China-Singapore Jingwei, March 30 (Xiong Siyi) I cannot work normally during the epidemic prevention and control period. What is the salary?
Sino-Singapore Jingwei noted that in January 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Notice on Properly Handling Labor Relations Issues During the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Infected Pneumonia", which stipulates wage payment standards in various situations.
Entering 2022, Shanghai, Liaoning, Jilin and other 6 places have once again made it clear that wages during the isolation period, treatment period and shutdown period are calculated in this way↓
Isolation period: issued according to normal labor
The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security issued "16 Policies and Measures to Support the Anti-epidemic" on the 28th, which mentioned that medical institutions or the government shall implement isolation measures for patients with new coronary pneumonia, pathogen carriers, suspected patients, and close contacts in accordance with the law, resulting in workers unable to If normal labor is provided, the enterprise shall pay its wages during the quarantine period according to normal labor.
In 2022, Liaoning, Jilin, Guangdong, Tianjin, and Suzhou will also clarify similar regulations successively.
It should be noted that the official WeChat account of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security issued a document on January 7, emphasizing that workers who fail to comply with government regulations on epidemic prevention and control, resulting in isolation, treatment or medical observation, will not be granted wages and remunerations during the period. support.
Treatment period: paid as sick leave
Shanghai, Guangdong, Liaoning, and Tianjin have made it clear that after the quarantine period ends, for workers who still need to stop working for medical treatment, the company will pay their wages in accordance with the relevant regulations for the medical treatment period of the employee's illness.
Zhang Lifu, deputy director of the Jilin Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, said at a press conference on March 26 that after the quarantine period ends, for those who still need to stop working for treatment, within the prescribed medical period, enterprises should follow the "Wage Payment Measures for Enterprises in Jilin Province". According to the regulations, the sick pay shall be paid at the rate of not less than 80% of the local minimum wage.
Downtime: Distinguishing Multiple Situations
Compared with the isolation period and the treatment period, the wage payment standard for the shutdown period is more detailed, and various situations are distinguished according to whether normal labor is provided and whether there is more than one wage payment cycle.
Among them, Jilin Province clarifies that for enterprises that cannot resume work and production, if the suspension of production and production is within a wage payment cycle, the wages of employees shall be paid according to the standards stipulated in the labor contracts signed with employees;
In case of suspension of production for more than one wage payment cycle, if the employee provides normal labor, the wage paid by the enterprise to the employee shall not be lower than the local minimum wage standard;
If the employee does not provide normal labor, according to the relevant provisions of the "Wage Payment Method for Enterprises in Jilin Province", the living allowance shall be paid at no less than 70% of the minimum wage standard in the location of the enterprise.
Tianjin is only divided according to "whether there is more than one wage payment cycle": within one cycle, wages are paid according to the standards stipulated in the labor contract; if it exceeds one cycle, living expenses are paid at no less than 80% of Tianjin's minimum wage standard.
other circumstances
It is worth mentioning that during the epidemic, some workers were not classified as patients with new coronary pneumonia, pathogen carriers, suspected patients, or close contacts who were quarantined in accordance with the law, but belonged to emergency measures such as the government’s unified organization of nucleic acid testing and blockade of epidemic areas in accordance with the law. Circumstances, resulting in not being able to work normally.
Regarding the above situation, the Tianjin and Shenzhen human resources and social departments stipulate: the enterprise can arrange for the laborers to provide normal labor through remote methods such as telephone and network, and pay wages according to the normal labor;
If the worker cannot work remotely, the enterprise can arrange for the worker to take paid annual leave, welfare leave provided by the enterprise and other types of leave, and pay their wages in accordance with relevant regulations;
If the laborer cannot provide normal labor by other means and does not take relevant holidays, the enterprise shall consult with the laborer with reference to the relevant regulations on wage payment during the suspension of work and production.
What if the company doesn't implement it?
Wu Junjun, deputy director of the Shenzhen Human Resources Security Bureau, said on March 9 that if the legitimate rights and interests of workers are violated during the epidemic, they can call 12345, or submit illegal clues on the "National Rectification of Underpayment Clues". . The district human resources department will check and dispose of it as soon as possible, and initiate various means such as mediation, arbitration, labor inspection, etc., to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of laborers.
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