Keep local rules up to date
A competition tryout for the Migrant Worker Skills Competition is held in the Jinchengjiang district of Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on June 29. Four labor law experts have suggested the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, China's top legislature, review a clause that appears in the regulations of seven provinces, which stipulates that couples having more children than the family planning law allows must be fired from their jobs as punishment. The commission notified the provincial people's congresses of some of the provinces recently, suggesting they amend their regulations, which, in practice, have served more as a deterrent so people abide by the family planning law. These local regulations, which are a byproduct of the former strict family planning laws and rules introduced in the 1980s, should have been abolished long ago, especially after China reformed its family planning policies and revised the relevant laws two years ago. The right to work is a basic right as stipulated in the Labor Law and Labor Contract Law, which should not be affected or restricted because of violating the rules and laws on family planning.
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