When looking at network anchors, we must take off the "colored glasses" of discrimination, avoid the halo that well-known network anchors bring to this industry, and restore them to ordinary workers.
Online anchors ask for salary
Recently, a number of brokerage companies and anchors on the Dream Live platform jointly broke the news to the reporter of "Daily Economic News", saying that from February 1 to March this year, On the 14th, the Dream Live Broadcasting Platform owed wages to 215 anchors from 12 families (guilds/brokerage companies), with a total arrears of 484,730 yuan. After experiencing the influx of capital, survival of the fittest, and the implementation of new regulatory policies, the domestic online live broadcast industry bid farewell to the era of barbaric growth and kicked off a reshuffle at the end of last year. From the outbreak to the reshuffle, it took just over a year. Burning money will not last long, leaving fewer and fewer opportunities for small live broadcast platforms.
Most anchors sign contracts with brokerage companies and rely on their strong strength to look for opportunities to become Internet celebrities. But at present, the group of anchors is getting larger and larger, and it is too difficult to become an Internet celebrity. Therefore, the income of anchors varies greatly.
Generally speaking, guilds (families) and brokerage companies earn commissions from anchors’ remuneration on the platform. For guilds (families) and brokerage companies, this business does not seem to be a loss, but it is not that easy to make money.
Recently, a number of brokerage companies and anchors on the Dream Live platform jointly broke the news to the "Daily Economic News" reporter, saying that from February 1 to March 14 this year, the Dream Live platform owed 12 families ( Guild/Brokerage Company) The total amount owed is as high as 484,730 yuan for the wages of 215 anchors. During the interview, many parties expressed their wish to remain anonymous because they just wanted their hard-earned money back. Reporter Wang Qiang (pseudonym), founder of an anchor agency, said that it would be understandable if there were problems with the platform’s capital chain, but the Dream Platform is still spending a lot of money on marketing.
After experiencing the influx of capital, survival of the fittest, and the implementation of new regulatory policies, the domestic online live broadcast industry bid farewell to the era of barbaric growth and began a reshuffle at the end of last year. "It only took more than a year for the live broadcast industry to go from the outbreak to the reshuffle, and Dream Live only entered the live broadcast industry at the end of October 2016, which was a bit late." Wang Qiang said, "The traffic and users of small platforms are not enough to support the survival of a live broadcast APP , so it happened that the company was trying to make a fool of its employees, and the employees were struggling to expand, leading to management chaos. The direct negative result was the arrears of wages to the anchors. ”
The labor department should take action
my country. The "Labor Law" and "Labor Contract Law" stipulate that if the labor remuneration is not paid in full and timely in accordance with the labor contract or national regulations, the labor administrative department shall order the labor remuneration, overtime pay or economic compensation to be paid within a time limit; if payment is not made within the time limit, , the labor administrative department shall order the employer to pay additional compensation to the employee at a standard of not less than 50% but not more than 100% of the amount payable. 500 online anchors in Xi'an are unpaid and have been demanding wages for nearly a month. However, there has still been no real progress. The labor department may need to take action.
The large-scale arrears of wages for network anchors reminds relevant departments that relevant rules and regulations should be introduced for the live broadcast industry as a basis for rights protection when anchors are owed wages. Nowadays, many live broadcast platforms recruit anchors through layers of agents, and the platforms do not deal directly with the anchors. Although the state has strengthened its supervision of online live broadcasts, it is more concerned about the health of live broadcast content. There are no detailed regulations on economic disputes such as unpaid wages that may arise during online live broadcasts. It should be made clear that the online live broadcast platform is the main body and primary liability for unpaid wages. Only in this way can the online anchor industry be given legal protection.