Canon's production line has withdrawn from mainland China, and its employee compensation plan has been determined

Canon's production line has withdrawn from mainland China, and the employee compensation plan has been determined

Canon's production line has withdrawn from mainland China, and its employee compensation plan has been determined. Canon Zhuhai Company, which previously announced the suspension of production, officially announced it on January 17 Employee compensation plan, the employee compensation is divided into five parts. Canon's production line has withdrawn from mainland China, and the employee compensation plan has been determined. Canon's production line has withdrawn from mainland China, and the employee compensation plan has been determined1

Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Canon Zhuhai") recently decided to terminate the company's production, and the employee compensation plan has been determined.

On January 17, a reporter from the Jiemian News Greater Bay Area Channel obtained an "Announcement on the Preferential Treatment Plan for the Termination of the Labor Contract by Consensus" from Canon Zhuhai employees. The announcement showed that the compensation was divided into five parts: Economic compensation, special consolation payment, employment support payment, memory bonus and Spring Festival condolence payment. The announcement date is January 16, 2022.

The announcement stated that from now until 17:00 on January 23, 2022 (Sunday), you can choose to terminate the labor contract with the company by consensus and sign the "Negotiation For employees who have unanimously terminated the labor contract agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "termination agreement"), the company will pay compensation according to the following standards.

The calculation standard for economic compensation is N+1: "N" refers to the statutory economic compensation, that is, the employee's length of service in the company x the employee's average monthly salary; "+1" refers to the equivalent of payment in lieu of notice (i.e. average monthly salary for one month).

According to the provisions of the "Labor Contract Law", if the average monthly salary of an employee is three times higher than the local social average salary, three times the amount will be used as the upper limit for calculation, and the maximum number of years of service for calculation is 12 years. However, Canon Zhuhai This preferential treatment plan does not set an upper limit.

This means that the financial compensation is better than the legal standard.

The special consolation payment is divided into three levels: for those with less than 10 years of service, the company’s length of service x monthly average salary The average salary of X months of service in the company starting from January 1st is x1.2; for those with 20 years of service, the average salary of X months of service in the company starting from January 1, 2008 is X1.3.

The employment support subsidy is divided into seven levels, ranging from one month’s average salary for those with less than 5 years of service to 7 months’ average salary for those with 30 years of service.

The company stated that for employees who have not signed a termination agreement with the company before 17:00 on January 23, 2022 (Sunday), the above preferential treatment plan will no longer apply, and the company will only pay economic compensation. The specific amount is based on the actual transfer amount on February 10.

Canon’s Zhuhai factory is located in Jinding Industrial Zone, High-tech Zone. The project has a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan and covers an area of ??200,000 square meters. It is Canon’s only digital camera and digital camera manufacturer in mainland China. Production base for digital cameras, image sensors and lenses. The closure of the factory means that Canon has moved camera production out of mainland China.

Canon is one of the first Fortune 500 companies to enter Zhuhai. Canon Zhuhai once had more than 10,000 employees, and the digital card cameras it produced once accounted for half of Canon's global sales of digital card cameras.

Due to the rise of smartphones, the digital camera market has been rapidly compressed. Coupled with the long-term raging of the COVID-19 virus, the company is facing unprecedented difficulties. Canon Zhuhai finally chose to terminate the company's production and close the production line.

The "Canon Zhuhai 2020 Annual Environmental Report" shows that as of the end of 2020, the company's total investment was US$220 million, and in 2020 it actually produced 12.29 million lenses, 1.029 million digital cameras, and 94,000 digital video cameras. . 1,317 employees.

