I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 716 On the Employment of People with Disabilities

The document encourages enterprises to hire people with disabilities from four aspects: “strengthening ideological awareness and clarifying work goals; increasing policy incentives and playing a guiding role; optimizing employment services and building a matching platform; and strengthening supervision and management to protect legitimate rights and interests.” At the same time, it urges enterprises that fail to meet the standards to fulfill their obligations by collecting disability employment security funds in accordance with the law.

Fang Qingye looked at it for a while, pondered for a moment, picked up the landline receiver, and dialed a number: "Zhao Xing, can you come to my office?"

A few minutes later, footsteps were heard, and Zhao Wenjun knocked on the door and came in, a cigarette between her fingers. However, she put the cigarette out in the ashtray on the coffee table after she came in.

He knew that Fang Qingye disliked his subordinates smoking in his office when discussing work, and that the ashtray on the coffee table was for visiting guests.

"Zhao Xing, take a look at this." Fang Qingye handed the official document in her hand to the other party.

Zhao Wenjun took the document, sat down on the sofa next to him, and carefully read it through before saying with a smile, "This is an old story."

Zhao Wenjun is right.

According to the provisions of the "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities" and the "Regulations on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities" promulgated by the State, "The State implements a system of employing persons with disabilities in accordance with a prescribed ratio. State organs, social organizations, enterprises, public institutions, and private non-enterprise units shall employ persons with disabilities in accordance with the prescribed ratio and select appropriate types of work and positions for them. Those that fail to meet the prescribed ratio shall pay a disability employment security fund."

The Regulations on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities clearly stipulate the specific requirements for employment according to the prescribed ratio: "The proportion of persons with disabilities employed by an employer shall not be less than 1.5% of the total number of employees in the employer. The specific ratio shall be determined by the people's governments of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government based on local conditions." Jiangsu Province implements this ratio of 1.5%.

"It seems that Jinghai Bank doesn't employ any disabled people?" Fang Qingye asked.

"Yes, according to this ratio, Jinghai Bank currently has about 1100 employees, of which 280 are from Nanxin County. We need to employ 4 disabled people, but we haven't hired any of them and have paid disability employment security contributions for all of them." He is now the vice president in charge of personnel, so he naturally knows this very well.

"Oh"

“Fangxing, actually it’s not just Jinghai Bank, most enterprises and institutions are like this now, they would rather pay employment security deposits than hire disabled people,” Zhao Wenjun further explained.

"Because the amount of disability employment security fund is paid according to the average annual salary of the employees of the unit. For example, the average monthly salary of employees of Jinghai Bank last year was 12350 yuan, which is higher than the average level of Jinghai banking industry. That is to say, Jinghai Bank has to pay nearly 60 yuan of disability employment security fund in Nanxin County."

“For our Jinghai Bank, this 60 yuan is a predictable and fixed expense. The corporate finance department can treat it as a regular tax expense and make a precise annual budget. It is simple and straightforward and will not cause any subsequent trouble.”

“But hiring disabled people involves a lot more issues, which are hidden management costs: for companies, it is an unpredictable and continuously invested ‘project’, such as the cost of facility renovation, such as investing in barrier-free facilities like ramps, accessible restrooms, and dedicated workstations, as well as the management effort, efficiency, and risks, etc. It’s very troublesome.”

"Oh"

“The county rarely issues documents on this matter. I heard that the reason for issuing a document this year is that the county welfare factory is doing very poorly and is about to go bankrupt. More than 160 disabled people in the factory are facing livelihood problems, so the county is encouraging all units to accept disabled people,” Zhao Wenjun said with a smile.

"You mean Nanxin Qiangsheng Model Factory, right?" Fang Qingye asked.

"Yes, that's him."

"Huh? This welfare factory specializes in making all kinds of models. I remember it was doing quite well a few years ago. Why is it going bankrupt?" Fang Qingye asked, puzzled.

“The competition is fierce. Now everyone’s doing 3D printing, AR overlay physical models and other high-tech stuff. How could the welfare factory have that level of expertise?” Zhao Wenjun sighed and continued, “And then there’s the current factory director, Duan Bo, who used to be the general manager of the county’s investment company. He doesn’t care about the company at all. Anyway, he’s a proper section-level cadre, and his salary is paid by the Finance Bureau, not by the welfare factory.”

"This guy did a terrible job at the city investment company, and now he's causing trouble for the welfare factory. I bet he's hoping the welfare factory goes bankrupt so he can move on," Fang Qingye sneered.

Isn't this all your fault?!

Zhao Wenjun thought to herself, "This is what I'm complaining about."

When Duan Bo, representing the city investment company, asked the bank for a loan, you refused because you were unhappy! Finally, you reluctantly agreed to lend money by pledging your company, Tuofang Technology, to the bank. And you didn't forget to further belittle them as worthless.

As a result, the county party secretary said one sentence and the organization department issued a transfer order, sending him to a welfare factory!
Many people in the know are aware of this matter. Zhao Wenjun and Duan Bo have a personal relationship and know more details. Of course, he doesn't dare to say this in front of Fang Qingye and can only remain silent.

Fang Qingye stopped chatting and pondered for a moment before saying, "How about we respond to the county's call and recruit four disabled people according to the quota? As for what kind of disabled people to recruit and what positions would be suitable, you can discuss it with the human resources department. It would be best to decide before the Spring Festival so that these four disabled people can have a happy New Year."

“Okay, I’ll go find Minister Wu right away.” Zhao Wenjun said and stood up.

After Zhao Wenjun left, Fang Qingye pondered for a moment and then picked up the phone to call Luo Yan, the general manager of Huacheng Development Group.

"Mr. Luo, has Huacheng Development received document No. 78 of 2015 from the Nanzhengbanfa office, 'Notice from the Nanxin County People's Government Office on Issuing Several Measures to Promote Enterprises to Employ Disabled Persons in Accordance with Regulations'?"

"Received. Huacheng Development has already hired two disabled people, so the task is complete," Luo Yan reported over the phone.

"One is a distant relative of Minister Sun of the Finance Department, who has a leg disability. The other is the cousin of Zhang Shaojun, the manager of the Wuxi Lan'an Yunqi Project Department, who is deaf and mute. To be honest, we did not conduct open recruitment; it was a favoritism."

"Let's take care of them. They're both key employees in the company, so it's only right to help them. As long as they're disabled, they can still do their jobs," Fang Qingye said.

"That's no problem. The one with the leg disability is a young woman, and we've arranged for her to type in the company's printing room. She can walk with crutches. The deaf-mute person has been assigned to the warehouse as a storekeeper, and after training, she's doing a good job."

"That's OK."

Fang Qingye chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.

He was about to call Yuxiang Natural Gas Company to inquire about the matter, but then thought better of it.

Yuxiang Natural Gas does not hold absolute control, nor does it directly participate in the company's operations, so it should not overstep its bounds.

Fang Qingye didn't worry about the work assignments; he only cared about recruiting senior professionals for the bank, while Zhao Wenjun was in charge of recruiting ordinary employees.

Zhao Wenjun was also efficient in her work. After discussing with the human resources department, she decided to publicly recruit for four positions: telephone customer service, data organization and file management, cleaning, and queue guide.

Surprisingly, quite a few disabled people signed up, a total of 25!
(End of this chapter)