The Legal Reconstruction of the Cost-sharing Mechanism of Maternity Leave for Female Workers under the Guidance of Fertility Incentive
Based on the multiple institutional goals of promoting fertility,relieving the pressure of women's fertility,giving full play to the role of men's family care,and alleviating gender discrimination in employment,the institutional system of maternity leave in China has been continuously enriched.However,due to the structural imbalance between employers and the government,employers and employees,and different employers,the conflict between workers'reproductive rights and labor rights has intensified,and the contradiction between actively strengthening reproductive incentives and insufficient reproductive motivation has become increasingly prominent.In the future,the single employer responsibility system for sharing maternity leave costs should be transformed into a multi-subject cost-sharing mechanism.Through the supply of key systems such as establishing an incentive mechanism for maternity cost expenditure,establishing a maternity support fund for female employees,establishing a female employment security fund system,and improving the maternity allowance payment system,the cost of maternity leave in China should be balanced between employers and the government,employees and other employers,so as to promote the stability of maternity leave system and help the construction of a childbearing friendly society.
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