Decree 154/2025/ND-CP on staff streamlining stipulates transitional provisions.
Accordingly, the subjects of staff streamlining that are being considered and resolved by competent authorities according to Decree No. 29/2023/ND-CP or have been resolved by competent authorities according to Decree No. 29/2023/ND-CP but have not yet received the regime on the effective date of this Decree will be recalculated and granted additional difference according to the policy prescribed in this Decree.
The Decree clearly states the responsibilities of the People's Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of the province or centrally run city (hereinafter referred to as the provincial level).
The Provincial People's Committee is responsible for directing the implementation of staff streamlining according to the provisions of this Decree;
Direct and guide heads of agencies, organizations and units under their management to develop annual staff streamlining plans; make a list of staff streamlining subjects and estimate funding for staff streamlining in accordance with regulations;
Direct the Department of Home Affairs to appraise the list of subjects of staff streamlining of agencies, organizations and units under its management;
Direct the Department of Finance to appraise the budget estimates for streamlining the payroll of agencies, organizations and units under its management; submit to competent authorities to arrange funds from the annual state budget expenditure estimate to implement the payment of policies to the subjects of staff reduction according to regulations;
Every year, based on the implementation of the staff streamlining policy (including the number of staff streamlining subjects, the amount of subsidies for each staff streamlining subject prescribed in Clause 3, Article 12 of this Decree), the expected plan to implement staff streamlining next year, direct the Department of Finance to develop a budget estimate for implementing the staff streamlining policy to synthesize into the general demand for salary reform in the local state budget estimate for the following year;
Periodically before February 15 every year, synthesize the results, evaluate the implementation of staff streamlining in the previous year under the management scope and send them to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Finance for synthesis to report to the Prime Minister.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee is responsible for approving the list of subjects for staff streamlining and the budget for staff streamlining of agencies, organizations and units under his/her management; and is responsible for this approval decision;
In case the staff reduction is not implemented in accordance with regulations, the budget for staff reduction will be recovered, decisions on staff reduction will be revoked and those who are not subject to staff reduction will be assigned to return to work; at the same time, consider handling the responsibilities of relevant agencies, organizations, units and individuals and be responsible according to the provisions of law for not implementing regulations on staff reduction.
