Back to work today! You might receive an extra paycheck.

2026-02-27 13:57:23

The nine-day “longest Spring Festival holiday in history” has ended. Are you ready to return to work today? During the holiday, some colleagues continued to work on-site, and you will receive extra pay.

According to the “Regulations on National Holidays and Memorial Days,” the Spring Festival holiday lasts for 4 days (Chinese New Year’s Eve, and the first to third days of the lunar new year).

The statutory holidays are from February 16 (Chinese New Year’s Eve) to February 19 (the third day), and according to the Labor Law and the “Interim Regulations on Wage Payment,” employers who arrange for employees to work overtime on these days must pay wages at no less than 300% of the employee’s daily or hourly wage as specified in the employment contract, and compensatory leave cannot replace this pay.

Rest days are February 15 (Little New Year’s Eve), and February 20 to 23 (the fourth to seventh days of the lunar new year). If employers schedule employees to work overtime on these days and cannot arrange compensatory leave, wages must be paid at no less than 200% of the employee’s daily or hourly wage as specified in the employment contract.

The overtime pay calculation methods are as follows:

February 16-19:

Monthly salary ÷ 21.75 ÷ 8 × overtime hours × 3 times.

February 15, and February 20-23:

Monthly salary ÷ 21.75 ÷ 8 × overtime hours × 2 times.

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