Govt vows to ensure bosses pay full benefits

A senior official from the top human resources authority pledged on Friday it will strengthen its supervision of employers to ensure that they pay their full social security benefits, as a massive strike at a shoe manufacturer in Guangdong province entered its second week.

Li Zhong, spokesman for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said at a news conference in Beijing on Friday that Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings in Dongguan, a contract manufacturer for brands such as Nike and Adidas, falsely declared that it had made sufficient financial contributions to workers' social insurance funds.

Since April 14, tens of thousands of Yue Yuen workers have been on strike because they claim that the company had underpaid payments to workers' social insurance benefits that are mandated by the State.