Hanoi (VNA) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on May 21 signed theissuance of a Resolution of the 7th meeting of the 12th PartyCentral Committee on the reform of salary policy for civil servants,public employees, the armed forces and workers ofenterprises (Resolution 27-NQ/TW).

The resolution sets the overall goal of building a system of nationalsalary policies that are scientific and transparent, and suitable with the country’ssituation, thus meeting the development requirement of the socialism-oriented marketeconomy and the nation’s proactive international integration; helping build harmonious,stable and progressive labour relations; creating a driving force for liberalizingproduction force and improving labour productivity and human resources quality;contributing to building a pure, streamlined, effective political system;preventing corruption and wastefulness; and ensuring the living conditions forwage earners and their families, realising social progress and justice.

The specific targets set by the resolution include the adoption of a new salaryregime for cadres, civil servants,public employees and the armed forces as from 2021.

Also from 2021, the regional minimum wage will be adjusted regularly based on recommendationsof the National Salary Council. Enterprises will be allow to decide salary policybasing on negotiation and agreement between employers and employees andrepresentatives of labourers’ collectives. The State will not directly intervenein enterprises’ salary policy.

The management of labour and salary in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will becarried out by allocating total salary costs for enterprises based on their productionand business tasks to 2025, toward allocating production and business tasks toenterprises by 2030.

Enterprises, including SOEs, will be allowed to decide their wagepolicies (including pay scale, payroll and work quota), with the wage no lessthan the minimum salary announced by the State, and based on collective labouragreements in line with each enterprise’s production model and capability. Thewage policies should be made public at the workplace.

The state will determine monthly and hourly minimum wages,the average wage in the market for each occupation, and support the supply oflabour market information.

Businesses and their employees will hold negotiation to reach agreement on howto calculate salary, sign labour contracts and pay salary based on labourproductivity and output.

Enterprises and organizations representing employees shall negotiate and agreeon wage, bonus and other remunerations in collective labour agreements or inenterprises' regulations.

For SOEs, the State will provide general principles fordetermining salaries and bonuses in association with labour productivity, andproduction and business efficiency, aiming to ensure the balance of wage levelin the market.

The resolution also requires the publicity of annual salaries and incomes of thosewho represent the State capital in enterprises and the general directors of State-ownedenterprises.

To realise the above-mentioned targets, the resolution setsout many solutions, stressing the need to urgently build and perfect the system of job positions, considering this as the prerequisiteand an essential solution to implement salary reform.-VNA