Evn's Output, Labor and Average Wages


- The labor force with university and post-graduate degrees accounts for 21% (compared to China and Thailand, the rate of this type of labor in Vietnam is lower, especially the rate of engineers and technicians specializing in energy).

- Workers with high school and college degrees account for 14%.


- The technical workers (CNKT) team accounts for 47%, mainly focusing on the electricity production and business stage. This force is mostly trained and recruited from EVN's vocational training schools.

Also in the total number of employees currently employed by EVN, the number of seasonal contracts of up to 1 year accounts for 2.6%, mainly doing seasonal, miscellaneous, and irregular work. This number is present in all enterprises under EVN, but the majority are still at power plants and some public service units of EVN.

In short, EVN is still a state-owned monopoly enterprise. As a result, the labor management mechanism and policies also have the characteristics of a centralized management mechanism. The centralization is evident in attracting and using human resources, in policies on human resource treatment, labor management, and bonuses.

2.2.3. Main factors causing fluctuations in EVN's QTL


The thesis focuses on analyzing two main variables that cause fluctuations in QTL at EVN. These are Average Wage (Lbq) and Number of Employees (LĐ).

The relationship between the above two quantities is explained: QTL = Lbq x LD (4)


Below is the current status of QTL and LD of EVN (taking data from EVN) in the last 5 years.


Commercial electricity output


Average labor


Average salary



2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006


Chart 2.3: Output, labor and average salary of EVN

(Source: Labor Union, EVN)


According to chart 3, EVN's commercial electricity output increased over the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (if 2001 is taken as the base for comparison):

15.39%, 17.03%, 15.37%, 13.74% and 15.7%. Thus, if combined with the fluctuations of QTL, except for 2002 when the QTL increased compared to 2001 by 18.96%, in the remaining years, the increase of QTL was always lower than the increase of commercial electricity output. This trend allows for a preliminary conclusion that, basically and in terms of the relationship between costs and final results, EVN has ensured effective production and business, even though the efficiency level has not made a strong impression. Taking the unit of production and business results as commercial electricity output has eliminated the impact of price fluctuations, so the thesis's conclusion ensures the necessary reliability.

Using the method of continuous substitution in the analysis shows that:

- QTL in 2002 increased by 198 billion compared to 2001, or 18.9%, due to 2 main factors: BQ labor decreased by 955 people, or 2.5%; Lbq increased by 224,000 VND, or 17.27%.

- QTL in 2003 increased compared to 2002 by 182 billion, or 14.65%, also due to: BQ labor increased by 1,745 people, or 2.5%; Lbq increased by 180,000 VND, or 11.83%.

- QTL in 2004 increased by 236 billion compared to 2003, or 16.58%, also due to: BQ labor increased by 200 people, or 10.32%; Lbq increased by 97,000 VND, or 5.7%.


- QTL in 2005 increased by 199 billion compared to 2004, or 10.2% due to: BQ labor increased by 3,738 people, or 4.85%; Lbq increased by 131,000 VND, or 7.2%.

- QTL in 2006 increased compared to 2005 by 193 billion, or 10.33% due to: BQ labor increased by 3,178 people, or 3.93%; Lbq increased by 118,000 VND, or 6.1%.

In summary, among the two directly related factors, Lbq in the year still tends to increase more than the increase in LD. It is possible to see more clearly the current situation and the level of influence of each factor, LD and Lbq, on EVN's QTL as follows:

2.2.3.1. For the actual number of employees (LĐ)

In the past 10 years, EVN's labor force has increased continuously. The average increase is calculated to be around 5%/year. Basically, the increase in labor force is mainly due to the addition of newly built power plants and the commissioning of additional high and low voltage lines and transformer stations... This is a completely natural increase, meeting EVN's growth requirements. However, a comprehensive survey and analysis of the increase and structure of EVN's labor force shows a fact that needs attention, which is:

Firstly , the above increase is quite high, attracting an average of 2.8 to 3.5 thousand new workers each year (excluding those who retire under the pension scheme).

