Is it illegal not to have a holiday on International Women’s Day in 2022? Is it necessary to have a holiday on Women’s Day? Attached with the latest regulations

We are about to enter March 2022, and there are many festivals in March, such as Jingzhe, Women's Day, Arbor Day, National Ear Care Day, etc. However, what our female compatriots are more concerned about is the issue of the International Women's Day holiday. Is it illegal not to have an International Women's Day holiday in 2022? Is it necessary to have a holiday on Women’s Day? The latest regulations are as follows:

1. Is it illegal not to have a holiday on International Women’s Day in 2022? Attached with the latest regulations

It is not illegal not to have a holiday on International Women's Day in 2022. Because March 8th Women's Day is not a legal holiday in our country, but a holiday for some citizens, that is, a holiday for all women over the age of 18. Companies and units have the right to formulate whether to give female employees holidays or not, because it is not a legal holiday for all citizens. However, a relevant official from the National Human Resources and Social Security Administration said earlier that from the perspective of human care, all companies and units should try to give female employees half a day off, or arrange other activities, such as providing benefits to female employees. However, the Labor Law clearly states that employers should arrange for employees to take holidays on International Women's Day and other holidays. Here are the latest regulations for the March 8th Women's Day holiday:

1.2022 International Women's Day National Holiday Regulations:

According to the National Holidays and Anniversary Holidays Regulations, which came into effect on January 1, 2014, Order No. 644 of the State Council, Article 3 makes relevant arrangements for holidays and anniversaries on which some citizens have holidays. Among them, on March 8 (Women's Day), women have a half-day holiday.

2.2022 International Women's Day holiday company regulations:

Enterprises can arrange whether to take March 8 as a holiday based on their own circumstances. As usual, in the first half of the year, whether female employees should be given overtime pay depends on the circumstances. If March 8 is a normal working day, the employer will pay wages in accordance with the law, but will not pay overtime pay. If March 8 is a rest day, the employer shall pay overtime wages. In 2022, International Women's Day falls on Tuesday, which is a normal working day. I believe everyone should be clear about whether overtime pay should be paid.

2. Is it necessary to have a holiday on Women’s Day in 2022?

It is not mandatory to take a holiday on Women's Day because it is not a legal holiday in our country. However, legal holidays like Spring Festival, New Year's Day and National Day must be taken as holidays. However, due to the nature of each person's work and special reasons of the company, there is a possibility that employees may not be given holidays. However, if they are not given holidays, they must be paid more than three times the salary, or arranged to take a holiday later. March 8th Women's Day is a holiday for some citizens. The state does not force units or enterprises to take half a day off, but the state should try to give every female employee half a day off.

In general, it is not illegal not to have a holiday on International Women's Day in 2022, nor is it necessary to have a holiday. However, the national holiday and commemorative day holiday regulations issued by the state stipulate that women are given half a day off, and now it depends entirely on the arrangements of each company. Here we still hope that every female employee can have a half-day holiday and reward themselves well.