In this edition: Workers in the pandemic, tech layoffs, parcel delivery rate cuts, food delivery workers’ rewards and punishments, age limits in construction industry, overtime culture, vocational student intern deaths, and a rise in teacher qualification applications

Frontline workers have borne the brunt of the latest wave of Covid-19 hitting Shanghai and Shenzhen especially hard

Discussions at these meetings act as a barometer on labour policies for the coming year

In a new 120+ page report, CLB takes a case-based approach to examining the last ten years of workers’ rights issues and the policy reasons for rapidly increasing inequality

Deaths from overwork, food delivery workers trend toward full-time, a rise in deadly gas line explosions, and university graduates express anxiety about job prospects

Over 800 factory workers set to lose their jobs from the plant closure are locked in negotiations with management

On 17 December,  20 coal miners working at an illegal coal mining site were rescued in Xiaoyi, Shanxi, after they were trapped underground by flooding. Two more miners died before the rescue team arrived, sparking public discussion about how to ensure the safety of workers in the mining industry.

On 21 October, a powerful gas explosion on a commercial street in Sh