News from this newspaper (Reporter Liu Xiaoyan) On the last day of the first month on March 2, 30-year-old Master Cai came to the construction site of Xiuwen County, Guiyang, Guizhou, from his hometown in Sichuan to report.
On the day of registration, Mr. Cai received a notice that he needed to show the salary card of a local bank for salary payment.
Master Cai searched through the 7 bank cards he had on hand and found that they all "did not meet the requirements", so he had no choice but to go to the designated bank to apply for the 8th bank card.
In recent years, Master Cai has worked as an electrician in Guizhou, and has worked on construction sites in various cities such as Xiuwen, Duyun, and Huishui.
His daily work is to bury pipes and install equipment according to the drawings, and he can earn more than 4,900 yuan per month.
Last year, Master Cai had two new salary cards.
According to Master Cai, the salary paid by the construction site was divided into two parts, one part was the cash or mobile phone transfer usually given by the contractor, which was not safe. We have to take it with us when we go to the shower."
Another part of the salary needs to be remitted to the salary card after the settlement at the end of the year.
With the implementation of the real-name system for employment and the "Regulations on Guaranteeing the Payment of Migrant Workers' Wages", Master Cai clearly felt that the payment of wages became more and more convenient and stable. Card".
However, Master Cai has new troubles.
"Basically, if you change a construction site, you need to change a pay card from a designated bank. If you happen to have one, you can report the card number directly. If you don't have one, you have to apply for a new card," he said.
Over the years, Master Cai has held 7 bank cards including Bank of China and Bank of Guiyang, and he has to take them with him for backup.
"It's very inconvenient to have too many cards, and I'm always worried about losing them." Master Cai said that these cards are generally not cancelled in preparation for new construction sites, but they go to the bank after returning to their hometown at the end of each year to collect the money scattered in each card into one. Two commonly used cards, so you can rest assured.
According to Article 20 of the "Interim Measures for the Management of Special Accounts for Migrant Workers' Wages in the Engineering Construction Field" issued in July 2021, no unit or individual may force migrant workers to apply for a new wage card.
The opening bank shall not refuse migrant workers to use the bank account of the social security card of another bank or the bank card of another bank.
In practice, however, it is not uncommon for workers to hold multiple cards.
"In order to facilitate business development, developers suggest that workers use local bank cards as their salary cards, but most of the workers come from Sichuan, Hunan and other places, and many people have to re-apply for cards." said the person in charge of Mr. Cai's weak current project surnamed Yao, "Every time a new project starts, there are many workers who need to apply for new cards. We also hope that workers can apply for less cards and bring fewer cards as much as possible."
Master Cai took the newly-issued eighth bank card and said, "I look forward to taking only one card in the future, and it will work at any construction site."