He Xian, the vice-minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, investigated payment issues pertaining to migrant workers in Changsha county, Hunan province on Feb 4, csxrmt.com reported.

At a construction site in Changsha county, a sub-district of the provincial capital Changsha, he asked the workers in detail about their payment of wages and working conditions. Workers expressed their satisfaction with their living and working conditions and and said they get paid regularly.

The investigation team listened to a work report about the unpaid wages to migrant workers in the county. The local government had, according to the report, recovered wages of 13 million yuan ($2.12 million) that used to be owed to migrant workers in 2014.

During the last year, the local labor inspection department received 1,586 complaints, among which 210 cases was put on record and settled. It has also arbitrated 366 labor disputes for migrant workers and 353 of them have been resolved.

He praised that the county is down-to-earth in dealing with this tough problem of ensuring the timely payment of wages to migrant workers. He urged that all levels of governments should strive to ensure workers get their pay on time.

Edited by Zhang Qiong, Mevlut Katik