Refuse To Pay Wages For Migrant Workers Will Be Punished By Law.

In December 19, 2013, 101 migrant workers came to the labor supervision team of Tin City to complain that they were owed more than 160 yuan in the construction of a construction site in Tin City, and produced documents and ious issued by light contractors.

On the same day, the labor inspection team of Tin City filed a case investigation on the case. The project was developed by a Real Estate Company in Tin City and the three production company of the company. The construction company contracted the project to the light contractor Chen Mou. After investigation and verification, the development enterprise and the construction enterprise have basically settled the contract fee of the contractor who has contracted the contract for light duty. Only the remaining quality guarantee money and the change of the unliquidated cost amount to about 48 yuan, but Chen Mou's ious IOUs to the worker has more than 160 yuan.

In the further investigation, the labor supervision team of Xi City found that Chen owed some of the arrears of rent, machinery, credit and so on.

In this case, the labor supervision team of tin city promotes the relevant labor laws and regulations on the one hand for the development enterprise and the responsible person of construction enterprise. On the other hand, it actively stabilise the workers' mood. After many coordination, the final development enterprise and construction enterprise agree to pay 50% of the arrears of workers' wages.

At the same time, the labor supervision team of Tin City asked them to pay the remaining workers' wages but they did not pay according to the requirements.

At the beginning of January 2014, the labor supervision group of Xi City was stipulated in accordance with the 276th provision of the amendment to the criminal law of the People's Republic of China:

The method of escaping and hiding can avoid paying the laborer's remuneration or having the ability to pay without paying the laborer's remuneration. If the amount is relatively large, he is not paid by the relevant government departments, and shall not be paid. He shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined or punished. If serious consequences are caused, 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.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the person directly in charge and other persons directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The first two acts have not yet resulted in serious consequences, and they should be paid before prosecution.

The remuneration for labor and the corresponding liability for compensation according to law may be reduced or exempted from punishment.

Transfer the case to public security organs in accordance with the law.

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In mid January 2014, the public security organs arrested Chen, who refused to pay remuneration for labor, and waited for it to be punished by law.