Decree 84/2014/ND-CP dated September 08, 2014 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat

Cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in state budget-funded agencies and organizations and heads of state enterprises who commit violations who commit violations, fail to implement, or improperly implement the provisions of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat shall pay compensation in accordance with the regulations as prescribed under the Decree No. 84/2014/ND-CP dated September 08, 2014 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat.

The compensation amount shall be calculated in Vietnam dong and determined based on written explanations of persons committing wasteful acts and proposals of the Council for handling compensation responsibility. The person liable for compensation shall make one-off payment of compensation within 30 days after receiving a compensation decision. In case he/she is unable to make one-off payment of the compensation amount, the unpaid amount shall be paid gradually within 12 months after the compensation decision is issued. If he/she is unable to pay compensation, 20% of his/her monthly salary shall be deducted until the compensation amount is fully paid under the competent person’s decision.

Suspension from compensation payment shall be applied in the following cases: he/she is hospitalized for medical treatment, or she is pregnant; His/her family is classified as poor household or household living just above the poverty line, his/her family is facing extreme economic difficulties as certified by the commune-level People’s Committee of the locality of his/her residence; He/she is put in custody or detention pending the competent investigation agency’s conclusion of other violations. The duration of suspension from compensation payment is not exceeding 6 months, for hospitalized persons or pregnant women; persons of families classified as poor households or households living just above the poverty line, or at most equaling the custody or detention duration, for persons held in custody or detention pending the competent investigation agency’s conclusion of other violations.

Especially, names and addresses of agencies or organizations where wasteful acts occur; Wasteful acts; and handling measures already applied to persons committing wasteful acts shall be publicized at meetings or posted up at working offices of agencies or organizations; uploaded onto websites or e-portals (if any) of agencies or organizations or published in press publications of agencies or organizations or in the mass media.

This Decree takes effect on November 01, 2014.