According to Point d, Clause 1, Article 20 of the 2019 Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces, the Deputy Commander is a part-time employee at the commune level.
Clause 2, Article 9 of Decree 29/2023/ND-CP stipulates:
Policy for subjects of staff streamlining redundant due to rearrangement of district and commune-level administrative units, which are retired from the time of the arrangement decision of the competent authority until the end of the arrangement roadmap:
2. Subjects subject to staff reduction who are non-professional workers at the commune level, in villages and residential groups who are redundant due to the arrangement of commune-level administrative units and retire within 12 months from the date of the arrangement decision of the competent authority will receive the following allowances:
a) For non-professional workers at the commune level, in villages and residential groups holding election positions: For each month of retirement before the end of the term, they will receive a subsidy equal to 1/2 of the current monthly allowance.
For subjects who retire before the end of the arrangement roadmap, the number of months of benefits will be calculated by the number of months of retirement before the retirement date mentioned above;
b) For non-professional workers at the commune level, in villages and residential groups holding non-electional positions: For each month of retirement before the end of the arrangement roadmap, they are entitled to receive a subsidy equal to 1/2 of the current monthly allowance.
For subjects who retire before the end of the arrangement roadmap, the number of months of benefits will be calculated by the number of months of retirement before the retirement date mentioned above.
Thus, according to Decree 29/2023/ND-CP, when merging, the Deputy Commander of the Commune-level Military Command will receive a subsidy calculated on the current monthly allowance, excluding other allowances (such as seniority allowance, special allowance, allowance for militia and self-defense command position, etc.).
The allowance is calculated at half the current monthly allowance for each month of retirement before the end of the arrangement roadmap;
For subjects who retire before the end of the arrangement roadmap, the number of months of benefits will be calculated by the number of months of retirement before the retirement date mentioned above.