulations according to the management requirements of the agency or unit (if necessary).

4. The annual bonus fund prescribed in this Article is outside the reward fund prescribed by the Law on Emulation and Reward, determined by 10% of the total salary fund (excluding allowances) according to the position, title, rank, level and military rank of the subjects on the salary list of the agency or unit.

By the end of January 31 of the following year, if the agency or unit does not use up the year's bonus fund, it cannot transfer the source to the next year's bonus fund.

Thus, whether teachers on maternity leave are entitled to bonuses according to Decree 73/2024/ND-CP or not depends on specific regulations to implement the school's bonus regime.

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