If the company constitutes a crime of environmental pollution, employees will generally not be sentenced. General unit crime will only be sentenced to the person directly responsible, and ordinary employees will not be sentenced. However, if employees also participate in the crime, they will also be sentenced, and the specific sentencing will depend on their role in the crime.
The so-called crime of environmental pollution refers to an act that violates the laws and regulations on the prevention and control of environmental pollution, causes environmental pollution and causes serious consequences, and should be punished according to law.
How long is the criminal detention period of environmental pollution crime stipulated by Chinese law?
The perpetrators of environmental pollution crimes will be detained for 37 days. For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days. The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest.
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Legal basis: Article 338 of the Criminal Law.
Whoever, in violation of state regulations, discharges, dumps or disposes of radioactive wastes, wastes containing infectious disease pathogens, toxic substances or other harmful substances, which seriously pollutes the environment, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and fined:
(1) Discharging, dumping or disposing of radioactive wastes, wastes containing infectious disease pathogens and toxic substances in key protected areas determined according to law, such as drinking water source protection areas and core protected areas of nature reserves, if the circumstances are particularly serious;
(2) Discharging, dumping or disposing of radioactive wastes, wastes containing infectious disease pathogens and toxic substances to important rivers and lakes designated by the state, if the circumstances are particularly serious;
(3) Causing a large number of basic functions of permanent basic farmland to be lost or permanently damaged;
(4) Causing serious injuries or diseases to many people, or causing serious disability or death.
Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and constitutes other crimes shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.