Guidelines No. 1784/HD-TLD dated November 06, 2017 of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on cost estimates of Trade Union budget by 2018

THE VIETNAM GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOR

Guidelines No. 1784/HD-TLD dated November 06, 2017 of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on cost estimates of Trade Union budget by 2018

- Pursuant to the Law on Trade Union 2012; Charter of Vietnamese Trade Union.

- Pursuant to the Decision No. 1780/QD-TLD dated October 26, 2017 of the Presidium of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on rules for making and allocating cost estimates of trade union in 2018.

- Guideline No. 1305/HD-TLD dated August 15, 2017 of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on guiding the collection of trade union contributions in business operation area via the bank account of the General Confederation.

- Plan No. 48/KH-TLD dated October 30, 2017 of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on collection of trade union contributions in the business operation area via the bank account of the General Confederation.

- Based on the results of revenue and expenditure implementation of the trade union in 2016 and the process for carrying out the budget plan of the trade union in 2017, the General Confederation of Labor hereby provides the guideline for different levels of trade unions to make their cost estimates in 2018 as follows:

I - Evaluation of the implementation of trade union budget plan in 2017

1. Revenues and expenditures of the trade union

Trade unions at all levels shall focus on evaluating the following major contents based on the results from implementation of trade union revenues, expenditures and contributions within the first ten months in 2017 and the whole year of 2017:

- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages in collecting trade union contributions and fees according to the current regulations; evaluate the process for carrying out the budget plan of the trade union, their allocation of cost estimates and funding provision in 2017.

- Evaluate the collection and supervision of the statistical data on member quantity specified in the unit’s report and based on the data on trade union revenues.

- Evaluate the implementation of the Resolution No. 07b/NQ-TLD dated January 21, 2016, Resolution No. 09c/NQ-BCH of the Committee of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Regulation No. 3601/QCPH-TLD-BHXH dated September 20, 2016 which is introduced by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (hereinafter abbreviated as “VGCL”) and the Vietnam Social Insurance; evaluate the direction and cooperation which are mentioned in the Decision No. 887/QD-TLD dated July 02, 2015 of the Presidium of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (hereinafter abbreviated as “PVGCL”); evaluate the implementation of the Regulation No. 1822/QCPH/BTC-TLD dated December 08, 2014 on advantages and disadvantages in cooperating to inspect the payments for trade union contributions and the increased revenues from such contributions.

- Public service providers of trade union: evaluate the process for carrying out the budget plan in 2017. Evaluate the results of public service revenues and expenditures. Evaluate the implementation of expenditures derived from State Budget by analyzing the salaries in details; analyzing the self-management system and self-responsibility in carrying out the tasks, organizing the system, personnel and finance as specified in the regulations of the Government and the VGCL.

2. Finance and asset management of the trade union

- Evaluate the implementation of trade union revenues and expenditures and management of its budget according to the assignment of the VGCL; establish rules for making, distributing and approving the cost estimates of the inferior units as specified in the regulations of the VGCL; make, implement and disclose the cost estimate and the financial statement; inspect and instruct the inferior units to implement the mission of trade union revenues and expenditures, manage their budget, pay the trade union contributions to the superior trade unions, as well as approving the cost estimates and financial statements of their inferior units.

- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each level of trade union in implementing the regulations on revenues, expenditures and budget management. Evaluate and analyze the revenue structure and the financial decentralization which affect the collection results of trade union revenues and fees.

- Evaluate the asset management according to the current regulations.

- Make a report about the results from application of self-management system, assumption of self-responsibility in using the personnel and the financial status of the trade union authorities. 

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