Does the canteen meal given to employees count as workers' remuneration?

Employees' meal supplement can be directly included in the management fee-welfare fee; The Notice of the Ministry of Finance on Strengthening the Financial Management of Employee Welfare Fees (No.242 [2009] of Caiqi) stipulates that employee welfare fees in enterprises refer to welfare fees provided by enterprises except wages, bonuses, allowances, subsidies included in the management of total wages, employee education funds, social insurance premiums, supplementary old-age insurance premiums (annuities), supplementary medical insurance premiums and housing accumulation funds, including cash subsidies and non-monetary payments to employees.

Interim provisions on wage payment

Article 19 In case of a labor dispute between a laborer and an employer due to the payment of wages, the parties concerned may apply to a labor dispute arbitration institution for arbitration according to law. Anyone who refuses to accept the arbitration award may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.

Eighteenth labor administrative departments at all levels have the right to supervise the payment of wages by employers. If an employing unit commits one of the following acts that infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of workers, the labor administrative department shall order it to pay wages and economic compensation to the workers, and may order it to pay compensation:

(1) Deducting or delaying the wages of workers without reason; (2) Refusing to pay overtime wages to laborers; (3) paying workers' wages below the local minimum wage standard. The standards of economic compensation and compensation shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.