Why are marriage leave "different in length" everywhere? The authoritative explanation is coming

"There are only 3 days of marriage leave in Sichuan Province, and young people have no time to get married." A few days ago, a netizen left a message and received a reply from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security: "The latest wedding leave policy will be released in due course to better protect employees from holding weddings and honeymoon tourism." Soon, the topic of "marriage leave is too short, there is no time to get married" rushed to the hot search, triggering a hot discussion on the Internet: how to adjust the marriage leave, so that young people can get married happily?

According to the reporter's incomplete statistics, at present, 12 provinces in the country have clearly adjusted or planned to adjust and extend marriage leave. Among them, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Anhui and Guizhou extended the original 3-day statutory marriage leave to 13 days, Jilin and Qinghai to 15 days, Hebei and Jiangxi to 18 days, Heilongjiang to 15 days of marriage leave + 10 days of premarital medical examination leave, and Shanxi stipulated that the marriage leave was 30 days. Henan revised to 21 marriage leave + 7 days premarital medical examination leave. Hubei proposed that marriage leave could be extended in addition to enjoying the marriage leave stipulated by the state. Overall, at present, the marriage leave across the country is as short as 3 days and as long as 30 days.

Why are marriage leave "different in length" everywhere? In 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress deliberated and passed the revised Population and Family Planning Law, deleting the provisions on encouraging late marriage and childbearing, and since then, the state's statutory marriage leave has been 3 days. In August this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress revised the Population and Family Planning Law again. Subsequently, the standing committees of the local people's congresses successively launched local revision work. Judging from the provinces that have completed the revision, marriage leave has been extended in many places, but the regulations in different provinces are quite different. At the same time, revision work is under way in some places, so that the 3-day marriage leave provision is still implemented in some regions.

So, how should the marriage leave system be revised so that young people can marry happily?

At present, more and more young people are going out to work, and most of the weddings have to return to their hometowns from work. Li Fang, who works in Beijing, is from Heilongjiang and her fiancé is from Guangxi. "We go back and forth to the two sides of the wedding, it takes three or four days on the road alone, plus wedding preparations, it takes at least seven or eight days." Li Fang said. The reporter's investigation among the young group found that they generally believe that 10 days of marriage leave is more reasonable.

Regarding the differences in marriage leave regulations in various places, Shen Jianfeng, dean of the Law School of the China Institute of Labor Relations, said that the formulation of local population and family planning regulations should not only consider the actual needs of the localities, but also maintain the unity of the legal system. The 10-fold difference in marriage leave in various places is an abnormal phenomenon.

In fact, when the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security replied to the NPC deputies' proposal earlier, it said that it would uniformly adjust the number of days of marriage leave and bereavement leave, and clarify the legal responsibilities of enterprises that failed to implement the regulations according to law. In addition to adjusting the laws and regulations on marriage leave, Shen Jianfeng believes that employers, workers and trade unions can also negotiate and agree on a longer period of marriage leave on the basis of statutory marriage leave to meet actual needs.

"There are a lot of young people in our company, and there are queues for wedding leave, and the company may not be able to approve it." Zhang Huihui, who works for an Internet company in Beijing, said helplessly. The reporter found that the phenomenon of "not daring to take a vacation" is more common.

In this regard, Shen Jianfeng believes that the statutory holiday setting should be adapted to social and economic development, and in terms of the number of vacation days, whether it is paid or not, it is necessary to balance the relationship between the vacation needs of workers and the burden of enterprises, only in this way can enterprises no longer hesitate to implement, and let young people rest more confidently."

Column Editor-in-Chief: Gu Wanquan Text Editor: Cao Fei Title Image Source: Visual China Image Editor: Yong Kai

Source: Author: Zhang Jing, reporter of Workers Daily