Will home isolation deduct wages in COVID-19?

Legal Analysis: COVID-19 should not deduct wages because of home isolation. If the employer arranges employees to work at home during the period of home isolation, employees should enjoy the same salary income as normal work during this period and need to pay wages normally. According to the law, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the employer can arrange for qualified employees to isolate themselves at home according to their travel situation and health status, and negotiate on the time limit, salary or living expenses of self-isolation at home.

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.