Shanghai Daily news

The city collected 170 million-yuan (US$20.5 million) in unpaid salaries for 176,300 workers last year, the Shanghai Labor and Social Security Bureau announced yesterday.
The bureau's labor inspection team said it handled more than 2,700 cases involving deadbeat employers, adding that migrant workers suffered the worst.
Nearly 78 percent of the cases involved private firms, while14 percent were tied to state-owned enterprises, and the rest involved shareholding companies, according to bureau officials.
"A large number of the city's private firms are small and not well- managed," explained Lu Tingfei, a representative of the Shanghai Labor Inspection Team.
He added that salary delays in suburban districts were more serious than those in the downtown.
Chongming county was the site of the worst offenders, accounting for 36.08 million yuan worth of withheld salaries that the city was able to return to workers.
Jing'an district in the downtown was in the best shape, with only 215,000 yuan in unpaid salaries, the bureau said.
"As most suburban businesses are labor-intensive and generate small profits, payment defaults can occur there more easily when a company encounters financial difficulties," Lu said.
In addition, employees are often not aware of their labor rights, officials said.
Among the major cases, Shanghai Weirong Electronic Co Ltd was told in November to return salary deductions involving 214 workers and totaling 756,524 yuan.
Authorities said the company distributed only 70 percent of its promised monthly payrolls, claiming the rest would be given at the end of the year.
The practice was uncovered during an intensive labor inspection campaign carried out from last August to November.
That company was far from alone.
Gao zhiwei, a Henan Province native who began working for a drinking water firm two weeks ago, told Shanghai Daily yesterday that his boss initially promised his salary would be paid semimonthly.
"But it seems I have to wait another fortnight to get the money," said Gao.
Meanwhile, the labor team kicked off a new campaign that will run through February 1 to make sure migrant workers receive their full salaries prior to the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.