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Labour Arbitration Law welcome but systemic change, investment needed

To mark the implementation of China’s new Labour Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law on 1 May, CLB publishes a new report on the numerous problems that remain in China’s labyrinthine and often bewildering labour arbitration and court system for workers seeking redress for violations of their rights, and suggests ways in which these issues can be resolved.

Authorities attempt to play-down Dongguan child labour scandal

CLB publishes translated extracts from the Southern Metropolitan Daily report on 28 April that more than a thousand children had been trafficked from the poverty-stricken region of Liangshan in Sichuan to work in factories across the Pearl River Delta.

Local government rides roughshod over the law

An Anhui farmer’s home and livelihood are destroyed in the local government’s push for economic development. Officials brazenly flout the law and hire thugs to drive property owners out.

The Price of Coal in China

China Labour Bulletin publishes a new report on the coal mining industry in China, which focuses on the industry’s appalling safety record, the collusion between mine owners and local government officials, as well as the government’s system of post-disaster management, which is systematically eroding the rights of the bereaved.

CLB's Labour Rights Litigation Programme

Litigation is one of the few avenues open to ordinary Chinese workers seeking redress for violations of their labour rights. CLB is committed to helping workers bring law suits against employers and government agencies across the entire spectrum of labour issues from non-payment of wages and benefits to discrimination and workplace injuries.

Responding to Hepatitis B discrimination in the workplace

More than 120 million Chinese, about ten per cent of the population, carry the Hepatitis B virus. They suffer from widespread and often insitutionalized discrimination. CLB is currently helping bring nearly 20 anti-discrimination law suits in the mainland.

Former slave labourers file civil suit against their oppressors

Four migrant labourers abducted and forced to work in Shanxi’s illegal brickyards are demanding compensation from their former oppressors. In one civil suit, the plaintiff is demanding 435,253 yuan; for the loss of earnings due to the curtailment of his freedom, physical injury and mental distress.