Zhejiang Provincial Department of Labor and Social Security and Zhejiang Provincial Labor Dispute Arbitration Commission have issued a ruling "View on Work Injury of Employees and Child Labor of Illegal Employment", saying that work injuries of employees in illegal employment units or child labor should be compensated immediately with maximum compensation of 16 times the local average wage as of last year.
The document is intended to ensure the legal rights and interests on medical care and financial compensation for employees working in illegal employment units or child labor. Illegal employment units here refer to those that have no business license or are not registered and recorded in accordance with the law, and those whose licenses are cancelled or registration and records are discharged. Experts say that such units and child labor are not legal subjects therefore employees and child labor are not included in work injury insurance regulations.
Employment units should apply for determination of compensation to local labor security sectors within 30 days after the injury happens. Immediate family members can also apply for determination in one year if employment units fail to do so.
According to the document, once the identification of working ability goes into effect, related units should pay one-time compensation to injured employees or their immediate family members.
