Marriage leave in various places is as short as 3 days and as long as 30 days. Netizens said that "it is not enough to take a short break" and "don't dare to take a long break"——
How to adjust the marriage leave so that people in the workplace can get married happily?
Our reporter Gao Zili
"I'm really envious to see my friends who work in other provinces have 30 days of marriage leave." Zhang Qian, an employee of an information consulting company in Zibo City, Shandong Province, told reporters that her marriage leave is only 3 days, "barely enough time for wedding ceremony, honeymoon and so on. Can't even enjoy it."
Recently, Nanjing, Tianjin, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places in Jiangsu have clearly extended their marriage leave. Among them, couples who have registered their marriage according to the law in Nanjing and Tianjin can enjoy 15 days and 10 days of marriage leave respectively. On the basis of enjoying the 3-day marriage leave stipulated by the state, the additional 10-day and 15-day marriage leave has aroused the envy of many netizens.
Marriage is a major event in life. Under the background of three children, the state and localities are constantly introducing policies to encourage marriage and childbirth.
But at present, the reporter learned that the regulations on marriage leave vary from place to place. The shortest is 3 days, and many people say it is "not enough"; the longest is 30 days, and some people say they "dare not take it off" or "cannot take it off".
So, how to adjust the marriage leave so that young people can really enjoy the holiday "benefits" and get married happily?
3 days of marriage leave is stretched
"Cooperate with wedding companies, motorcades, hotels, and entertain relatives and friends who come and go..." Zhang Qian told reporters that the three-day period is too tight, and even with the help of relatives and friends, she still feels unable to do so.
Zhang Qian recalled that they started working at 6 o'clock in the morning on the first day. In addition to the details of the wedding ceremony and clothing styling, they also had to arrange the wedding room, arrange vehicles to pick up the relatives, and entertain relatives and friends. They were busy until midnight.
On the day of the wedding, they get up at 3:00 am to get ready, and "go through the door" on time at 6:00 am. After the wedding ceremony, they have to send off guests and thank relatives and friends.
On the third day, we communicated with the camera team about the details of the wedding video, paid the hotel, the wedding company, and the motorcade...the wedding was completed in such a tight arrangement.
"Three days to hold a banquet seems to be stretched, let alone travel for honeymoon." Zhang Qian said helplessly.
Where did the 3-day marriage leave rule come from?
Xie Yanping, founding partner of Beijing Zhuopu Law Firm, said that in 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress deliberated and passed the revised Population and Family Planning Law, which deleted the regulations on encouraging late marriage and late childbearing. Since then, the national legal marriage leave is 3 days.
The reporter combed and found that in the past two years, many places have adjusted the regulations on marriage leave, some of which have been extended, but in some provinces, the total number of marriage leave has been greatly reduced due to the cancellation of "late marriage leave".
At present, the marriage leave in Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Hunan and other places is still 3 days.
"Marriage is, after all, a major event in life. No one wants to leave regrets. The three-day marriage leave is too short." A netizen posted this on a social platform, causing many netizens to comment, "It will take two days on the road" "It's not enough Let's make a holiday" "Don't get married"...
In contrast, the marriage journey of Nie Mingyuan, an employee of a government agency in Haidian District, Beijing, was much smoother.
"Beijing's marriage leave regulations are 10 days, and we took a total of 14 days including weekends." Nie Mingyuan said, excluding the time for wedding preparations, they arranged a honeymoon trip for the rest of the holiday, and they still had time to spend with their families, which was more than sufficient.
There is a marriage leave, but some people dare not take it
Judging from the published population and family planning regulations in various places, Gansu and Shanxi provinces have the longest marriage leave period of 30 days; Heilongjiang, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia and other places stipulate that if they take the initiative to participate in the marriage examination, they can also get extra marriage leave For example, Heilongjiang stipulates 15 days of marriage leave plus 10 days of pre-marital medical examination leave, while Henan provides 21 days of marriage leave plus 7 days of pre-marital medical examination leave.
"30 days of marriage leave, I dare not even think about it." During the interview, the reporter found that in industries with more young people, many workers sighed at the "fake".
Sun Lei, an employee of an Internet company in Beijing, told reporters that when he was preparing to get married, he also checked the Beijing marriage leave standards and company regulations, and was very happy to learn that there were 10 days of marriage leave.
However, some colleagues said that the company has to queue up for taking wedding leave, and "very few people really take full leave".
After thinking about it, Sun Lei asked the company for 5 days of wedding leave, "With the weekend, 7 days is just enough, and it won't delay too much work." To develop in the company, I accepted it calmly, "After getting married, the burden on the shoulders will be heavy." Sun Lei sighed.
It is not an isolated case like Sun Lei who is afraid to take leave. The reporter found out from multiple social platforms that many netizens said that "it is not worth the loss to ask for two more days off to affect the future."
In addition, the reporter also found that the marriage leave policies formulated by various places still have insufficient implementation.
"Our company only gives 7 days of marriage leave." Feng Yi, who works for an outsourcing service company in Zhengzhou, Henan, was surprised when he learned that Henan had 28 days of marriage leave. Some took 3 days, and some took 15 days.
"It still depends on the company's regulations." Feng Yi said with a smile.
"Judging from the cases and consultations we encountered in our work, many private enterprises do not implement marriage leave well. There are many enterprises that do not give leave or only give 3 days leave, and there are cases where leave is not paid." Xie Yanping said , These are all violations of the law. When workers encounter such problems, they can report and complain to the labor supervision department in accordance with the law, requesting supervision and correction of the illegal behavior of the employer.
System design needs to be balanced
If it is too short, it is not enough to take it, and if it is too long, you dare not take it or you cannot take it. How to adjust the marriage leave so that young people can really enjoy the "dividend" of the policy?
Wang Tianyu, deputy director of the Social Law Department of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the setting of marriage leave generally takes into account factors such as the population structure of the region, the status of marriage and childbirth, the welfare leave system, and the affordability of enterprises.
"At present, it is difficult to have a unified national standard for marriage leave, but some evaluation mechanisms can be set up to judge whether the system design is reasonable." Wang Tianyu said, for example, that the implementation effect of the system can be judged by changes in indicators such as marriage registration and birth rate.
"The marriage leave system should be systematically designed." Xiao Zhu, executive dean of the Law School of the China Institute of Labor Relations, said that scientific marriage leave rules should include the prerequisites, procedures, payment methods for benefits, and the employer's responsibilities when employees fail to enjoy the leave according to law.
She believes that although the current legislation in various places extends the marriage leave, it stipulates that the enterprise should pay the holiday wages, which increases the burden on the enterprise, causes the enterprise to resist the implementation, and the workers dare not take the leave.
"In terms of the number of days of vacation and whether they are paid or not, it is necessary to balance the relationship between the vacation needs of workers and the burden of the enterprise." Xiao Zhu said.
Wang Tianyu believes that part of the labor costs brought about by the holidays should be separated from labor relations and transformed into social public costs. The government can give enterprises certain policy support in terms of taxes and fees to share part of the holiday costs.
At the same time, enterprises should also see that a high level of local welfare leave will increase the attractiveness to young talents and help improve the overall human capital level of the city, so the marriage leave system should be implemented well.
In addition to adjusting the laws and regulations on marriage leave, Xiao Zhu believes that employers, workers, and trade unions can also agree on more days of marriage leave and better treatment for marriage leave through labor contracts or collective contracts.
"The labor supervision department should regularly check the employer's implementation of the marriage leave regulations to ensure the effective implementation of the system, and at the same time summarize and improve the problems existing in the implementation process." Xie Yanping said.
(Worker's Daily)