Do enterprises affected by the epidemic need to pay wages normally if they stop production and stop work?

Enterprises that stop production due to the epidemic should pay their workers. If the enterprise stops production due to the epidemic and does not exceed a salary payment period, the salary shall be paid according to the standard agreed in the labor contract. If the salary payment period is more than one, the salary can be paid according to the labor provided by the employees and the standards re-agreed by both parties, and shall not be lower than the local minimum wage standard; If the enterprise fails to arrange the workers to work, it shall pay the living expenses not less than 80% of the local minimum wage, and the living expenses shall be paid until the date when the enterprise resumes work, production or labor relations are dissolved or terminated.

Is there a salary for not going to work during the epidemic?

1, companies that don't go to work during the epidemic need to be paid. If an enterprise stops production within a wage payment period, it shall pay the wages of its employees according to the standards agreed in the labor contract. If the salary payment period exceeds one, and the laborer provides normal labor, the salary paid by the enterprise to the laborer shall not be lower than the local minimum wage standard. If the employees fail to provide normal labor, the enterprise shall pay the living expenses, and the living expenses standard shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant local regulations.

2. Employees who are observed in isolation and take isolation measures or other emergency measures are regarded as normal work and paid full wages according to local regulations;

3. Employees diagnosed with new pneumonia enjoy medical treatment during the medical treatment period, and the enterprise needs to pay sick pay ("medical treatment period" here refers to the period when employees need to continue treatment due to novel coronavirus infection after the isolation treatment is lifted);

4. Employees who are isolated for observation and take isolation measures or other emergency measures shall not deduct their wages because they have not provided labor, or apply the "sick pay" standard without authorization;

5. The identification of "medical treatment period" and the wage standard shall be implemented in accordance with local policies and regulations.

Legal basis:

Article 12 of the Provisional Regulations on Wage Payment stipulates that in a wage payment period, if the unit stops work or production due to reasons other than the employee, the employer shall pay the employee wages according to the standards agreed in the labor contract. If the wage payment period exceeds one period, and the laborer provides normal labor, the labor remuneration paid to the laborer shall not be lower than the local minimum wage standard; If the laborer fails to provide normal labor, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.