Cover comment ｜ Reasonably share the cost of "parenting leave" to reduce the burden on the enterprise

Jiang Yan

According to the news released by the Chinese Population Society, at the forum, Yang Hui, deputy director of the Policies and Regulations Research Office of the National Women's Federation Women's Research Institute, focused on two direct costs of participating in social insurance costs and holiday salary. The enterprise undertakes the child and female employee for each child and female employees under the age of 6, with an average of 17,200 yuan in the country. The cost corresponding to the two children and three children is higher. Yang Hui said that parenting leave is costly, social security costs account for 20 %, and wage costs account for 80 %. (Surging News on August 10)

"Enterprises need to bear the direct cost of parenting leave of 17,200 yuan." To interpret this number, the "absolute amount" is on one aspect, and on the other hand, the "relative proportion" of the company occupies. A very embarrassing fact is that in many places, as the main body of the employee, it is almost the only one for "parenting fake".

In recent years, under the large tone of encouraging fertility and building a friendly society, the local "Parenting leave" is better than one time and one better than one than one. Statistics show that as of the end of April 2022, 27 provinces across the country have encouraged or mandatory regulations for male and female employees under the age of 3 (6 years old) to take 5-20 days of parenting fakes each year; there are 21 of them. The province provides by the employer to be paid by the employer in the form of "parenting leave as attendance" and "salary photos during vacation". In other words, this is equivalent to "I treat, you pay for it", and it is suspected to be generous.

It is difficult to say that it is scientific and reasonable. The truth is well understood. "Fertility" is more of a private affairs and private decisions. From the whole, it is conducive to the long -term public interests of society. Even if it is based on the simplicity logic of "who benefits and who assumes", it is difficult to make too much money for companies that "never make a profit because they make a profit". From the actual situation, we can obviously feel the negative resistance of the enterprise, so the so -called "salary childbirth leave" stipulated in the local area often becomes "unpaid leave" or even "paper fake".

If you must sincerely promote the landing of "parenting fake", then you cannot avoid designing a fair and feasible cost sharing mechanism. This should include two levels, first of all, the "distribution ratio", and then the "source of funds". The top priority is to clarify the payment responsibility of public finance and the "revenue and expenditure arrangement" supported by responsibility. In the "Maternity Insurance Fund" objectively in a balanced language, how to move around and design a special support system that is sufficient to cover the main cost of "parenting leave", which requires comprehensive thinking.

In the context of tax reduction and fee reduction and reduction of market entities' employment costs and operating costs, it is unrealistic and unreasonable to press the cost of "parenting leave" to enterprises. As a "parental leave" of welfare, there should be more real public pockets, including the guarantee of funding and the guarantee of the system.

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