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title: "National People's Congress representative Dong Mingzhu: Employee assessments should not focus on overtime hours"
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description: "National People's Congress representative Dong Mingzhu stated in an interview that employee assessments should not be based on overtime hours, emphasizing the need to avoid normalizing overtime work, which should only be required in emergency situations within the company. She criticized ineffective overtime in the workplace, believing that such internal consumption is meaningless, and called for a return to focusing on the value of work itself"
datetime: "2026-03-10T07:41:27.000Z"
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# National People's Congress representative Dong Mingzhu: Employee assessments should not focus on overtime hours

Regarding the hot topic of "anti-involution" discussed at the National Two Sessions, National People's Congress representative Dong Mingzhu stated in an interview: "Employees should not be required to work overtime regularly; only in the case of unexpected situations should they do so without hesitation." She also criticized ineffective overtime in the workplace: "If the leader doesn't leave, I won't leave; repeatedly making forms and changing plans is meaningless internal friction." She candidly expressed that overtime hours should not be used as a standard for employee assessment, and work should return to its intrinsic value. (CNR)

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