1、Should visiting parents be written into a law?Created by 黃啟楠“i-talk” 自由談700 million“empty-nesters”aged over 60Rural areaslonelinessAging country200790% by 2030Situation:Situation:If you dont go home regularly, youll be punished by the law.老年人權益保障法1.How ofen doyougo home ?2.Doyouthinkthislawisgoingto

2、work?3.Whatsyourideaabout“the law can deal with everything”? Supporters: WritinggoinghomeoftenintolawfullyembodiesthevirtueoftheChinesenation-filial piety and family values. Insomeregions,localgovernmentsandcommunitieshelpthemovercomeeconomicdifficulties, but loneliness resulting from the absence of

3、 children cannot be easily comforted. Duetothenewbill,parentscanaccusetheirunfilialchildrentoensure their basic living standards are kept up.Opposition:Are children unwilling to go home to see their parents or are they prevented from doing so?Realistic factors: Distance High transportational fees Le

4、ss holidayHow often should children visit their parents? once every month once half a year Besides, even if children do not act in accordance with the law, their parents will not turn to the law for help. If children are forced to go home, do you think families will be happy when parents receive the

5、ir reluctant children? Going home often or notethics and moralityIsitOKforlawstostrayintotherealmofethics?Supporting parentslawBeingfilialisadeferentmatter;itisaboutmoralityandconscience,whichcanonlybefosteredthrougheducation.Lawsareunabletosolveallproblems.Usinglegalmeansseemslikeoverkill. Solution

6、s: Governmentshouldsetupsocialsecuritysystem Practiceandcompleterelativelaborholiday,holidaystovisitparents ToalleviatethemigrantworkerswhoarehardtogetaticketsituationassoonaspossibleTheForgottenProvision.Issued in 1981, the Provisions of the State Council for Home Leave for Workers and Staff stipul

7、ate : (1)Regular workers and staff who have worked for a whole year or longer in government offices, peoples organizations, and state enterprises and institutions, and who do not live together with their spouses and cannot visit them on weekends and public holidays are entitled to visit their spouse

8、s for 30 days.國務院關于職工探親待遇國務院關于職工探親待遇的規定的規定(2)A 45-day leave every two years if a workers unit cannot give him leave in a given year on account of workload needs or if the worker or staff member himself wishes to visit his parents once every other year. (3)A 20-day leave can be granted to married wor

9、kers and staff to visit their parents once every four years.Infact,fewpeopleareevenawareofthem.Among100youngpeopleworkinginNanjing,about90percentweresurprisedtolearnabouthomeleaveandthefactthatthetravelexpensescanbereimbursed.Want to ask for leave? Too difficult! We dare not even Want to ask for lea

10、ve? Too difficult! We dare not even apply for annual leave and we work overtime for no apply for annual leave and we work overtime for no additional pay. We definitely dare not apply for home additional pay. We definitely dare not apply for home leave! leave! The competition is so intense at my work

11、place. Im The competition is so intense at my workplace. Im worried that using home leave will cause me to lose my job worried that using home leave will cause me to lose my job and my income.and my income. Many people have expressed the same concerns that claiming Many people have expressed the same concerns that claiming home leave may lead to losses in the workplace. home leave may lead to losses in the workplace. 8 8An official from the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Wuhan has said that there are no regulations about t