3 rights of civil servants when temporarily suspended from work from August 2026

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 5, Article 26 of Decree 300/2026/ND-CP (effective from August 1, 2026) supplements Article 56 of Decree No. 170/2025/ND-CR stipulating the rights of civil servants who are temporarily suspended from work as follows:

a) Having the right to request the head to reconsider the decision to temporarily suspend work if there are grounds to determine that the temporary suspension of work is not in accordance with regulations;

b) Being restored to their legitimate rights and interests when functional agencies conclude that they have not violated, are not disciplined or criminally handled;

c) Regimes and policies for civil servants who are temporarily suspended from work are implemented as at the time they were not temporarily suspended from work.

In case the period of temporary suspension of work is according to the provisions of point a, clause 2 of this Article or according to the decision of the procedural agency, the regime and policy shall not continue to be implemented from the time there is a written request from the procedural agency; the regime and policy shall be restored in case the procedural agency has a written decision determining that the temporary suspension of work is unfounded.

Thus, from August 1, 2026, civil servants who are temporarily suspended from work have the rights according to the above regulations.