编辑同志: 我们酒厂由于市场行情变化和经营方面的原因,经济效益不好,拖欠工人大半年的工资。2002年年底,厂领导决定将拖欠的工资折算成酒发给工人,可我们拿着这些酒怎么能过日子?请问:酒厂这种以实物折抵工资的行为合法吗? 广西桂林 李盟李盟同志: 工资是指用人单位依据国家有关规定或者劳动合同的约定,以货币形式直接支付给本单位劳动者的劳动报酬。国家劳动 Edit comrades: Our winery due to changes in market conditions and operating reasons, poor economic returns, wages owed workers six months. The end of 2002, the factory leadership decided to convert the wages of wages owed to the workers issued to the wine, but how can we take the wine to live? Excuse me: Winery this kind of physical compensation for wages is legal? Guilin, Guangxi Li League Li League Comrades: Wages refer to the remuneration paid by employers directly to workers in their own units in monetary terms in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state or the contract of employment. National labor