Mr. D. V. D (Lao Cai) is a contract teacher, working in particularly difficult areas from November 2011, with social insurance contributions. In 2016, he was appointed to the payroll, and his contract time was counted to rank his salary. Currently, he is still working in particularly difficult areas and is entitled to a regional allowance of 0.5.
According to the school's accountant, Mr. D was only entitled to regional allowances from the time he was considered for official payroll (in 2016). He asked, is the accountant calculating regional allowances for him correctly?
Regarding Mr. D's concern, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that on June 30, 2026, the Minister of Home Affairs issued Circular No. 15/2026/TT-BNV amending and supplementing a number of contents of Joint Circular No. 11/2005/TTLT-BNV-BLĐTBXH-BTC-UBDT dated January 5, 2005 of the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Minister of Finance and Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities guiding the implementation of regional allowance regimes.
In which, point 1, clause 1, Article 1 of Circular No. 15/2026/TT-BNV stipulates: "Officials, civil servants, public employees and contract workers who have been ranked according to the salary scale prescribed by the State working in state agencies and state-owned non-business units established by competent authorities".
Based on the above regulations, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests Mr. D. V. D to contact management agencies, civil servants, and public employees (Department of Home Affairs) for answers.
