Decree No. 154/2025 of the Government on staff streamlining stipulates that in some cases of staff streamlining, the subsidy received must be refunded to the agency, organization or unit that has paid the subsidy.
The regimes and policies stipulated in Decree 154/2025 are applied until December 31, 2030.
Notably, the Government stipulates the principle of staff streamlining in Article 3 of the Decree. Accordingly, if the subject of staff reduction is elected, re-recruited to agencies, organizations, and units receiving salaries from the State budget or arranged as a part-time worker in villages and residential groups within 60 months from the date of staff reduction, the allowance received must be refunded to the agency, organization, or unit that paid the allowance.
In addition to the obligation to refund subsidies, Decree 154/2025 clearly stipulates the responsibilities of agencies and organizations if they implement staff streamlining to the wrong subjects.
Accordingly, when resolving staff streamlining in violation of regulations, the head of the agency, organization or unit directly managing the subject of staff streamlining must notify the social insurance agency and relevant agencies to stop paying social insurance regimes and other regimes for the subject of staff streamlining in violation of regulations; transfer to the social insurance agency the amount of money paid to the person implementing staff streamlining during the period of social insurance regime (pent, social insurance allowance, health insurance card purchase fee).
The head of the agency, organization or unit directly managing the subject of staff reduction must also be responsible for recovering the pension for the staff reduction policy granted to that subject.
For ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government agencies, heads of organizations established by the Government and the Prime Minister that are not public service units, they must recover and pay to the budget for staff streamlining, recover decisions to resolve staff streamlining and arrange for those who are not subject to staff streamlining to return to work.
Regarding the responsibility of the People's Committee and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Decree No. 154/2025 clearly states that in case of implementing staff streamlining in violation of regulations, the budget for staff streamlining will be recovered, decisions to resolve staff streamlining will be revoked and those who are not subject to staff streamlining will be allowed to return to work.
The head of the agency, organization or unit directly managing the subject of staff reduction must be responsible according to the provisions of law for not properly implementing the regulations on staff reduction.
