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Leaders and officials, especially central government leaders, need to set an example and take paid leave. The mechanism of paid leave would truly take effect if the media expose in a timely manner the governments and officials who enforce the mechanism poorly ... Employees should also be entitled to file class action lawsuits against bosses who do not provide paid leave."

Cai Jiming, a professor at Tsinghua University, talking about the mechanism of paid leave in an interview with Beijing Times on Wednesday.