Allowance for the Village Party Secretary who resigned due to merger after nearly 18 years of work
Law Firm answers readers' questions related to the method of calculating allowances for village Party cell secretaries who have been employed for nearly 18 years and resigned due to merger.
Reader asks: I was born on June 14, 1969 (male) and had 17 years and 9 months as Secretary of the village Party cell and had to quit my job due to village merger from July 1, 2026, the current allowance is 4,212,000 VND. So how much support will I receive?
YouMe Law Company Limited said that, based on Article 10 of Decree 154/2025/ND-CP on streamlining staff, it is stipulated:
Policies for non-specialized workers in surplus villages and residential groups due to the arrangement of villages and residential groups to quit immediately from the time of the arrangement decision of the competent authority:
1. Non-specialized personnel in villages and residential groups who have not reached retirement age as prescribed in Appendix I, Appendix II issued together with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP (excluding subjects specified in Clause 2 of this Article) are entitled to the following regimes:
a) For people with less than 5 years of service, they are entitled to the following regimes:
Being entitled to a one-time allowance equal to 0.8 times the current monthly allowance multiplied by the number of working months.
Being entitled to an allowance equal to 1.5 times the current monthly allowance for each year of work.
Being entitled to a 3-month monthly allowance currently enjoyed to find a job.
Being allowed to preserve the time of compulsory social insurance contribution or enjoying one-time social insurance benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
b) For people who have 5 years or more of service and have less than 5 years of retirement age, they are entitled to the following regimes:
Being entitled to a one-time allowance equal to 0.8 times the current monthly allowance multiplied by the number of months of early retirement compared to the retirement age.
Being entitled to an allowance equal to 1.5 times the current monthly allowance for each year of work.
Being entitled to a 3-month monthly allowance currently enjoyed to find a job.
Being allowed to preserve the time of compulsory social insurance contribution or enjoying one-time social insurance benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
c) For people with 5 years or more of service and a lifespan of 5 years or more until retirement age, they are entitled to the following regimes:
Being entitled to a one-time allowance equal to 0.8 times the current monthly allowance multiplied by 60 months.
Being entitled to an allowance equal to 1.5 times the current monthly allowance for each year of work.
Being entitled to a 3-month monthly allowance currently enjoyed to find a job.
Being allowed to preserve the time of compulsory social insurance contribution or enjoying one-time social insurance benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
According to information provided by readers, based on the provisions of Decree 154/2025/ND-CP (Clause 3, Article 5): The time used as a basis for calculating the full age to enjoy the regime is the 1st day of the month immediately after the month of birth.
For people born in June 1969, the retirement age according to legal regulations to calculate policies will be determined as July 1, 2031.
The time readers quit their jobs due to staff reduction is July 1, 2026.
The period from July 1, 2026 to the conventional milestone of July 1, 2031 is exactly 5 years (equivalent to 60 months).
Therefore, legally, readers are still at retirement age from 5 years or more.
Therefore, the reader falls under the case specified in Point c Clause 1 Article 10 of this Decree.
According to this regulation, readers are entitled to the following amounts:
First, one-time allowance for resignation
Receiving 0.8 times the current monthly allowance x 60 months.
The amount enjoyed is:
0.8 x 4. 212,000 VND x 60 = 202,176,000 VND.
Second, allowances according to working time
Being entitled to 1.5 times the current monthly allowance for each year of work.
Readers have 17 years and 9 months of service. If applying the principle of rounding the time with odd months from 6 months or more into 1 year, it is counted as 18 years.
The subsidy amount is:
1.5 x 4. 212,000 VND x 18 = 113.724,000 VND.
Third, job placement allowances
Being entitled to 03 months of monthly allowance currently enjoyed.
The amount is:
3 x 4. 212,000 VND = 12,636,000 VND.
Total allowance amount
Add the above three items:
One-time allowance: 202,176,000 VND.
Allowance according to working time: 113,724,000 VND.
Job search allowance: 12,636,000 VND.
328,536,000 VND.
In addition to the above allowances, readers are also entitled to preserve the time of compulsory social insurance contribution or enjoy one-time social insurance benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
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