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22:14, July 24, 2007 |
China has seen a rising number of "mass incidents" triggered by labor disputes in the past 12 years, according to a senior official with the national legislature.
Yang Jingyu, chairman of the Law Committee of the National People''s Congress (NPC), chose not to give any figures or examples when addressing an audio conference on Monday.
However, he said the number of labor disputes, mainly concerning unpaid wages, increased 13.5 times between 1995 and 2006.
"With accelerating industrialization and urbanization in China, infringement on employees'' rights are occurring frequently, especially in certain regions and industries," Yang said, going on pointing the figure at private businesses, restructured state-owned enterprises and construction companies.
"They have seriously undermined a harmonious and stable relationship between employers and employees," he said.
According to Yang, no more than 20 percent of the small and medium sized companies or private companies sign labor contracts with employees in a bid to cut costs or evade the payment of social insurance premiums.
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