During the epidemic period, the payment standard for shutdown wages is 70%-80% of the local minimum wage. According to the Notice of the General Office of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Doing a Good Job in the Labor Relations during the Prevention and Treatment of Pneumonia in novel coronavirus, if an enterprise has difficulties in production and operation due to the epidemic, it can stabilize its post by adjusting wages, taking shifts and shortening working hours. Through consultation with employees, and try not to lay off employees or minimize them.

If the employees fail to provide normal work, the enterprise shall pay the living expenses, which shall be implemented in accordance with the measures stipulated by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the standard shall be 70%-80% of the local minimum wage. During the epidemic period, if an enterprise stops production within a wage payment period, the enterprise 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. According to national regulations, enterprises should pay their employees' wages according to the standards agreed in the labor contract. For suspected patients and close contacts infected with pneumonia and novel coronavirus during isolation treatment or medical observation, as well as employees who are unable to provide normal labor due to isolation measures or other emergency measures implemented by the government, the enterprise shall regard it as providing normal labor and paying employees wages for normal working hours. If an enterprise encounters difficulties because the epidemic situation affects its production and operation, it can stabilize its jobs by means of salary adjustment, rotation and shortening working hours. Through consultation with employees, and try not to lay off employees or minimize them. Eligible enterprises can enjoy stable job subsidies according to regulations. If an enterprise stops production within a wage payment period, the enterprise 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 standard of living expenses shall be implemented in accordance with the measures stipulated by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Legal basis: Article 41 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in People's Republic of China (PRC), the local people's government at or above the county level or the personnel in a specific area of the place where a class A infectious disease case occurs may implement isolation measures and report to the people's government at the next higher level; The people's government at a higher level that receives the report shall immediately make a decision on approval or disapproval. If the people's government at a higher level makes a decision not to approve, the people's government that implements the isolation measures shall immediately lift the isolation measures. During the period of isolation, the people's government that implements isolation measures shall provide living security for the isolated personnel; If the isolated person has a work unit, his work unit will not stop paying his remuneration during the isolation period. The lifting of isolation measures shall be decided by the original decision-making organ and announced.