Working Weekends to Pay for Holidays

Copyedited by G.P. Wilson

International Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1 each year, but even though employees around China will be taking a five-day break from Wednesday, May 1, until Sunday, May 5, only one of those days counts as a true day off work. Like many other holidays in China, the national May Day holiday not only consists of an attached weekend, but also includes additional days “borrowed” from surrounding weekends. Employees will be required to work on Sunday, April 28, and Saturday, May 11, to “pay back” the additional two days. Some of China’s holidays, such as Tomb-Sweeping Day in April and Mid-Autumn Festival in September or October, are considered family holidays and the extra days are added to allow employees time to travel home to their families. In other cases, such…

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Beijing Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, Vol.67/No.18

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