By Kevin Yao and Cheng Leng
By Kevin Yao and Cheng Leng
BEIJING, Feb 18 (Reuters) – When cameraman Mark Xia returned to his job this month after holidays, the Shanghai video manufacturing home the place he labored instructed him to take three months of depart with no pay, as a coronavirus epidemic takes a toll of China’s companies.
Now Xia is on the lookout for a part-time job after the corporate, with a workforce of about 100, rejected his request to pay at the least half his month-to-month wage throughout the suspension, and left him no alternative however to resign.
“I perceive the corporate’s cash-flow is tight,” Xia, 25, instructed Reuters. “We postponed some capturing as a result of coronavirus outbreak, and that is had a huge effect on our revenues, that is the fact.”
Xia is considered one of many dropping their jobs within the epidemic, which has killed almost 1,870 and contaminated greater than 72,000, sparking strict journey and motion curbs which have stored many companies shut, disrupting demand and provide for items and companies.
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