The Two Sessions Discuss The Difficulty Of "Paid Leave"

"The pace of modern society is fast, and competition in all walks of life is fierce. It is almost normal for many employees of enterprises and institutions to work overtime." Yang Yuanqing, member of the CPPCC National Committee and president and CEO of Lenovo Group, proposed the Proposal on Further Implementing Paid Vacations for Employees of Enterprises and Institutions.

Deng Xiaohong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Counsellor of the State Council, also believed that "having such a few days of paid leave every year can not only relax the spirit, work and rest, but also promote consumption, which is good for the country and the people."

in fact, Paid leave system It has been promulgated for 20 years since 1995. In 1995, the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stated that the country implements the paid annual leave system; In order to protect the right of employees to take leave, the Regulations on Paid Annual Leave of Employees was issued in 2008, detailing the methods for employees to take leave and the punishment against violations by the unit; In order to further implement the regulations, the State Council issued the National Tourism and Leisure Outline in 2013 and set development goals. It is hoped that by 2020, the paid annual leave system for employees will be basically implemented.

"This system has been talked about for many years, from the Labor Law promulgated in 1995 to the Regulations on Paid Annual Leave of Employees implemented in 2008, there are clear provisions, but the implementation is not satisfactory." Electronic Commerce Yang Xiaoxia, the product department of the company, said.

"The State Council has repeatedly reiterated that the paid leave system was mentioned in last year's government work report and this year's government work report, and Shaanxi Province has also taken measures to check the implementation of the paid leave system, and proposed to assess this content, but the results of my previous survey were not ideal." Xu Mingzheng, deputy director of Shaanxi Provincial Tourism Administration, made a survey, which showed that about 1/3 of the people could not take a vacation, and 1/3 of the people did not take enough days off. Only 1/3 of the people took a vacation and had enough.

From《 labour law 》Since its promulgation, the paid leave system has been running for 20 years. Why has it become a "bad check"? There are many obstacles to paid leave. The reasons are as follows:

Leaders do not speak and employees do not have holidays. "The government does not take the lead, the leaders do not take the lead, and the staff are embarrassed to take a vacation with them; the leaders are all working there, so how can the director and section chief take a vacation?" Cai Jiming, a deputy to the National People's Congress, proposed that the implementation of paid vacation is not in place, and part of the resistance comes from employers.

Law enforcement lacks rigidity. Li Binsheng, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former secretary of the All China Federation of Trade Unions, believes that "there are systems and regulations, but there are problems in the implementation process." Employees and units are "unequal in status". Employees dare not mention it, and enterprises dare not let it go. In addition, the punishment of units who violate the rules is small or even "zero cost", which makes it more difficult to implement paid leave.