CCTV News:On the afternoon of September 29th, Guangdong Province passed a decision on amending the Regulations on Population and Family Planning in Guangdong Province. The new regulations greatly extended the incentive holiday for legal childbirth, from the original 30 days to 80 days. As a result, the maternity leave of female employees increased from 128 days to 178 days, and the number of dystocia such as caesarean section increased by 30 days to 208 days. Combing 29 provinces that have revised family planning regulations, Guangdong has the longest basic maternity leave of 208 days. How many days can maternity leave be taken in each province? Let’s get to know each other!
Guangdong maternity incentive leave is increased by 50 days, and those who are taking maternity leave can also enjoy it.
At present, China stipulates that female workers enjoy 98 days of maternity leave, and the Population and Family Planning Law of the People’s Republic of China clearly stipulates that couples who have children in accordance with laws and regulations can get rewards or other welfare benefits for extending maternity leave. Therefore, when revising the local family planning regulations, all localities have added incentive holidays to the 98-day maternity leave, with a minimum of 30 days.
On December 30th last year, the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress passed the newly revised Regulations on Population and Family Planning in Guangdong Province. Guangdong province became the first province in China to complete the revision of the family planning regulations. The revised family planning regulations stipulate that "couples who have children in accordance with laws and regulations, the woman enjoys 30 days of incentive leave". This time, Guangdong revised the family planning regulations again. The new draft amendment will extend the incentive leave for female employees to have children in accordance with laws and regulations from 30 days to 80 days. In other words, Guangdong female employees can enjoy 98 days +80 days of incentive leave for a total of 178 days of maternity leave, and caesarean section can enjoy 98 days +80 days of incentive leave +30 days of caesarean section for a total of 208 days of maternity leave.
Moreover, according to the new regulations, female employees who are currently on maternity leave in Guangdong can also enjoy 50 days of extended leave, that is, those who have given birth according to law after September 29, 2016, and those who have given birth according to law before and have not finished their statutory maternity leave, can enjoy 80 days of incentive leave according to the new regulations. If the child was born before September 29, 2016 according to law and the statutory maternity leave has been completed, the new regulations are not applicable.
Why is maternity leave increased by 50 days? Expert: The fertility situation is not up to expectations.
With regard to the newly revised family planning regulations in Guangdong, which increased maternity leave by 50 days, Professor li jianxin from the Department of Sociology of Peking University analyzed that after the comprehensive two-child policy was liberalized, there was no expected rebound in fertility in China. As the cost of childbirth and the cost of raising are increasing, the fertility situation is not up to expectations. The maternity leave has been extended after the revision of the family planning regulations in Guangdong Province, which is a policy to promote fertility. Guangdong is the leader of reform and development and should go further in reform.
Wang Jun, a lecturer in demography at Sun Yat-sen University, said that from the data of birth population in Guangdong Province, the effect of having two children in an all-round way is not as great as expected. Urban women are not very willing to have children because of the pressure from all aspects of work and life. Therefore, Guangdong Province has extended maternity leave based on its own situation.
The data released by the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics also shows that the age structure of Guangdong population continues to show the overall characteristics of "low at both ends and high in the middle", that is, the proportion of children and elderly population is relatively low, and the proportion of adult population is high; In addition, Guangdong is one of the regions with relatively low total dependency ratio.
29 provinces have completed the revision of family planning regulations. Theoretically, Chongqing can take the longest maternity leave.
Up to now, except Tibet and Xinjiang, all 29 provinces in China have completed the revision of family planning regulations, canceled late maternity leave, and adjusted the calculation method of maternity leave to "98 days of national holiday+maternity incentive leave". Most provinces have increased the number of maternity leave days for female employees to varying degrees. At present, the maternity incentive leave in each province ranges from 30 days to 3 months, and the maternity leave enjoyed by female employees in various places ranges from 128 days to 190 days.
Maternity leave in seven provinces including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hubei is 128 days, that is, 98 days +30 days.
In the new family planning regulations in Henan and Hainan, it is clear that maternity leave will be increased by three months in addition to the 98-day holiday stipulated by the state, which means that local female employees can enjoy maternity leave for up to 190 days.
Heilongjiang and Gansu have made it clear that the total number of maternity leave days is 180 days.
The mode of "98 days +60 days" is the mainstream of maternity leave days in all provinces, with 158 days in 14 provinces including Jilin, Hebei and Sichuan.
The maternity leave in Shaanxi is also 158 days, but those who take pre-pregnancy check-ups can get 10 days’ maternity leave and those who have cesarean section can get 15 days’ maternity leave. Therefore, female employees in Shaanxi can take a maximum of 183 days’ leave.
The number of maternity leave days in Fujian is 158 days, with a maximum of 180 days.
After the revision of the family planning regulations in Guangdong, female employees can take maternity leave for up to 208 days, which is 80 days more than the 128 days in some provinces.
In the revision of family planning regulations in 29 provinces, Beijing, Jilin and Chongqing have also set flexible regulations on maternity leave days, which can be extended with the consent or approval of female employees. Among them, Beijing stipulates that female workers can increase their holidays by one to three months with the consent of their organs, enterprises and institutions, social organizations and other organizations. Jilin stipulates that in addition to the 158-day holiday, female employees can extend maternity leave to one year upon their own application and with the consent of the unit. Chongqing, on the other hand, stipulates that except for the 128-day holiday, female employees can take continuous leave until their children are one year old after the expiration of maternity leave upon their own application and the approval of the unit. Therefore, in theory, Chongqing can take the longest maternity leave.
Does prolonged maternity leave affect women’s employment? Expert: The state should legislate to protect the rights and interests of female workers.
The adjustment of maternity leave in Guangdong to at least 178 days and the longest to 208 days has also attracted some netizens’ concerns that this is the "rhythm of unemployment", which will make the unit more and more reluctant to recruit female employees and increase the difficulty of women’s employment, especially female college students.
Some business leaders admit that it is common for female employees to recruit men because of their long maternity leave, especially for some important positions in enterprises. This problem is difficult to solve at present.
In this regard, Lu Jiehua, a professor of sociology in Peking University, said that after the extension of maternity leave, some enterprises may take these factors into account when recruiting, and tend to hire male employees or female employees who have given birth. Next, the state should adopt legislation to promote gender equality and protect the rights and interests of female workers. Secondly, the increase of maternity leave will indeed increase the labor cost of enterprises and affect their economic benefits. The government can help enterprises share some costs through other channels. If the enterprise obstructs female employees from enjoying maternity leave, female employees can sue through labor arbitration and court. Local governments should protect the rights of female workers from the system design, such as issuing detailed rules for implementation and supervising the implementation.
Official website’s article of Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics also said that the effective implementation of the "comprehensive two-child" population birth policy can not be achieved only by adjusting laws and policies, but also by providing more public supporting services to promote the family’s development ability, and solving the problems of women’s employment, children’s upbringing and school attendance brought about by the policy adjustment, so that ordinary people can afford to have children and support them. (This article is from the Beijing News)