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Written by: Huang Yongyu
2020-02-18 16:51
Last updated: 2020-02-18 16:51The outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan caused by the new coronavirus persists. Labor representatives Zhou Xiaosong, Chen Yaoguang, Deng Jiabiao, Liang Zhuting and Li Guoqiang held a joint press conference today (18th) to urge the government to list new pneumonia as an occupational disease and strengthen protection for the public. Wage earners. They also criticized that at present the Labour Department only calls on employers of quarantined persons to "handle flexibly", which means that employers have the right to force employees to take "unpaid leave" against quarantine orders.
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The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan is raging. They propose to include new pneumonia in the occupational disease schedule under the Employees' Compensation Regulations to strengthen protection for wage earners. In addition, they criticized the Labor Department ’s guidelines issued in February that employers have the right to issue “unpaid leave” to quarantine employees. “Compared to SARS in 2003, the Labor Department has clearly stated that paid leave is applicable to employees receiving quarantine orders. "
Estimated unemployment rate rises to 5%
Labour members also said that the unemployment rate will be as high as 5% this year, and more than 200,000 people will be unemployed, urging the government to introduce powerful relief measures. They suggested that the government should set up unemployment assistance or unemployment loans and strengthen training, such as expanding the scope of the "Special Value Added Program" to assist the unemployed to change careers.
Labor representatives from the LAB held a press conference today (18th) to urge the government to list new pneumonia as an occupational disease to protect the health and safety of employees. (Photo by Huang Yongyu)
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