英国产假制度及其对中国的启示

The Maternity Leave Scheme of UK and Its Enlightenment to China

人□结构与生育政策的转变倒逼产假制度作出调整。只有以产假制度改革为突破□,优化生育环境,才能提高年轻人的生育意愿。通过对英国产假制度中女性法定产假、伴侣陪产假、共享产假以及其他福利补助等四个方面内容的介绍,并将其与中国产假制度作对比分析,指出中国产假制度的五点不足—生育成本分担失衡、产假缺乏灵活性、产假体系中“樊励假”执行力度弱、弱势群体救助覆盖不足、产假制度的呈现缺乏系统性。在此基础上,对中国产假制度的发展提出四个方向。

The changeover of Population Structure and Fertility policy have forced reformation to the Maternity Leave Scheme.Taking the refonn of Maternity Leave Scheme as a breakthrough will optimize the fertility circumstance,and will improve the fertility-rate.Via summarizing four aspects of the British Maternity Leave Scheme,which are Maternity Leave,Paternity Leave,sharing of vacation and income,and other welfare subsidies,four aspects are compared with the Chinese Maternity Leave Scheme,and five shortcomings are proposed.These are unbalanced sharing of childbirth costs,lack of flexibility in enjoyment,the reward nature of vacations,the insufficient coverage of vulnerable groups and lack of systematic exhibition of Scheme.Based on those,four targets are proposed for the development of Chinese Maternity Leave Scheme.