Workplace safety is a major issue in China’s hospitals but the vast majority of collective protests by medical staff are triggered by wage arrears, the failure of employers to pay social insurance contributions and bonuses, or arbitrary changes in employment status.

A young labour activist best known for helping sanitation workers defend their rights was taken away by police in the southern city of Guangzhou on Tuesday afternoon, 17 December.

All workers employed in industries with a high risk of occupational disease will be covered by work-related injury insurance within the next three years under a new government program announced today.

Telecom giant Huawei has urged former employee, Li Hongyuan, who was detained in Shenzhen for eight months on extortion charges, to sue the company if he feels his rights have been violated.

Less than a third of China’s regional governments have increased or announced increases in the minimum wage so far this year in spite of a sharp increase in the cost of living.