"Good lawyer Yu, if the dispatched workers cannot provide normal labor during the epidemic, will their wages be paid by the employing unit?" "Lawyer Lv, at present, the employees coming back from outside the province need to self isolate for 14 days, should the unit pay normal wages for these 14 days?" "Lawyer Sun, can the company terminate the labor contract with the employees when the labor contract expires during the period of isolation due to the epidemic?" ……
Since February 6, the WeChat groups of enterprise trade unions in towns, streets and industrial parks in Jimo District, Qingdao have been bustling. The Jimo District Federation of Trade Unions has arranged legal advisory group lawyers to use WeChat groups to carry out the "online law popularization lecture". On the basis of "classroom", lawyers have adopted pictures Detailed and comprehensive legal guidance has been given in various forms, such as text and voice, which has won the praise and gratitude of the majority of enterprises. The originally planned 40 minute lecture was mostly extended to more than one hour due to the continuous consultation of enterprise staff.
"Affected by the epidemic, some enterprises delayed their resumption of work, and some of the non local employees of the enterprises that have resumed production could not return to their jobs on time, which has brought challenges to the labor relations between enterprises and employees, and it is very easy to have labor disputes in terms of payment of wages, payment of social insurance, etc.", said Yi Yi Po, chairman of the Jimo District Federation of Trade Unions, "Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises that lack legal counsel, the legal demand is stronger. We hope to provide services in labor law and other aspects to enterprises, so that enterprises can develop healthily and build harmonious and stable labor relations while doing well in epidemic prevention."
By the end of March, the Jimo District Federation of Trade Unions had held 24 "Online Law Popularization Lectures" in the enterprise trade union working groups of all towns, streets and industrial bases in the district, serving 1800 enterprises and benefiting more than 100000 employees.
"In the state of epidemic prevention, each enterprise will encounter different situations. The online lecture hall on law popularization provides a learning opportunity for our enterprises to improve their legal awareness, standardize the labor employment process, avoid labor disputes, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees." Yang Guoye, chairman of the China Federation of Cement Trade Unions, said.
In the face of the impact of COVID-19 epidemic, in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees in the region, provide legal guidance on labor employment, wage payment and other aspects of extended holidays and delayed resumption of work, and intervene in advance to resolve labor conflicts, Jimo District Federation of Trade Unions purchased legal services immediately after the Spring Festival, arranged 13 lawyers as members of the lecturer team, and unified the theme of lectures, The Legal Guidance Manual on the Resumption of Enterprises during the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Epidemic was formulated and released in a unified way, and the WeChat work group was used to carry out the "Online Law Popularization Lecture", so that labor policies, laws and regulations could be publicized without gathering, and the recovery of enterprises throughout the region during the war against COVID-19 was guaranteed.