Breastfeeding leave
Release time : 03/10/2025 09:30:02
Breastfeeding leave is a right that mothers should enjoy, so don't be embarrassed to ask your boss to apply for it.
Within one year after your baby is born, you can enjoy two 0.5 hours of breastfeeding time a day. Most mothers are willing to combine it into one hour, or go to work later or get off work early.
The salary for breastfeeding leave is paid at the rate of 80% of the person's basic salary plus position allowance and provincial subsidy; and it will not affect promotion, salary adjustment and calculation of length of service.
What is breastfeeding leave? Perhaps many mothers know about maternity leave, but they don't know much about breastfeeding leave. So, the breastfeeding leave is one year after the baby is born, and the mother can enjoy two 0.5 hours of breastfeeding time every day during working hours.
Simply put, working mothers with babies under the age of one are entitled to two breastfeeding breaks during working hours every day, each time of 30 minutes, for a total of one hour of breastfeeding leave.
Breastfeeding leave is a right that every mother should enjoy.
But if the working hours are not enough, will there be no salary during this period? No.
Maternity leave is also paid, the salary calculation is based on one's basic salary plus a 80% of the post and position allowances and provincial subsidies.
Additionally, taking maternity leave does not affect promotions, salary adjustments, or the calculation of seniority.
In order to protect maternal and infant health and reduce the mortality rate of young children, internationally, protection, promotion and support for breastfeeding have been included as an important component of maternal and child health care.
Postpartum Health Care Guidance for Breastfeeding and Postpartum Hygiene. This includes the secretion of breast milk, factors affecting the secretion of breast milk, feeding methods, breast care, diet, rest, sleep, weaning, etc.
Under normal circumstances, the duration of maternity leave is six and a half months. During this period, as a working mother, you should make every effort to arrange for the handover of work and reasonably schedule your time so as not to cause any difficulty to the company.
The provision of breastfeeding leave is meant to safeguard the rights of female employees, protect the safety and health of working mothers during childbirth.
The provisions regarding maternity leave stipulated by the state are as follows: Female employees who comply with the family planning regulations and give birth shall have a maternity leave. After the completion of their maternity leave, if they face difficulties in taking care of their infants, upon application and approval from their supervisors, they may request breastfeeding leave.
1. Parents who give birth to their first child and receive the "Certificate of Merit for Only One Child" will be granted six months of maternity leave, and the reward for only one child parents will continue to be paid (until the child reaches the age of 14).
2. For the second child, maternity leave of three months is granted (as permitted under the family planning regulations).
3. Units with conditions may also provide one year of maternity leave for female employees with only one child, including the maternity leave, and pay their wages during the leave, but do not issue the parental reward fund.
Regulation on the Protection of Labor for Female Employees: Units where female employees have under-one-year-old infants shall provide them with two breastfeeding (including artificial feeding) periods during each working shift, lasting for 30 minutes each.
For twin births, each additional infant increases the duration of breastfeeding by 30 minutes.
The two breastfeeding times for female employees during each working time can be used together.
Breastfeeding time and the time on the way back and forth to breast-feeding within the unit are counted as working time.
How long is the nursing leave? The nursing leave is one year (calculated as one year after the baby is born), and you can enjoy 1 hour of nursing leave per day.
As a working mother, you can get off work one hour early, or work one hour in the evening (nursing leave includes artificial feeding).
As for the nursing leave period stipulated by national laws, Article 9 of the Labor Protection Regulations for Female Employees stipulates that female employees with infants under one year old shall be given two nursing (including artificial feeding) periods during each working shift, thirty minutes each time.
If multiple births are given, the nursing time will be increased by 30 minutes for each additional baby that is breastfed.
The two breastfeeding times for female employees during each working time can be used together.
Breastfeeding time and the time on the way back and forth to breast-feeding within the unit are counted as working time.
Breastfeeding leave is a right that all working mothers should enjoy, but mothers will inevitably have such concerns. If they take nursing leave, will their wages no longer be paid? How to calculate the salary for nursing leave? If mothers take 3 months or 6 months of nursing leave, they will be paid 80% of their basic salary plus job allowance and provincial subsidy, which will not affect promotion, salary adjustment and calculation of length of service.
If the mother takes maternity leave for one year (including statutory maternity leave), her salary will be paid, and she will not receive any positional allowances or provincial subsidies.
The promotion, salary adjustment, and calculation of seniority will not be affected.
Reward fees for parents of only children will not be paid.
For working mothers who have given birth to twins and above, they can take a one-year post-natal rest, and their salary other than maternity leave is paid at 80% of their basic salary.
To sum up, mothers don't have to worry about no salary if they take nursing leave. Nursing leave is paid with wages, but the salary settlement method is different from the salary settlement method of ordinary employees. The above three methods are the calculation of nursing leave salary.
The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
If you feel unwell, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately, and the medical diagnosis and treatment will be subject to offline diagnosis.