Unpaid migrant laborers dominate disputes

Migrant workers fighting for unpaid wages filed more than half of all labor disputes in the capital last year, it was revealed on Wednesday.

A total of 14,361 cases were reported to authorities in 2010, with the vast majority of victims being "laborers in the construction industry", said Wu Antai, director of labor inspection at Beijing's human resource and social security bureau.

In releasing the latest statistics, Wu named and shamed six major Beijing firms recently taken to court for failing to pay salaries on time. Among them was Huapu Property Group, a real estate firm in Chaoyang district, which was found to have withheld payments to 24 employees for 14 months.