Is it legal to force employees to go to work normally during the epidemic?

Working from home is the norm for office workers in many areas, especially in epidemic areas, and there are policies that require working from home. However, when the whole city in Beijing is trying to carry out epidemic prevention and epidemic prevention, there are always a few enterprises that do not implement the policy and force their employees to go to work normally.

Especially today, I heard that the epidemic in Beijing broke out again, and the epidemic level in some areas was standardized. For example, the epidemic control in Fengtai District of Beijing is more stringent. Fengtai District, for example, was asked to calm down further. Except those who are engaged in urban operation guarantee, public services, epidemic prevention and control, all other staff members work at home in principle, and those who really need to be on duty due to special requirements do not exceed 10%. The whole region implements grid management according to communities and communities. All personnel involved in epidemic risk shall be placed, placed, accountable and implemented in strict accordance with control measures.

The whole city of Beijing is working hard to prevent and control the epidemic, hoping that the epidemic will pass as soon as possible. Some areas are strictly implementing the relevant policies of Beijing, and they have indeed ushered in a good side, such as Chaoyang District. Now some areas have started to work normally and traffic has resumed.

However, there are always some enterprises that try their best to break through the bottom line of the epidemic, require employees to go to work normally, and risk the epidemic to "break the law", especially in the hardest hit areas.

A friend who works in Yu Zi, Fengtai District, Beijing. However, since Beijing asked Fengtai District to work from home in principle, the company has been asking employees to go to work normally. Unless some areas are really closed, the company can apply for home office, and it must be approved to verify that the area is really closed, otherwise it must go to the company.

Last week, from May 25th, 2022 to May 27th, 2022, employees went to Beijing South Railway Station by subway, and then rode to work. Others work from home and commute to Fengtai District and their place of residence every day.

The epidemic broke out again today, especially in Fengtai District of Beijing, which is the hardest hit area in several major areas of Beijing. This time, the level was adjusted again. Fengtai District of Beijing also explicitly requires the requirements of "non-essential and non-mobile" and "home office". However, this company still goes its own way today, and continues to ask employees to go to work, and the position is very interesting. There is nothing wrong with the whole content. "In order to implement the epidemic prevention policy in Fengtai District, in addition to the current colleagues, other colleagues living in closed or controlled areas or passing through closed or controlled areas due to work needs can apply for home office. Colleagues of the Civil Affairs Department are determined to take the "online office" for approval, and they need to punch in the cards in the morning and evening and submit the daily work report before 7 o'clock. "

There seems to be nothing wrong with this notice, but according to a friend, there are not many employees who have been working at home at present, and those who can come are still available. The whole notice is not controlled by the number of people. All employees have to go to work, including my friend, who will go to work in Fengtai District tomorrow.

Yu Zi doesn't know what to say about this situation. Yu Zi also admitted that some employees now work from home, and the benefits of enterprises will be very poor. It is really difficult for enterprises now. Some enterprises are most afraid of employees working from home, because they think that once they work from home, their work efficiency is not good and they can't supervise their employees, so they often try their best to walk in the gray area and force their employees to go to work normally.

What Yu Zi doesn't understand is that several major areas in Beijing, such as Fengtai District in Beijing, are so serious. What should the enterprise do if something goes wrong? Is the risk of this epidemic borne by employees or enterprises?

According to a friend, the property building where he works is very close to Beijing South Subway Station, only one subway station away, so many companies in that property business building commute normally, especially when they go to work, a large number of bicycles go downstairs. After work, a large number of people go to Beijing South Railway Station by bike.

Yu Zi was frightened after hearing his friend's complaints. Although she can't identify it, she can't evaluate it. Even if she gets it, what should she do? And that property, what is this operation? Don't Beijing's epidemic prevention policies need to be implemented?

At present, there is no outbreak of epidemic in this area, but at this critical moment, so many people go to work that Yu Zi can't imagine.

Yuzi wants to say that although the enterprise is really helpless, it is really not easy to survive, but now the epidemic prevention and control in Beijing has reached the last step, we should not drop the chain at this time, let alone bring greater risks because of these days. Not to mention that all efforts to prevent and control the epidemic in Beijing will fall short because of your own behavior.