As a part-time shareholder of the company, what should the company do if it doesn't pay wages?

Legal problem: I started a company in partnership with my friend. I am a minority shareholder and work in the company, but the company has not paid my salary for five months now. What should I do? Lawyer Qin: You can ask the company to pay compensation, or you can ask the company to pay dividends. Lawyer He: If you apply for labor arbitration to demand payment of wages, you can directly sue for dividends. For more professional answers, please go to the home page for online lawyer consultation and call the free legal consultation number. Related knowledge-how do company shareholders enjoy dividend rights? China's "Company Law" stipulates that "the shareholders of the company, as investors, enjoy the owner's asset rights and interests according to the amount of capital invested in the company". The right to benefit from these assets is the shareholder's dividend right. Generally speaking, shareholders can realize the dividend right in three forms: 1, and distribute cash with the profits of listed companies in the current year; 2. Distribute new shares with the profits of the company in the current year; 3. Convert the company's surplus reserve fund into share capital. From the legal point of view, shareholders' dividend right is a kind of self-interest right, which is based on the inalienable right of investors as individual shareholders. Once infringed by the company, the company's directors or the third party, shareholders can seek self-help in their own name, such as calling a shareholders' meeting or modifying the distribution plan or judicial relief to safeguard their own interests. Theoretically, the shareholder's dividend right is an inherent right of shareholders, which cannot be deprived or restricted by the company's articles of association or company organs. But in fact, as shareholder's right is a right of claim, its realization is conditional: 1. Cash distribution based on current year's profit must meet the following requirements: 65,438+0. The company made a profit that year; 2. Deferred losses have been made up and carried forward; 3. Withdraw 65,438+00% of the statutory provident fund and 5%-65,438+00% of the statutory public welfare fund; 2. In addition to meeting the conditions of 1, the distribution of new shares based on the profits of the current year also requires that the shares previously issued by 1 company have been fully raised and separated by one year; (2) There are no false records in the financial and accounting documents of the company in the last three years; 3 The company's expected profit rate can reach the bank deposit profit in the same period; 3. In addition to meeting the requirements of item 2 1-3, the conversion of surplus reserve fund into share capital also requires: 1 The company has made profits in the last three years and can pay dividends to shareholders; 2. The statutory reserve fund retained after distribution shall not be less than 50% of the registered capital; In addition, according to the Company Law and the Guidelines for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies, the dividend distribution of listed companies can only be realized when the board of directors puts forward the distribution plan, and the shareholders' meeting is convened for deliberation and voting according to legal procedures, and the voting rights of the 1/2 cash distribution plan or 2/3 dividend distribution plan represented by the shareholders attending the shareholders' meeting are passed.