What policies and measures have China introduced so far to solve the problem of wage arrears for migrant workers?

As the Spring Festival is approaching, Premier the State Council held an executive meeting in the State Council on June 8, 65438/KLOC-0, and arranged to further clean up the debts owed by government departments and state-owned enterprises to private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, demanding firm and vigorous efforts; The meeting also deployed the work of ensuring market supply and price stability and ensuring basic people's livelihood during the Spring Festival.

First, the pre-holiday meeting on clearing debts pointed out that clearing debts owed by private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises is an important decision-making arrangement of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, which is related to the market economic order, the optimization of business environment and market expectations, and the credibility of the government. At the same time, the arrears of accounts also affect the payment of wages to a certain extent, especially the wages of migrant workers. It is necessary to intensify the concentration of clearing debts before the Spring Festival and establish a long-term mechanism to prevent arrears.

Over the past year, all localities and departments have made solid progress in clearing debts. According to the whole country, government departments and large state-owned enterprises owe more than 890 billion yuan to private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, and by the end of 20 19, they have paid off about 75%, exceeding the original goal of paying off more than half that year. It is necessary to further compact the responsibility and grasp it to the end to ensure that there is no difference in clearing debts before the end of 2020. If there are differences, they should be settled through mediation, consultation and justice, and new arrears must never be added.

The second is to establish a long-term mechanism to prevent arrears. First, all relevant departments around the country should classify the remaining undisputed arrears and formulate solutions item by item. The newly discovered arrears such as concealed and omitted reports should be included in the ledger and handled together, and the defaulting subjects with large arrears should be listed for supervision. Provincial governments take overall responsibility for debt clearance in their own regions, and make overall arrangements for cities and counties that cannot complete the task of debt clearance. Large state-owned enterprises should take overall measures to the enterprises under their jurisdiction to ensure the completion of the task of clearing debts.

The second is to implement the Regulations on Ensuring the Payment of Wages for Migrant Workers, and establish a coordinated linkage mechanism to clear up arrears and eradicate arrears of wages for migrant workers. Focusing on the arrears of wages of migrant workers in government investment projects, clearing the arrears of funds will give priority to paying off the arrears of wages of migrant workers. In the future, all kinds of project construction should leave enough funds to pay the wages of migrant workers, and pay them in time according to the contract. In particular, governments at all levels and state-owned enterprises and institutions may not default on the wages of migrant workers for any reason.

Regulations on ensuring the payment of wages for migrant workers

The "Regulations" clarify the responsibilities of employers, local governments and departments: employers should pay wages by bank transfer or cash, and may not replace them with physical objects or securities; Local governments should bear territorial responsibility, and local governments at or above the county level are responsible for ensuring the payment of wages for migrant workers within their jurisdiction; Departments are responsible for supervision, and the competent departments of human resources and social security, engineering construction industry, development and reform, finance, public security, etc. shall assume corresponding supervision responsibilities according to their duties.

The third is to strengthen restraint and punishment. Notice and punishment should be given to zero settlement and slow progress. It is necessary to increase the investigation and accountability of underreporting and malicious arrears, and publicly expose those with bad circumstances. For unsettled places, restrictive measures should be taken against provincial governments, city and county governments and their relevant departments in terms of reducing general expenditures and "three public" funds, lowering official travel standards, and strictly controlling subsidies.

Fourth, urge state-owned enterprises to strengthen timely repayment constraints, prevent overlord clauses, IOUs and other behaviors, and incorporate accounts payable control and debt settlement into internal assessment. Without the consent of the defaulting unit, the delinquent account shall not be paid in the form of non-monetary funds such as commercial paper, thus prolonging the delinquent time in disguise.

The fifth is to introduce and implement relevant laws and regulations on timely payment of small and medium-sized enterprises. In the field of engineering construction, process settlement will be fully implemented, and the promotion of letter of guarantee replacing the deposit of the construction unit will be intensified. Governments at all levels really have to live a tight life, be frugal and live within their means. For government investment projects, no clear source of funds will be approved, and violations such as no budget project, unapproved construction, and construction funded by the construction unit will be investigated.

Process settlement

Settlement in the construction process refers to the activities of calculating, adjusting, confirming and paying the project price for the project contents (including site visa, project change, claim, etc.). ) according to the settlement period (time or progress node) agreed in the construction contract.

Third, increase the strength of letter of guarantee replacing deposit. Engineering guarantee can release hundreds of billions of cash deposits, which provides considerable impetus for the operation and development of construction enterprises. Improving the replacement rate of all kinds of bonds is the working goal put forward by the Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other departments on Accelerating the Implementation of the Deposit System for Housing Construction and Municipal Infrastructure Projects, and it is also an inevitable requirement for the healthy development of the construction market.

Similarly, according to the Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other departments on Accelerating the Implementation of the Guarantee System for Housing Construction and Municipal Infrastructure Projects, banking financial institutions, project guarantee companies and insurance institutions can serve as project guarantors to carry out project guarantee business. Among them, the implementation of engineering guarantee insurance can not only rely on the risk management and control mechanism of the insurance industry, but also effectively prevent and resolve the liability risks in all aspects of construction projects, and has obvious advantages over cash deposits and letters of guarantee. More importantly, it can greatly reduce the capital cost of construction enterprises and promote the healthy development of enterprises without occupying the bank credit line of enterprises.