China's 2020 Lunar New Year holiday was extended by central and local governments to contain the spread of the COVID-19. While most businesses in Hubei province, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, are not allowed to resume work until February 21, those in other regions have gradually begun restarting production and operation since February 10.
In such a situation, business owners are facing double pressures – on the one hand, they need to recoup the losses of a long shutdown and on the other, they need to carefully manage staff during the ongoing outbreak. Since offices and factories are public spaces, any infection will have serious consequences, economically or legally.
To contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, most business owners have thus chosen to have their employees self-isolate and work from home.
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