According to the "Liaoning daily" official account of WeChat, March 26th, the Liaoning Provincial People's and social Bureau issued a circular recently that people's social and social departments at all levels should properly handle the relevant labor relations problems during the epidemic prevention and control period, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and promote harmonious and stable labor relations.
The circular requires that human resources and social security departments at all levels should guide enterprises to properly deal with issues related to labor relations between employers and employees during the shutdown of enterprises due to epidemic prevention and control, Conscientiously implement the Circular of the Liaoning Provincial Department of human resources and social security on Forwarding the notice of the general office of the Ministry of human resources and social security on the issue of labor relations during the period of prevention and control of pneumonia caused by New Coronavirus infection. The Liaoning Provincial Federation of human resources and social security, Liaoning Federation of trade unions, Liaoning Federation of enterprises and Liaoning Entrepreneurs Association, Liaoning Provincial Federation of industry and commerce, put forward opinions on stabilizing labor relations and supporting enterprises to resume work and production during the period of New Coronavirus pneumonia epidemic prevention and control, so as to effectively protect New Coronavirus infected patients with pneumonia and suspected patients. The enterprise shall not terminate the labor contract with the employees in accordance with articles 40 and 41 of the labor contract law if the close contacts cannot provide normal labor during their isolation medical treatment or medical observation or due to the implementation of isolation measures or other emergency measures by the government. During this period, if the labor contract expires, it shall be postponed to the expiration of the employee's medical treatment period, medical observation period, isolation period or the end of the emergency measures taken by the government.
Strengthen the employment guidance for enterprises affected by the epidemic and having difficulties in production, guide enterprises to conduct collective negotiation with employees through policy publicity, consultation and other means, stabilize employees' jobs by adjusting salary, taking turns, shortening working hours and other means, and try not to lay off or reduce employees as much as possible. Encourage enterprises to implement flexible employment measures. During the epidemic prevention and control period, reduce personnel gathering, negotiate with employees, and flexibly arrange working hours by means of wrong time commuting and flexible commuting.
The circular stressed that the wages and benefits of employees should be guaranteed according to law. For employees who cannot provide normal labor due to isolation according to law, enterprises should be guided to pay their wages according to normal labor; After the isolation period, the employees who still need to stop working for treatment shall be paid according to the relevant provisions of the medical period.