According to data from Zhuhai High-tech Zone, Canon Zhuhai’s latest number of employees is more than 870. Canon production line withdraws from mainland China, employee compensation plan has been determined 2

Canon Zhuhai Company, which previously announced the suspension of production, officially announced its employee compensation plan on January 17, in which "'n+1' economic compensation has no upper limit." Because the commitment is far higher than the standards stipulated in the labor law, it immediately became the focus of attention from the outside world as soon as it was announced. According to the compensation plan released by Canon Zhuhai Factory, the employee compensation is divided into five parts, including economic compensation, special condolence payment, employment support payment, memory bonus and Spring Festival condolence payment. Among them, there is no upper limit for “n+1” economic compensation. However, Canon Zhuhai Company also stated that employees must sign a termination agreement with the company before 17:00 on January 23. After this period, the preferential compensation plan will no longer be applicable, and the company will only pay economic compensation.

According to my country's labor law, economic compensation is calculated according to the "n+1" standard. "n" is the legal economic compensation, that is, the employee's length of service * the average monthly salary of the employee. "+1" means an increase of one Average monthly salary. At the same time, the law stipulates that if the average salary of an employee is three times higher than the average salary of the local society, three times will be used as the upper limit, and the maximum seniority limit for calculation is 12 years. Therefore, there is actually an upper limit on the “n+1” economic compensation paid by an enterprise to its employees.

However, this time Canon Zhuhai Company's plan will exceed the prescribed upper limit and be calculated entirely based on the actual salary level of employees and their length of service with the company.

In addition, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily noticed that Canon Zhuhai Company also set up a "special condolence payment" this time, which is divided into three levels: those with less than 10 years of service Those who have served for more than 10 years but less than 20 years can receive "*1.2" compensation; those who have served for more than 20 years can receive "*1.3" "compensation. In addition, the employment support subsidy is divided into seven levels, and each can receive an average salary of 1 to 7 months depending on the length of service. In addition, Canon Zhuhai also prepared Spring Festival condolences for employees, including 1,000 yuan for travel expenses to visit relatives and 1,000 yuan in Spring Festival red envelopes.

Canon, one of the world's optical giants, established Canon Zhuhai Company in Zhuhai, China in 1990. Its products ranged from initial lenses and cameras to later printers, fax machines, scanners, cis( contact image sensor). However, after 32 years of operation, due to the sharp shrinkage of the global camera market in recent years and the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the company's operations are facing unprecedented difficulties. Canon's headquarters had to adjust the overall business structure of the group and finally decided to terminate the company's production. Canon production line withdraws from mainland China, employee compensation plan has been determined 3

Recently, the 32-year-old "old factory" Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Canon Zhuhai") announced the "termination of production." It is reported that the latest workers’ compensation plan agreement has been released.

In January this year, Canon Zhuhai announced the suspension of production. After the factory ceases production, how to arrange the employees is the issue of greatest concern to the public. On January 13, the Zhuhai High-tech Zone confirmed to multiple media outlets that Canon Zhuhai, which has been developing in Zhuhai for 32 years, has ceased production, and the company is currently discussing disposal plans with employees. It is understood that the Zhuhai High-tech Zone Management Committee has now intervened to coordinate program negotiations between enterprises and employees. It is reported that many companies have already provided thousands of jobs.

Economic compensation adopts the N+1 standard

According to Canon Zhuhai’s latest employee compensation plan agreement, the compensation will be divided into economic compensation, special consolation payment, employment support payment, and memorial payment. Five parts: bonus and Spring Festival condolences. Among them, the economic compensation adopts the N+1 standard, "N" refers to the legal economic compensation, that is, the employee's company age × the employee's average salary, and "+1" is the notice payment, which is the average monthly salary for one month. The compensation plan is from the date of the official seal to 17:00 on January 23, 2022 (Sunday). You can choose to terminate the labor contract with the company in accordance with the consensus method.

The special consolation payment is divided into three levels: those with less than 10 years of service, the company’s length of service x average monthly salary x 1.0 starting from January 1, 2008; The average salary of x months of service in the company calculated from January 1st is x1.2; for those with 20 years of service, the average salary of x months of service in the company calculated from January 1, 2008 x1.3. There are seven levels of employment support subsidies, ranging from one month's average salary for those with less than 5 years of service to 7 months of average wages for those with 30 years of service.

