拒不支付职工工资284万元获刑两年******
本报记者 赵红旗
本报通讯员 李文晋 付屹
“企业应严格执行员工薪酬制度,遇到困难了,应及时与员工沟通,避免劳动争议纠纷给企业及员工带来不必要的讼累。”1月7日,河南省许昌市中级人民法院组织法官深入辖区企业了解企业所需所求,并针对企业岁尾年终常见的劳资纠纷以案说法,引导企业规范员工薪酬等相关制度,防范法律风险。
在一起拒不支付劳动报酬罪案件中,被告人杨某被许昌市建安区人民法院一审判处有期徒刑2年,缓刑3年,并处罚金1万元。2022年12月24日,许昌中院维持了一审判决。目前,该案判决已生效。
据悉,2020年5月12日,许昌某健康科技有限公司职工李某等人向许昌市建安区人力资源和社会保障局劳动监察大队投诉公司拖欠职工工资,劳动监察大队立案后,于2020年5月14日对许昌某健康科技有限公司体检部实际控制人杨某下达了《劳动保障监察限期整改指令书》,责令许昌某健康科技有限公司体检部10日内支付拖欠的劳动者工资。
收到限期支付劳动者工资整改指令后,被告人杨某作为许昌某健康科技有限公司、许昌某健康科技有限公司体检部的实际控制人,在有能力先行支付部分劳动者工资的情况下,仍拒不支付,并于2020年5月19日至6月1日期间,先后安排其公司出纳将公司资金用于支付体检设备CT机余款、购买体检试剂及支付水电费等。
立案后,迫于压力,被告人杨某于2020年6月12日至14日向被拖欠工资的职工支付报酬11万余元。经审计,截至2020年6月30日,许昌某健康科技有限公司体检部欠发228名职工13个月工资共计284.75万元。
许昌市建安区人民检察院审查起诉认为,被告人杨某明知人社部门向其下达了限期支付劳动者工资整改指令,在有能力先行支付劳动者部分工资的情况下,拒不支付228名劳动者的工资,应当以拒不支付劳动报酬罪追究其刑事责任。建议判处其有期徒刑2年,缓刑3年,并处罚金1万元。
建安区法院一审开庭审理时,杨某对起诉书指控的犯罪事实、罪名及量刑建议均无异议。
建安区法院审理认为,被告人杨某行为构成拒不支付劳动报酬罪。其到案后如实供述自己的罪行,且认罪认罚,公诉机关量刑建议适当,遂作出判决。
2022年10月30日,一审宣判后,杨某不服,上诉至许昌中院,其辩护人辩称,本案拒不支付劳动报酬犯罪事实轻微、社会危害性低,不应以此追究上诉人杨某的刑事责任。
许昌中院审理认为,上诉人杨某作为公司最大股东和实际控制人,应当对所拖欠公司员工的工资承担清偿责任。原判认定事实清楚,证据确实、充分,定罪准确,量刑适当,审判程序合法,依法驳回上诉,维持原判。
“刑法明确规定,以转移财产、逃匿等方法逃避支付劳动者的劳动报酬或者有能力支付而不支付劳动者的劳动报酬,数额较大,经政府有关部门责令支付仍不支付的,处3年以下有期徒刑或者拘役,并处或者单处罚金;造成严重后果的,处3年以上7年以下有期徒刑,并处罚金。”承办法官介绍说,劳动报酬的清偿顺序优先于普通债权,用人单位拖欠劳动者的劳动报酬和其他普通债务时,具有优先清偿劳动者劳动报酬的法定义务。
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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