If you lose your job one day, remember that the money must be recovered
Recently, many friends have asked:
Do you have a basic salary during home quarantine?
What should I do if my salary is cut during the epidemic and I am laid off?
Under the influence of the epidemic, some companies have encountered production and operation problems, and some employees have encountered risks such as unemployed, unemployment, and reduced wages... How to stabilize employment and wages? Now, the country has already taken action.
On March 3, the website of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions updated the notice, which clearly stipulated the maintenance of employees' legal rights during the epidemic prevention and control period, which especially emphasized that the company arranges employees to work at home in a flexible mode, according to the normal work tasks. salary.
Have you been laid off or taken a pay cut?
Affected by the direct impact of the epidemic, some companies cannot operate normally, and their cash flow has dropped sharply or even returned to zero. However, all kinds of expenses are still huge, and they have no choice but to choose various self-help measures such as layoffs, production suspensions, job transfers, and salary reductions. .
"Yesterday, he said that he would take a pay cut, but today I received a notice from the personnel department, which optimized me."
Liu Xing (pseudonym), who works in an Internet technology company in Beijing, told reporters: "In the past, the company issued a notice saying that due to the direct impact of the epidemic, all staff would be reduced their salaries, leading cadres would be reduced by 50%, and ordinary workers by 30%. At that time, I still comfort myself, a salary reduction is far better than no salary payment! In short, the rent for the quarter after January is paid, if I don’t spend money, I can make do with it. But I didn’t expect to be fired in the end.”
"Life is impermanent! But the company's compensation is quite neat, according to the labor contract law, but the salary in February is distributed after the salary reduction. So what, it is far better than the consumption, maybe the next job will be better."
Tang Mo (pseudonym), who works in a technology-based start-up company in Guangzhou, also received a salary reduction notice. "The boss said that the epidemic is likely to make the company have no new projects to do for half a year, so the salary is halved. As an employee, let me show my understanding, and the monthly salary can only get 5,000 yuan. But some friends in core jobs have Home loan burden, there will undoubtedly be other preparations.”
"I am really uneasy. On the one hand, I resigned to prepare for the civil service exam. On the other hand, I am worried that not only will I have a pay cut, but I will also be fired."
"Due to operational difficulties and assets, nearly 50% of the interviewed companies have already laid off staff." According to a survey report previously released by the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, about 86.5% of the interviewed small and medium-sized enterprises indicated that their operations were greatly and directly affected. Nearly 30% of them responded that the direct impact was "very serious" and would result in a loss. The shortage of funds is one of the major burdens of the company. Nearly 90% of the companies have assets on their accounts that cannot last for three months, and less than 10% of companies that can support them for about half a year.
There are also companies that use annual leave to deduct the isolation time
Wang Liang, an employee of a private enterprise in Beijing, started work not long ago. But after 2 weeks of work, he suddenly received a notice that he was also required to observe the home for 14 days because his roommate was a staff member who returned to Beijing from a different place not long ago. During this period, he can only work from home.
"The company requires that annual leave and sick leave be used to deduct the observation time during the home inspection period. After all the vacations are used up, the 70% of the minimum wage stipulated in Beijing will be used to settle the salaries for waiting jobs." Wang Liang said.
The state starts to stabilize employment and salaries
"Pay close attention to employment pressure and avoid large-scale layoffs." The State Council executive meeting held on February 11 clearly stipulated.
Regarding how to stabilize work and salary, You Jun, Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, came up with 3 tricks-
The first is to encourage the company and employees to stand together through thick and thin to overcome difficulties together, and to guide the company and employees through negotiation, adopting models such as salary adjustment, reduction of comprehensive working hours, and job rotation to stabilize their jobs.
Second, the current policy support is in place. With the help of the exemption and deduction of social insurance funds, the refund of unemployment benefits, and the assistance of enterprises to stabilize jobs and other subsidies to ease the company's burden, so that the company will not lay off or reduce the number of layoffs.
The third is to guide and supervise companies that really want to lay off employees, lay off employees in accordance with regulations, avoid layoffs in violation of regulations, and protect the legal rights of employees.
In terms of salary stabilization, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security clearly stated that if the company suspends production and work within a salary settlement cycle, the company should settle employee wages according to the specifications required by the labor contract. If the time for a salary settlement cycle is exceeded, if the employee provides normal labor, the salary settled by the company to the employee cannot be less than the local minimum wage. If the employee does not provide normal work, the company should distribute living expenses.
At present, a series of policies to help small and medium-sized enterprises have come one after another, and the company has been bailed out in terms of borrowing, labor costs, rent, water and electricity project costs, so as to prevent the company from laying off employees and reducing wages due to cash flow problems.
Even if you are unemployed, you can still get money
During the epidemic, in case you lose your job, you can still get money if you have money.
Gui Zhen, director of the Unemployment Insurance Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, stated on February 19 that areas with severe epidemics such as Hubei are allowed to distribute unemployment benefits to laid-off workers who meet the payment standards, and to distribute lay-off subsidies to other laid-off workers who have paid insurance premiums. The actual deadline will be confirmed by each province and city to ensure that the laid-off staff who participate in the insurance and pay the fee can obtain the minimum living guarantee during the epidemic prevention and control period.
According to the Unemployment Insurance Regulations, there are three criteria to be considered when receiving unemployment insurance benefits: one is to pay the fee for one year, the other is to interrupt work not due to one's own intentions;
Lawyer: Working from home during the epidemic, using annual leave to deduct the isolation time is not in compliance
Huang Leping, director of the Beijing Yilian Labor Law Assistance and Research Center, pointed out that if the company stipulates that employees use annual leave and sick leave to offset these days at home, they should not assign work tasks to employees. For such a matter, Huang Leping recommends Wang Liang to properly keep his work log and the relevant records of his communication with the management personnel of the employing company, and to communicate and negotiate with the executives of the enterprise.
You can also report the unreasonable ways of the employing company, and you can ask the company to pay back wages after the epidemic is over. You can also refer to labor dispute arbitration.