On 22 September 2023, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security released a notice on its website, which updates the Regulation on Leave Treatment and Death Compensation for Employees in Guangdong Province. The update summary of holiday benefits for employees in Guangdong Province is as follows:

1. Statutory Public Holidays
   
   (1) New Year’s Day (1 day)
   (2) Chinese New Year (3 days)
   (3) Qingming Festival (1 day)
   (4) Labor Day (1 day)
   (5) Dragon Boat Festival (1 day)
   (6) Mid-Autumn Festival (1 day)
   (7) National Day (3 days)
   
   
2. Paid Annual Leave
   
   Employees who have worked at a company for one continuous year or above are entitled to at least five days paid annual leave. The detailed regulations are as follows:
   

   Work Tenure	Days Leave
   Less than one year	No leave
   1 year or more but less than 10 years	5 days
   10 years or more but less than 20 years	10 days
   20 years or more	15 days

   
   
3. Marriage Leave: 3 days.
   
   
4. Funeral Leave: 3 days for the death of parents, spouse and child.
   
   
5. Statutory Maternity Leave
   
   

   (1)	98 days for female employees. Employees can begin their leave 15 days before the expected date of childbirth.
   (2)	80 days local extra maternity leave are granted for female employees working in Guangdong and bear child in accordance with laws and regulations.
   (3)	An additional 30 days of maternity leave shall be granted in the event of difficult labour.
   (4)	In the case of multiple births, an additional 15 days of maternity leave shall be granted for each infant.

   
   
6. Paternity leave: 15 days for male employees who bear child in accordance with laws and regulations.
   
   
7. Childcare Leave: Male and female employees are entitled to 10 days childcare leave per year if their child/children are under 3 years old.
   
   
8. Parent Care Leave
   
   Employees can apply for parent care leave provide the parent(s) is a resident in Guangdong and is over 60 years old.
   
   

   (1)	Employees can take 5 days of parent care leave per year, provided that their parents/parent are Guangdong residents, gave birth to only one child during the period of the one-child policy, and is over 60 years old.
   (2)	Employees can enjoy no more than 15 days of parent care leave per year when their parent needs to be hospitalized for treatment (diagnosis certificate, hospitalization certificate, and other materials issued by the medical institution are required).

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