1. What if the company asks to go to work during the epidemic?
If the government needs to take administrative measures such as isolation of returnees for epidemic prevention and control, it should submit relevant documents issued by the government to the company, such as screenshots of its traffic records and isolation related materials. , and then notify the company in time after the expiration of the quarantine period and submit relevant supporting documents.
After receiving the information submitted by the employees, if the situation is really true, the company should pay the employees during the isolation period, follow up or understand the physical condition of the employees in time, and provide help as much as possible.
If the employee fails to perform the above procedures, or it is confirmed by the company that the employee lied about the situation, then the company can regard this behavior of the employee as absenteeism and deal with it according to relevant regulations.
Second, can the company deliberately dismiss employees during the epidemic?
According to the Labor Contract Law, during the epidemic period, the company cannot dismiss employees who are in the medical period. If the company wants to dismiss employees, it needs to meet some specific conditions.
According to Article 42 of the Labor Contract Law, if an employee is under any of the following circumstances, the company cannot dissolve the labor contract according to Articles 4 1 and 40 of this Law:
Workers engaged in operations exposed to occupational hazards did not undergo occupational health examination before leaving their posts, or suspected patients with occupational diseases were during diagnosis or medical observation;
Party B suffers from occupational disease or work-related injury in this unit and is confirmed to have lost or partially lost the ability to work;
Illness or non-work-related injury within the prescribed medical treatment period;
Female employees during pregnancy, childbirth and lactation;
Work in our company continuously for 15 years, and make up for 5 years before the statutory retirement age;
Other circumstances stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.
According to the Notice on Properly Handling Labor Relations during the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia Infection in novel coronavirus issued by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the company should protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees who cannot go to work due to government isolation measures or other emergency measures, and pay their wages during this period.