Our reporter Wang Tianqi
The weather is hot, and the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions has started the work of preventing heatstroke and cooling for employees in 2022. In addition to providing services such as "send cool", it will also supervise employers to protect workers working in high temperature environments, and pay high temperature allowances as required.
In Beijing, the high temperature allowance is issued from June to August each year.
That is to say, starting from June, some workers will have an extra amount of money in their wages.
Which workers can receive this money?
How much can I get?
How to get it?
The reporters did the sorting out one by one.
● Who can receive high temperature allowance?
According to the "Administrative Measures for Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures" jointly issued by the State Administration of Work Safety, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and other units that year, the employer arranged for workers to engage in outdoor outdoor work in high temperature weather above 35°C. For those who work and cannot take effective measures to reduce the temperature of the workplace to below 33°C, a high temperature allowance shall be paid to the workers.
The above two conditions, as long as any one of them is satisfied.
●How much is the high temperature allowance?
According to the current standards in Beijing, the high temperature allowance for workers working in outdoor open air is not less than 180 yuan per person per month; for workers working in indoor workplaces above 33°C (inclusive), it is not less than 120 yuan per month per person.
●How is the high temperature allowance issued?
The "Measures for the Management of Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures" clearly stipulates that the high temperature allowance should be included in the total salary.
That is to say, the high temperature allowance is part of the salary and must be paid.
Also, it does not count towards minimum wage and regular working hour wages.
●What are the rights and interests of high temperature operation?
Employers shall provide workers with personal protective equipment that meets the requirements, and urge and instruct workers to use them correctly.
Employers shall supply sufficient heatstroke prevention and cooling beverages and necessary medicines that meet hygienic standards for workers working in high temperature and high temperature weather.
It is not allowed to provide money and goods in lieu of providing heatstroke prevention and cooling drinks.
Heatstroke prevention and cooling drinks are also not eligible for the high temperature allowance.
Employers shall not arrange for pregnant female employees and juvenile workers to engage in outdoor open-air operations and work in workplaces with temperatures above 33°C during high temperature weather above 35°C.
Employers shall reasonably adjust the working hours of laborers to reduce labor intensity during periods of high temperature.
For example: if the daily maximum temperature reaches 40°C or more, the outdoor work should be stopped; if the daily maximum temperature reaches 37°C but below 40°C, the employer should arrange for workers to work outdoors for no more than 6 hours throughout the day, and during the highest temperature period Outdoor open-air work shall be suspended within 3 hours; if the daily maximum temperature reaches above 35°C and below 37°C (excluding 37°C), the employer shall take shifts and other means.
The employer shall not deduct or reduce the wages of laborers if they stop working and shorten working hours due to high temperature weather.
●Do you enjoy work-related injury insurance for heatstroke during high temperature work?
Workers who suffer from heat stroke due to high temperature work or work in hot weather and are diagnosed with occupational diseases are entitled to work-related injury insurance benefits.
In case of meeting the requirements for the payment of high temperature allowances but the employer refuses to issue high temperature allowances, employees can report to the trade union.
If an employer is found to have violated the law, the trade union organization has the right to make a request, and the employer should make corrections in a timely manner. If it refuses to make corrections, the trade union organization shall request the relevant departments to handle it according to law, and supervise the results of the handling.
●Is the high temperature allowance a heatstroke prevention and cooling fee?
The two are not the same.
The heat allowance is a mandatory allowance and is part of the salary.
Heatstroke prevention and cooling fees are employee benefits, which are generally stipulated or agreed by employers in rules and regulations, collective contracts or labor contracts.