If the employer defaults on wages without reason, workers can call 12333 to complain and report. Workers can also directly apply for labor arbitration and require the employer to pay the wages owed.
How to apply for labor arbitration:
1. Go to the Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee within the local Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (formerly the Labor Bureau) to apply for labor arbitration. When filing a case, you need to bring: 2 copies of the arbitration application, 1 copy of the applicant’s ID card; 2 copies of relevant evidence and a list of evidence; the employer’s industrial and commercial registration information (registration information is not required in Beijing).
2. After submitting the materials, the arbitration committee will register the case within 5 working days, and then give both parties a period to present evidence and a period for the other party to reply; then a court hearing will be held, and then the two parties will be mediated. If the mediation fails, the arbitration committee will issue a decision. Award; the labor arbitration case will be concluded within 60 days; if the employee is not satisfied with the award, the employee can sue to the court;
3. During the application for labor arbitration, the employee will not be delayed in going to work in the new unit.
Article 50 of the "Labor Law of the People's Republic of China" Wages shall be paid to the laborer himself in the form of currency on a monthly basis. Workers shall not be deducted or delay wages without reason.
Article 18 of the "Interim Provisions on Wage Payment": Labor administrative departments at all levels have the right to supervise the employer's wage payment. If an employer commits the following acts that infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of workers, the labor administrative department shall order it to pay wages and economic compensation to workers, and may also order it to pay compensation:
(1) Withholding or defaulting on arrears to workers without reason wages;
(2) Refusing to pay workers wages for extended working hours;
(3) Paying workers wages lower than the local minimum wage standard.
The standards of economic compensation and compensation shall be implemented in accordance with relevant national regulations.