The company stated that for employees who have not signed a termination agreement with the company before 17:00 on January 23, 2022 (Sunday), the above preferential treatment plan will no longer apply, and the company will only pay economic compensation. The specific amount is based on the actual transfer amount on February 10.

At its peak, there were tens of thousands of employees, but the number dropped to more than a thousand.

Canon was one of the first Fortune 500 companies to enter Zhuhai. Official website information shows that Canon Zhuhai was established in January 1990. It was located in Beiling at the foot of Banzhang Mountain in Zhuhai City. In 2013, it moved to Jinding Industrial Zone in Zhuhai High-tech Zone. The total investment of the project is 1.5 billion yuan and covers an area of ??200,000 yuan. square meters. Although Canon currently has branches in Dalian, Suzhou, Zhongshan and other places, only Zhuhai mainly produces imaging products such as lenses, digital cameras, and digital camcorders.

Nandu reporters learned that in its heyday, Canon had tens of thousands of employees in Zhuhai. Many netizens who had worked in the factory said that the conditions of Canon's Zhuhai factory were good. Food in the factory is cheap and employees will be provided with free accommodation. “The dormitory beats 99% of the factories in Zhuhai.” Moreover, some traditional Japanese festivals, such as the Summer Festival, will also have holidays, and overtime work will be counted as three times the salary.

However, Nandu reporters noticed that the number of employees in Canon Zhuhai has been decreasing year by year in recent years. In 2013, the company had more than 4,000 employees, and by 2018, there were only more than 1,800 employees. In addition, the company actually produced 2.44 million digital cameras and 170,000 digital video cameras in 2018. Without the impact of the epidemic in 2019, the production of digital cameras dropped to 2.07 million units and digital video cameras dropped to 110,000 units.

While the number of employees continues to decline, the number of lenses, digital cameras and digital video cameras produced by Canon Zhuhai each year has also declined year after year. According to the "Canon Zhuhai 2020 Annual Environmental Report", as of the end of 2020, the company's total investment was US$220 million. In 2020, it produced 12.29 million lenses, 1.029 million digital cameras, and 94,000 digital video cameras.

This is a far cry from the plant's previous annual sales of $1.3 billion.

Nandu reporters also noticed that on the "Canon Zhuhai" Baidu Post Bar, people were still posting recruitment information in 2019, but by December 2021, some netizens said "If we don't recruit, it will close down."

On January 17, Nandu reporters found on the Tianyancha app that according to Canon Zhuhai’s industrial and commercial information, its current staff size is 1,000-4,999 people, and the number of insured people is 1,317. The number of employees is consistent with the above report .

The traditional digital camera market is shrinking

Some people in the industry said that Canon’s factory closure is also a microcosm of the traditional camera market in recent years. As mobile phone manufacturers continue to improve photography functions and co-brand with major well-known camera brands, the digital camera market is shrinking. According to a report released by the Camera and Imaging Products Industry Association (CIPA), global digital camera shipments in 2020 were 8.886 million units, a 41.6% decrease from 2019. Although this is partly due to the epidemic's impact on people's outing activities, looking back at the peak period in 2010, this number was more than ten times more than 120 million units. Since then, as the photography capabilities of smartphones have improved, global camera shipments have begun to plummet at a double-digit rate every year.

In addition to Canon Zhuhai, Canon Group's financial reports in recent years have not been optimistic. Data show that Canon's net sales have declined for three consecutive years, from 4 trillion yen in 2017 to 3.2 trillion yen in 2020, and operating profits have also experienced two consecutive years of decline, from 342.5 billion yen in 2018. The yen fell to 110.5 billion yen in 2020. However, Canon is also constantly transforming, actively expanding its diversified business layout, and extending related industrial chains. Office businesses such as printing have become Canon's business pillars.