How can migrant workers apply for online legal aid during the epidemic? What changes have there been in employment channels?

Because of the epidemic, many migrant workers or employees have lost their jobs or are unable to return to work immediately. How do migrant workers apply for online legal aid now? What are the specific channels? What changes have there been in employment channels? Let’s take a look!

Employees and migrant workers in need can apply for online legal aid

1. The China Legal Services Network and the “12348” public legal service hotline provide free legal advice to the general public and enterprises that have resumed work and production.

2. All inquiries related to the epidemic will receive timely responses, with an average response time of 66 minutes; during the epidemic, Hubei's "12348" hotline has been providing "7×24" hours of uninterrupted service.

3. For some services that cannot be applied for online, appointments can be made by phone or online. In some emergency situations, door-to-door service is provided.

4. For those that really need to be submitted in person, a green channel will be opened to allow applications to be accepted and assigned on the same day, so as to simplify the approval procedures as much as possible.

5. If the statute of limitations is about to expire and litigation preservation measures need to be taken immediately, legal aid shall be provided to the recipient in advance.

6. Appropriately relax the economic hardship review standards. Employees who are unable to provide proof of hardship due to the epidemic can apply in the form of a written commitment; if the epidemic has caused business closures and layoffs, business losses, and salary suspensions, causing difficulties for the people, their economic difficulties will be exempted from review.

Employment channels continue to expand

You Jun, vice minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, revealed that based on the data from January 2020, major employment indicators are operating within a reasonable range. However, the sudden outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia has had a significant impact on employment.

In order to alleviate the difficulties, the State Council's executive meeting stressed the need to actively expand employment for migrant workers. Increase job retention and employment subsidies. Expand local employment channels. A new batch of projects with strong employment capacity have been launched. Major engineering construction and work-for-relief projects will give priority to recruiting poor laborers.

You Jun said that in order to promote the return of migrant workers to their jobs, migrant workers in low-risk areas should be encouraged to return to work as soon as possible, "point-to-point one-stop" direct transportation services should be adopted, and a 24-hour labor dispatch and guarantee mechanism for key enterprises should be implemented.

At present, many places are actively promoting the resumption of work and production of various enterprises. However, for small and medium-sized enterprises, not all workers can return to work immediately, and a major problem that arises is the labor shortage problem. In order to promote the resumption of work and production of enterprises, many regions have also launched measures to guide people returning to their hometowns to find jobs locally, with a focus on solving the problem of "difficulty in recruiting workers" in key enterprises.

In general, the epidemic is now under control to a certain extent, but it does not mean that we can relax our vigilance. I hope that everyone can consult the local relevant departments when they encounter difficulties, and seek online legal help if they cannot solve the problem.