Second , the structure of labor increase is showing unreasonableness. The need to increase human resources, mainly in jobs with low labor productivity such as electricity sales, management of low voltage grids in rural areas, provincial and district electricity, increase labor in the supply chain of raw materials (coal, oil) manually for thermal power plants. Increase in the management labor department (accounting for 20% according to data up to December 31, 2006). Another detail that needs to be emphasized is that, of the total labor force, there are currently 8.7% (7,555 people) with only primary and secondary education levels and there are no measures to improve. This is a pressing issue in the entire human resource management of EVN at present and at least in the next few years.

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Third , while technology, conditions, and means of production are increasingly innovated in a modern direction, labor productivity should be increased every year, labor in units should be reduced, and transferred to new projects, but in reality, this has not happened. When a new project comes into operation, the number of workers corresponding to the old labor force will be installed. This is clearly unreasonable.

2.2.3.2. For average salary (Lbq)

Average wages fluctuate mainly due to the following reasons:

Firstly, due to the adjustment of the general Lmin by the government as the basis for adjusting the Lmins of EVN. Below is the impact of the general Lmin on the Lmins of EVN from 2001-2006.


700,000


600,000


500,000


400,000


300,000

Minimum salary is determined by the State. Minimum salary is approved.


200,000


100,000


0

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006


Chart 2.4: General minimum salary and EVN's minimum salary

(Source: Labor Union, EVN)

According to the table above, from January 2001, the State's Lmin was 210,000 VND (previously 180,000 VND). During the same period, in compliance with Decree 03/2001/ND/CP, EVN's Lmin, after ensuring the conditions of: budget payment, profit, correlation between increased labor productivity and increased total labor force, was adjusted to a maximum of no more than 3 times the general Lmin. Therefore, EVN's Lmin in 2001 was 397,450 VND, then in 2002 it was 405,273 VND, an increase of 27%. In 2003, the general Lmin was 290,000, an increase compared to 2002.

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38% then Lmin EVN from 418,190 in 2002, increased to 494,272, an increase of 18%. In 2004, Lmin in general did not increase compared to 2003, Lmin EVN increased by 11.2%... Thus, in the period 2001-2006, Lmin EVN increased by an average of 14% and was one of the factors that increased QTL and increased the average salary of the whole industry.

Second, the corresponding increase (in absolute terms) of allowance levels. Allowances are calculated into EVN's QTL, which is regulated similarly to laborers working in heavy industry. The total annual allowance coefficient remains unchanged, but due to the increase in EVN's Lmin, the absolute amount of salary allowances also increases accordingly. Similarly, the total annual safety operation bonus coefficient of EVN is about 20% compared to QTL, due to the increase in QTL, the absolute amount of bonus funds calculated into salary also increases accordingly.

Third, the change in labor quality of EVN. In theory, the salary will be adjusted upward when labor quality increases. Labor quality is quantified to calculate salary by technical expertise level.

- In recent years, EVN has invested in technical and technological innovation, innovation in thinking and management methods, and focused on training, fostering and improving the qualifications of its employees. The most obvious manifestation is that the rate of trained workers has increased, while the rate of untrained workers has decreased. Below is a table of data on the quality of EVN's labor force during the period 2003-2006.

Table 2.1: LABOR STRUCTURE BY TRAINING LEVEL OF EVN 2003-2006


Target

Unit

2003

2004

2005

2006

Industry-wide workforce

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

1. University and postgraduate

%

17.75

19.86

21.73

22.00

2. High school, college

%

15.26

15.02

15.64

16.20

3. Technology

%

49.31

48.52

48.68

49.05

4. Other qualifications

%

17.63

16.60

13.94

12.75

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Evns Output, Labor and Average Wages

(Source: Labor Union, EVN)

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Note: - "Other qualifications" include mainly seasonal contract workers, short-term contracts without training, or those with vocational training, but at a low level or not in the profession they are doing.

