The proposals of the deputies to the two sessions every year are undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention.
Among the many proposals this time, the proposal of "public interest litigation on the 996 work system" proposed by Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree, has a very warm response, and has also won the support and shouts of a large number of netizens.
I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar with the word "996". This word, proposed by "Papa Ma", has now become a lingering nightmare for the post-80s, 90s and even post-00s generation.
Especially in recent years, because of long-term overtime, excessive work pressure led to sudden death of young people often occurs, just in February this year, a 28-year-old algorithm engineer of a large factory caused sudden death due to excessive overtime, which is really a pity.
From a realistic point of view, on the one hand, young people have old and young, the pressure on their backs is getting bigger and bigger, in order to make a living, if the company needs to work overtime, it is difficult to refuse; but on the other hand, young people are working overtime for a long time, and their physical condition is getting worse and worse.
So, can the proposal submitted by Dong Mingzhu change the current situation of young people "exchanging overtime for money"? Can young people still jump out of the "996" dilemma?
The specific content of this proposal is to propose that public interest litigation be carried out on the "996" working system, and the procuratorial organs should give full play to their various functions to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers to the greatest extent, which is simply described in one sentence, that is, to help workers resist "996" from the legal level.
In the interview, Dong Mingzhu said, "It is understandable that some positions have appropriate extensions of working hours due to the nature of the work. But if the company ignores the physical and mental health of its employees, this is absolutely not feasible. ”
So, why did Dong Mingzhu put forward this proposal? In addition to the above-mentioned young people because of the "996" physical fitness is getting worse and worse, and even sudden death, in fact, it has a lot to do with the current domestic workplace situation.
According to liepin's "Insight Report on the Current Situation of Contemporary Young Workers" released by Liepin in 2021, more than 76.71% of the "post-90s" professionals now work overtime regularly every day, of which 9 adults work overtime for about 1-3 hours.
From a geographical point of view, the proportion of post-90s overtime in first-tier cities has exceeded 80%, while the proportion of new first-tier cities is as high as 76.61%, and the second-tier cities are 76.15%, which can be seen that contemporary young people have been "trapped" in overtime.
In fact, the company implements the 996 work system, that is, the boss is squeezing the surplus value of employees, some large factories have overtime pay for overtime, but most of the companies do not have overtime pay, young people working overtime is completely free labor; and, when everyone is in 996, it is easy to lead to the entire society to roll in, not only will affect the health of young people, but also affect consumption, fertility and so on.
Therefore, from a realistic point of view, Dong Mingzhu's proposal is actually very necessary, and it can even be said that it directly hits the pain points of people's livelihood.
In addition, from the perspective of labor law, 996 is not legal.
As early as 1995, article 3 of the "Provisions of the State Council on the Working Hours of Employees" promulgated by the State Council clearly stipulated that the working hours of employees every day were 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, that is, the system of working hours on weekends and holidays was implemented. However, 27 years later, there are still a lot of companies that achieve large and small weeks, single breaks or even only 2 days off a month, and a large number of sweatshops even work 12 hours a day.
If we can really carry out public interest litigation against 996 as mentioned in Dong Mingzhu's proposal, I believe that this situation will definitely improve.
Let's talk about Dong Mingzhu, last year, Gree has changed from the previous big and small week to a double holiday, and many Internet companies have also said to follow, Kuaishou, ByteDance, Meituan and many other Internet companies have announced the cancellation of the "big and small week" system last year. It can be said that Dong Mingzhu has indeed brought great influence to the entire business community.
I believe that in the future, with everyone's efforts, young people can jump out of the dilemma of "996" and enjoy a better life.
Do you think Dong Mingzhu's proposal for "996" can solve the current situation of young people working overtime? Time may tell.