What do you think of the "996" working system?

"The eight-hour working system is the daily working time stipulated by national laws. However, in recent years, some industries and enterprises have violated the eight-hour working system, and even some enterprises' 996' has become the norm, and the rights and interests of the majority of workers have not been fully guaranteed. " Jiang Shengnan said.

Commissioner Jiang's voice aroused strong recognition on social media, and many netizens said that long working hours have affected fertility, consumption, health and so on.

According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, in 222, the average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises nationwide were 47.9 hours. If it is calculated according to 8 working days a day, it is equivalent to working 5.99 days a week.

7 companies in Britain have achieved great success in testing the four-day working system

Is the four-day working system "fragrant"?

In fact, news about working hours has been frequently searched on social media recently, and last week, the topic of #4-day working system "Is it fragrant?" even rushed to the hot search.

The Workers' Daily published an article entitled "Does it smell good if you work one day less?" "The article. According to the report, nearly a hundred years after the emergence of day five, some countries and enterprises have begun to consider whether it is time to implement the four-day work week.

The article quoted a recent report in The Economist, a "four-day working week" experiment with the largest number of participants in the world, which was recently successful in Britain. This experiment started in June last year and lasted for six months. * * * About 2,9 employees from 61 enterprises participated. After the trial, 56 of the 61 participating enterprises indicated that they would still use the four-day working system, and 18 of them had announced that the working system would be permanent.

Some media commented that since 22, the experimental rhythm of the four-day working week in the world has accelerated a lot, which is probably the result of the global epidemic of COVID-19. For some countries and industries, reducing the number of working days, on the one hand, helps to enhance the attractiveness of the workplace and increase the employment rate, on the other hand, it also allows employees to have more free time for leisure and consumption, thus boosting the economy.

The article in Workers' Daily commented that, despite the acclaim gained in the multinational experiments, at least so far, it is not certain that the four-day working week will be "no problem". For teachers and administrators, the four-day working week is not realistic. For the traditional manufacturing industry, the transformation is also very difficult. Even in New Zealand, where the government encourages enterprises to promote the four-day week, some business associations and organizations have raised objections.

The formulation of the overall social working time policy cannot be based only on the results of several small-scale experiments. For countries with different national conditions and enterprises with different natures, it is difficult to reach a conclusion whether the four-day working system is "fragrant or not" in a short time.

French people want to take an extra day off even if their salary is reduced

In fact, the survey shows that many employees are willing to sacrifice their salary for more rest time. Recently, a study conducted by Manpower Group, a human resources company, showed that more than one third of French office workers are willing to cut their wages by 5% in exchange for working only four days a week.

According to an interview with the European Times, some interviewees said that in this era, everything is going up in price, and no matter how hard they try, they can't live a decent and comfortable life. In this case, they might as well rest more and spend their time with their families.

But for people with lower incomes, a 5% pay cut means that life is more difficult. Even if the salary reduction standard is reduced to 2%-3%, they still need to think carefully.

what did China do?

China began to implement the current five-day legal work week in 1995. From May 1986, when the "Working Hours Shortening Task Force" was set up to study the "five-day working week", to May 1, 1995, China officially implemented the "five-day working week", during which a long period of 1 years passed.

Many post-8s students have had the experience of attending classes at 5: 3 a week. Take the author as an example. In 1994, he entered the first grade of primary school. Now, I recall that the curriculum and health duty table are arranged on Saturday and half a day.

The concept of "2.5-day vacation" was first put forward in China, and it was the Opinions on Further Promoting Tourism Investment and Consumption issued by the General Office of the State Council in August 215. This opinion encourages a 2.5-day vacation on Friday afternoons and weekends. In the same year, ten provinces including Hebei, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Gansu and Liaoning officially issued relevant opinions, explicitly encouraging qualified places and units to implement a new vacation model.

in fact, in recent years, some areas have started to try out the 4.5-day flexible working system. For example, after the outbreak in 22, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province proposed "cultivating new consumption, building a brand of night economy, and trying out a 2.5-day weekly rest system".