According to the data given in Table 2.1, in general, the quality of human resources that EVN is using has improved quite positively, showing great efforts to meet the requirements of strong innovation in production technology and management of the industry. However, it must also be seen that this factor is not popular, not decisive, because according to EVN's human resource management regulations, except for positions under planning, with plans to use according to production, business and management needs, the salary according to the new position after training increases, while the number of employees who have been trained but have not changed their positions, the salary remains unchanged.

- Lbq is also due to the results of promotion, salary increase, and annual transfer, accounting for a significant proportion of the total number of workers in the industry. Statistics on the salary increase situation for 2 types of workers including management officers, CMKT staff and direct production workers are as follows:

Table 2.2: SALARY INCREASE SITUATION OF EVN EMPLOYEES 2003 - 2006


Target

Adjective

2003

2004

2005

2006

1. Salary increase (management staff,

CMNVKT)

%

30

35

20

25

2. Upgrade (CNSX)

%

20

27

26

24

(Source: Labor Union, EVN)


Thus, each year, more than 50% of workers receive salary increases and take exams to advance their ranks. This is a very important factor, greatly influencing the increase in the total salary fund payable by the industry. In Table 2.2- in the two groups of workers, the management type (technical, technological, economic, administrative) often has a higher rate of salary increases.

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High salary; technical workers have a promotion rate of 25-30% of the total number of workers. Due to the high salary coefficient of management staff and the high rate of workers receiving annual salary increases, the average annual salary has increased significantly, even though in absolute terms it is lower than that of production workers.

Fourth, the total salary fund increased due to the increase in EVN's production and business efficiency. This factor is considered to play a decisive role in the increase in salary, bonus and income of employees in the whole industry and is also the goal of the salary reform plans that EVN has implemented in recent years. The thesis will analyze this issue in depth in the current situation of planning and managing QTL of EVN.

2.3. CURRENT STATUS OF EVN'S SALARY MANAGEMENT

Based on the contents mentioned in Chapter 1, the Thesis will present the current status of EVN's QMS work based on the analysis of 4 key issues:

- Build and manage Lmin.

- Management of labor and employment contracts.

- Building and managing QTL.

- Regulations and forms of QTL distribution.

The source documents for the analysis of the above 4 contents are all from EVN, and are limited from 2001 to 2006.

2.3.1. Current status of construction and management of Lmin

Legal basis for EVN to build and manage Lmin:

- 1997 – 1999: Decree 28 of the Government on innovation of quality management in state-owned enterprises.

- 1999 – 2001: Decision 121 of the Prime Minister on the special salary mechanism of the electricity industry.

- 2001 – 2005: Decree 03 CP on labor management in state-owned enterprises.

- 2005 to present is Decree 206 dated December 14, 2004.


The general spirit of the above legal documents is: Based on the specific nature, the Government allows EVN to apply the Lmin increase coefficient from 1 - 2.5 or 3 times (depending on each period) based on the results of production and business activities, through the following conditions:

First, electricity production and trading must be profitable;

Second, ensure the implementation of payments to the State budget in accordance with the law;

Third, each year reduce power loss from 0.2% to 0.3% compared to the planned target approved by EVN's Board of Directors (the allowable power loss target is built on the basis of the actual performance of the previous year).

Fourth, the average labor productivity of electricity workers and civil servants calculated by commercial electricity kWh in the following year is higher than the previous year.

Accordingly, EVN calculates Lmin as follows: L minEVN = L min C (1+ K is EVN) (5)

Here: - L min EVN is Lmin EVN

- L min C is the general Lmin (determined by the State)

- K is the average additional adjustment coefficient to EVN's Lmin.

- EVN = K v + K ng (6)

In which: Kv is the average salary adjustment coefficient by region, with 3 levels:

+ Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have coefficient 0.3

+ Type 2 cities and concentrated industrial zones have a coefficient of 0.2

+ The remaining provinces, cities and regions have a coefficient of 0.1.

K ng is the salary adjustment coefficient by industry. This coefficient is regulated by the Government. The electricity industry has a coefficient of 1.2.

On the other hand, based on the average Lmin and the fixed labor of the affiliated units, EVN's Lmin can also be determined by the formula:

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