The National Federation of Trade Unions singled out Foxconn for overtime: overwork kills workers

Guo, Secretary of the Secretariat of the National Federation of Trade Unions and the Minister of Legal Affairs, said 2nd, Foxconn and other enterprises long-term illegal arrangements for workers long hours of overtime, resulting in a number of workers have a variety of mental health problems, leading to the death of labor or suicide occurs.

Guo in the general press conference to make the above remarks. He said that from the current situation of the development of labor relations in China, employing units violate the law of labor law infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of the case of a large number of cases, the next step will be to strengthen the supervision of the public opinion of labor violations, the implementation of labor union labour Law Supervision and recommendation system,

At the same time, the National Union of Trade Unions concentrated on the publication of 10 cases of labor relations in 2014 years of illegal and labor events, including violations of women's equal employment rights, illegal use of child labour.

Foxconn illegally Overtime

Guo says some companies arrange workers to work for up to more than 10 hours a day, with few normal rest days. Some private enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises do not implement paid leave system. Foxconn and other enterprises long-term illegal arrangements for workers long hours of overtime, resulting in some of the workers have a variety of mental health problems, leading to death or suicide phenomenon occurs.

"Many places only to complain about the case to investigate, can not do a case must check, Fapic." To have verified the violation of the law is not strong enough to deter the illegal employing units, leading to the effect of wooden bucket short plate. Many enterprises can learn from Foxconn, through overtime work, enterprises can gain more profits, into the world's top 500, "Guo said," If these illegal enterprises do not really have the case must be checked, Fapic, the bucket effect will certainly appear. According to the National Federation of Trade Unions official website

Gender discrimination in employment is a prominent issue

According to Xinhua news agency Guo said that the current labor relations in the employment of employers discrimination problem is more prominent, especially gender discrimination.

The conference released 10 typical illegal cases and labor events, which occurred in the 2014 of Zhejiang New Oriental Culinary school violated women's equal employment rights is a typical event. Guo, a female college student in Henan, has been refused many times because of the recruitment conditions for cooking schools to recruit men. Guo West L. District The People's Court of Hangzhou to sue. The court found that the behavior of cooking school belongs to the sex discrimination of employment, violates Guo's equal employment right, and should pay 2000 yuan to the spiritual damage of Guo.

"Wage arrears is a fundamental moral issue"

Guo said that the problem of migrant workers ' wages is not a simple illegal problem, but a basic moral and moral issues. Enterprises should bear the primary responsibility and the responsibility of the Government's law enforcement agencies is also very large.

Guo also said that serious, malicious wages have more stringent means of settlement, such as malicious wages can be held criminally liable.

According to him, in some of the more prominent places, trade unions to promote the establishment of the staff wage margin system, once the funds or construction projects problems, can be used as a compensation for the wages of workers. In addition, there are problems in the business process, and some of the assets can be changed, at this time the union or the government can first cushion funds to help employees meet the wage demand, the ex-gratia payment to the enterprise recovery.

Some typical cases of labor illegality in the 2014

Two companies in Shenzhen illegally use child labor

At the end of 2013, Shenzhen Rickettsia Technology Co., Ltd, Datlink Electronics Co., Ltd. was reported to the media for illegal use of child labor. January 2014, the two companies were ordered to rectify the deadline, respectively, sentenced to 10,000 and 35,000 of the administrative fines.

Jiangsu Kunshan Zhong Rong Metal Products Co., Ltd. explosion accident

August 2, 2014, Jiangsu Kunshan Taiwan-funded enterprises in China Rong Metal Products Co., Ltd. explosion occurred. At present, the alleged crime of the Wu Kijing, chairman of the company, such as 18 people responsible for transfer to the judicial organs to take measures.

Jiangsu Peng Yue Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. dismissal of pregnant women workers

At the beginning of 2012, Jiangsu Peng Yue Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. hired Ms. Zhou as the company's administrative secretary. 2014 weeks after the pregnancy, the company told Ms. Zhou temporarily go home to rest, after the request to submit a resignation report, otherwise will be arranged to manual labor heavy front-line production positions. Relevant departments to the enterprise issued a deadline for rectification orders, and apply for a court enforcement.