Labour Contacet Law's Impact On Employees' Overtime Hours

With the increasing level of people's living standards,people are pursuing higher quality of life.But the phenomenon of overtime is common,and the phenomenon of overwork,which is even better than overtime,still occurs frequently.Therefore,overtime has become one of the most concerned social phenomena in labor relations.The labor contract law has been formally implemented in January 1,2008.The labor contract law defines the limits of working hours for workers,the limit of overtime,the requirements for signing a formal written contract,the strict restrictions on the unilateral dismissal of the workers,and the provision of compensation for the workers' dismissal.It has effectively safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of labourers,and has affected the overtime hours of labourers.So,how to define overtime hours? How does the labor contract law affect the working time? And how much does the labor contract law affect working hours? The answers to these questions constitute the core and key point of this article.The definition of overtime hour.Article 41 of the Labor Law regulates the employer's working hours for employers.The daily overtime shall not exceed 1 hours.For special reasons,the working hours shall be extended and the workers shall not exceed 3 hours per day under the conditions of the health of the workers.The total hours of each month shall not exceed 36 hours.Based on the standard 40-hour working hours system and overtime regulations announced by the government,this article translates the weekly working hours by 22 days(4.4 weeks)on monthly paydays.The definition of overtime work overtime is 48 hours and above.In order to accurately identify the policy effect of ‘labor contract law' on overtime hour,this paper divides the sample into a processing group and a control group according to the good situation of the enforcement of the laws in various provinces.Using the data of the Chinese family income survey(CHIP)in 2007 and2013,this paper uses the double differential analysis method to estimate the change of the weekly working hours of urban employees in China before and after the implementation of the labor contract law.In this paper,the differences between the treatment group and the control group were deeply studied and analyzed,and the factors influencing the overtime hour of employees were investigated.First of all,the introduction of the ‘Labor Contract Law' has reduced theovertime of employees.The introduction of the ‘Labor Contract Law' has had a negative impact on the average weekly working hours of urban employees.After the implementation of the law,the average weekly working time of employees in the treatment group decreased after the implementation of the law,while the average weekly working time of employees in the control group that had not been affected or were affected by the lower laws increased after the implementation of the law.Second,the average weekly working time of urban workers in China is also influenced by the personal characteristics of workers,their occupational characteristics,and the characteristics of ownership,scale and the region of enterprise.Among the employees,the average working time for men,married,aged 16-30,low level of education,and less work experience is longer and is affected largely by the Labor Contract Law.Third,compared with state-owned enterprises,the average weekly working hours of employees in individual and private enterprises are longer and are more affected by the implementation of the Labor Contract Law.Compared with large-scale enterprises,employees of small-scale enterprises are greatly affected by the implementation of the‘Labor Contract Law'.The average weekly working hours of employees in the eastern region have fallen more than those in the middle and western regions.