Enforce law to ensure workers get paid timely

Just a few weeks after a female migrant worker died in Shanxi province after her hair was trampled upon by police, a 13-year-old girl jumped off the 16th floor of a building under construction in Jizhou, Hebei province; both tragedies happened when migrant workers met difficulties in collecting their wages for the year. Comments:

The criminal code clearly states that those refusing to pay workers' wages face charges and could spend up to seven years in prison. Yet many migrant workers still find it difficult to get their wages. The key problem lies in local courts protecting businesspeople at the request of local authorities, because they pay large amounts of tax. A good law on paper means nothing.

Daily Business, Jan 20