According to the report, in 2024, Ho Chi Minh City has streamlined 55 positions, including 9 civil servants, 40 public employees and commune-level cadres and civil servants.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee said that due to the total number of actual positions in the city before 2024 being higher than the level assigned by the Central Government, the implementation of streamlining according to the roadmap still faces many difficulties.
One of the major challenges is the increasing workload at agencies and units, requiring highly qualified human resources.
Meanwhile, the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees mostly meets the prescribed standards, causing many limitations in streamlining the payroll according to quality criteria.
The rate of staff streamlining due to reviewing and assessing actual capacity is still low. Most of the current streamlining cases come from the voluntary early retirement of cadres and civil servants or the reorganization of the apparatus, leading to redundancy.
This makes the streamlining work passive, not really creating a breakthrough in reforming the administrative apparatus.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the current streamlining of staff still faces many objective and subjective barriers.
Increasing work pressure requires additional human resources instead of cutting, especially in the context of increasingly many legal regulations and tasks assigned by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.
Streamlining the payroll is an issue that directly affects people, requiring heads of agencies and units to have courage and determination in assessing the real capacity of personnel.
However, some leaders have not been really determined, leading to the streamlining not achieving the desired results.
The current criteria for evaluating the quality of civil servants and public employees are more determinative than qualitative, leading to most being classified as "fulfilling tasks well", making streamlining difficult.
The two fields of education and health are under the management of specialized ministries, with the staffing quota calculated based on the number of classes, students, hospital beds, etc.
This makes it difficult for units to flexibly adjust their staff, especially in the context of some positions such as music, fine arts, IT teachers... being seriously lacking in personnel.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee recommends that the Ministry of Home Affairs advise the Politburo in assigning staff and determining the staff reduction rate for localities based on actual criteria such as workload, population size, contribution level to the overall development of the country and the current staff situation.
In addition, it is necessary to consider the staffing norms prescribed by ministries and branches to have a reasonable basis for adjustment.
At the same time, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposed to build a suitable staff allocation mechanism, especially for sectors and fields with high and essential human resource needs.
It is necessary to calculate additional staff for new tasks arising from the law's amendments and assignments from specialized ministries, ensuring enough human resources to complete the tasks assigned by the Party and the State.
