Have you received Mid-Autumn Festival benefits? 20 clear standards, 5 to increase the amount of condolences.
Zhongxin Jingwei Client September 22nd (Xiong Siyi) Ding-dong! Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are coming, and you have a welfare to check!
A few days ago, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions issued a document clearly stating that in 2020, the trade union funds will be increased at one time to distribute holiday condolences to all members, with the standard not exceeding 500 yuan per person. As soon as the news was released, netizens expressed their "envy", but in fact, you can also receive this holiday condolences!
20 provinces clearly define the distribution standards.
According to the Measures for the Management of Funds Revenue and Expenditure of Grass-roots Trade Unions issued by the General Office of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, grass-roots trade unions can distribute holiday condolences to all members on holidays. Festivals on holidays refer to statutory holidays stipulated by the state (namely, New Year, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day) and ethnic festivals established with the approval of the people’s governments at or above the autonomous region.
According to the incomplete statistics of the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client, up to now, at least 20 provinces have made clear the standards for issuing holiday condolences. According to the upper limit of the standard of condolences, Guangdong ranks among the top in the country with "the annual total amount generally does not exceed 2,500 yuan per capita". However, Guangdong requires that the proportion of the annual expenditure of holiday condolences distributed by grass-roots trade unions to all members should not exceed 40% of the budget expenditure of the trade unions at the same level in that year, or should be controlled within 50% of the funds retained by grass-roots trade unions.
The five provinces of Hunan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong and Qinghai have relatively high upper limit of holiday condolences, which are: no more than 2,100 yuan per person per year, no more than 2,200 yuan per person per year, no more than 2,000 yuan per person per year, no more than 2,000 yuan per person per year, and no more than 2,000 yuan per person per year. The upper limit of the standard of holiday condolences in Tianjin is relatively low. According to the data released by Tianjin in June 2019, it is no more than 1000 yuan per person per year.
Different from the above-mentioned provinces, Guizhou does not stipulate the upper limit of the annual total amount, but limits the single amount. In February 2018, Guizhou made it clear that grassroots trade unions can distribute holiday condolences to all members on holidays. The payment standard is that the average per capita of the Spring Festival does not exceed that of 500 yuan, other statutory holidays and ethnic festivals, which meets the requirements, does not exceed that of 200 yuan.
Five provinces raise the standard upper limit
In addition to going overseas, at least five provinces, including Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Shaanxi, Fujian and Shandong, have raised the upper limit of holiday condolences to varying degrees in recent years. Among them, in January 2019, Shaanxi raised the upper limit of the standard for grassroots trade unions to distribute condolences to all members on holidays in 700 yuan to no more than 2,200 yuan per person per year.
Su Jian, director of Peking University National Economic Research Center, said in an interview with Zhongxin Jingwei client that there are two reasons for raising employee welfare standards in many places. First, the economy has developed, and if it is still based on the original standards, it will be low; Second, because if the quota is too small, it will not play a role in reflecting the care of trade unions.
Song Qinghui, a well-known economist, analyzed the client of Sino-Singapore Jingwei, saying that according to the rising prices, many places have moderately raised the standards of employee welfare. From an economic point of view, when prices go up, welfare will naturally go up, which conforms to the basic law of economic development.
Jiang Han, a senior researcher at Pangu Think Tank, told the client of Zhongxin Jingwei that the promotion of employee benefits in many places, especially enterprises and institutions, is also to better retain people and help local governments establish a better talent training and retention mechanism, which is closely related.
The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client also noticed that in the first half of this year, some regions concentrated on issuing annual holiday condolences at the beginning of the year. For example, Hunan issued a notice in March, and the trade unions of government agencies, enterprises and institutions in the whole province will distribute the undistributed part of the holiday condolence fee that can be distributed throughout the year, plus the special condolence fee for fighting the epidemic previously stipulated by the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, in the form of consumer vouchers, and the holiday condolence fee that has been distributed this year will not be distributed repeatedly. Workers and trade union members should finish their consumption before 24: 00 on May 5.
Screenshot source: Hunan Trade Union Network
In addition, in April this year, Guizhou will issue the undistributed part of the annual holiday trade union welfare fund in advance; Shandong also issued a notice in April, pointing out that grass-roots trade unions can issue holiday condolences to all members in advance by means of delivery vouchers.
In this regard, Su Jian said that from the perspective of promoting consumption, it is obviously helpful for the annual welfare to be distributed centrally at the beginning of the year. Because the money is available earlier, ordinary people can spend it more freely at the right time. On the one hand, it improves the efficiency of expenditure, on the other hand, it can also make the function of promoting consumption better realized.
Jiang Han pointed out that in a sense, the centralized distribution model can give employees better welfare and treatment. If it is distributed to various festivals, it may lead to a small number of employees’ welfare benefits in each festival, but centralized distribution can make the single amount more and the choice of benefits more, so some places have begun to explore the mode of centralized distribution.
Jiang Han also said that we can’t overdo it in order to fight corruption and promote honesty, but also take into account the welfare of employees. Su Jian also believes that the holiday welfare itself is in line with the tradition of China. As long as the source of funds is justified and the way of distribution is appropriate, there will be no problem. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)