Legal. Employers have the right to arrange annual leave, and it is not illegal to force workers to agree to take annual leave. The employer can make overall arrangements for the annual leave of workers, and it is good to reach an agreement through consultation, but the annual leave should take into account the wishes of the workers themselves. However, if the employee disagrees with the annual leave arrangement of the company, he can apply for unlimited annual leave in writing to the company. However, during the epidemic, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued a document proposing to negotiate with employees to give priority to the paid annual leave and welfare leave set by enterprises. Considering the labor cost of the employer, it is reasonable to arrange annual leave.

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"Opinions on stabilizing labor relations and supporting enterprises to resume work and production during the prevention and control period in novel coronavirus" Article 2.

Encourage consultation to solve the employment problem before returning to work. If employees affected by the epidemic can't go to work on time, or enterprises can't start production, we should guide enterprises to actively communicate with employees. Conditional enterprises can arrange employees to work at home through flexible working methods such as telephone and internet to complete work tasks; For enterprises that do not have telecommuting conditions, negotiate with employees to give priority to the use of paid annual leave and welfare leave set by enterprises. It is necessary to guide enterprise trade unions to actively mobilize employees to help enterprises in the same boat, and help enterprises minimize the losses caused by the epidemic on the basis of giving consideration to the legitimate rights and interests of both enterprises and employees.