On April 18, the Department of Finance of Quang Tri confirmed that, regarding the case of thousands of officials and teachers in difficult communes of Cam Lo district, the regional allowance was owed from 2014 to 2023, the provincial Finance Department instructed Cam Lo District People's Committee to use the local budget to pay.
The Department of Finance recommends that the People's Committee of Cam Lo district proactively use the local budget to pay regional allowances to the communes of Cam Tuyen, Cam Chinh, Cam Nghia, Cam Thanh and Cam Thuy.
Specifically, using increased local budget revenue in 2024, saving budget expenditure in 2024 to 2025, budget reserves in 2025 or other legal financial sources.
In case all resources have been used but are still not enough to pay, Cam Lo District People's Committee needs to report to the Provincial People's Committee (through the Department of Finance) for consideration and support for the remaining funding.
Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Chairman of Cam Lo District People's Committee - said that there are currently more than 3,500 cadres and teachers working in communes in regions I and II in the area who are owed regional allowances. The amount needed to pay is nearly 7.3 billion VND, of which more than 5.9 billion VND will be paid to school units and more than 1.3 billion VND to communes.
"The locality will review financial sources to immediately pay regional allowances to cadres and teachers" - Mr. Tran Anh Tuan said.
Previously, as Lao Dong reported, the payment of regional allowances to workers working in disadvantaged communes in Cam Lo district was carried out from 2005 to 2013. Since 2014, due to changes in the allowance coefficient according to the decisions of the Ethnic Committee and the Prime Minister, some communes have had their allowance coefficients cut or adjusted. Specifically, Cam Chinh and Cam Nghia communes were reduced from 0.2 to 0.1; Cam Thuy commune was completely cut off; Cam Tuyen commune kept the coefficient of 0.2 and Cam Thanh kept the coefficient of 0.1.
By 2021, according to Decision No. 861/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, Cam Lo district no longer has communes eligible for regional allowances. However, according to Official Dispatch No. 1719 of the Department of Home Affairs in December 2023, the regulations on regional allowances are not affected by Decision 861. This means that the subjects are still entitled to allowances according to the old regulations.
Determining that the payment of regional allowances is the legitimate wish of workers and to the right subjects, the People's Committee of Cam Lo district has directed specialized agencies to review and synthesize to have detailed reports on the funding source to be paid. After that, Cam Lo district proposed that the Provincial People's Committee consider and supplement funding to pay for those who are lacking allowances from 2014 to 2023.
