The Government has issued Decree No. 83/2024/ND-CP amending a series of regulations on the number of deputy heads of agencies and units. This Decree officially takes effect from today, September 1, 2024.
Accordingly, regarding the number of deputies of the heads of departments, bureaus, inspectorates, and offices of general departments under ministries, Decree No. 83/2024/ND-CP amending points a and b, Clause 5, Article 22 of Decree No. 123/2016/ND-CP has been amended and supplemented in Clause 12, Article 1 of Decree No. 101/2020/ND-CP as follows:
A department under a general department has from 15 to 20 civil servant positions, a bureau (except for a local bureau), an inspectorate, and an office under a general department with less than 4 organizations are arranged with no more than 2 deputies;
For departments under a general department with more than 20 civil servant positions; for departments (except for departments located in localities), inspectorates, and offices under a general department with 4 or more organizations, the Minister or Head of a ministerial-level agency shall decide on the number of deputies of each unit, ensuring an average of no more than 3 people per unit.
Decree No. 83/2024/ND-CP also clearly states: Amending and supplementing Point a, Clause 6, Article 4 of Decree No. 10/2016/ND-CP dated February 1, 2016 of the Government regulating Government agencies, which has been amended and supplemented in Clause 2, Article 1 of Decree No. 47/2019/ND-CP dated June 5, 2019 of the Government.
Accordingly, a Board or Office with 15 to 20 civil servants and public employees shall be assigned no more than 2 deputies; a Board or Office with more than 20 civil servants and public employees shall have the Head of the Government agency decide on the number of deputies for each unit, ensuring an average of no more than 3 people per unit.
Article 3 of Decree No. 83/2024/ND-CP also stated the amendment and supplement to Point c, Clause 2, Article 6 of Decree No. 120/2020/ND-CP dated October 7, 2020 of the Government regulating the establishment, reorganization and dissolution of public service units.
