China News Service, Taiyuan, May 7 (Liu Xiaohong) "Prosecutor Yan, we have reached a mediation agreement, and we have already received one-third of the wages owed, and the remaining seven to fifteen days will be available, The litigation fee you paid for me wants to be returned to you, and I want to thank you in person. ”Yan Lifen, the prosecutor of the Fourth Procuratorial Department of the Yungang District Procuratorate in Datong City, Shanxi Province, who received a case from abroad, received a call from a migrant worker Baimou The salary of 726,600 yuan has finally arrived.

  The reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial People's Procuratorate on the 7th that from June 2019, Bai and other 94 people were introduced to work on renovation work in a hotel in Yungang District, Datong City contracted by a construction engineering company in Huludao City. After waiting for 94 people to provide labor according to the agreement, the construction company did not pay labor remuneration according to the contract and owed more than 1.11 million yuan in wages.

The Yungang District Procuratorate of Datong City intervened in the case. Photo courtesy of Shanxi Provincial People's Procuratorate

  After repeated unsuccessful requests, Bai and others reported the situation to the Yungang District Labor Security Supervision and Enforcement Team on November 12, 2019. During the investigation, the Labor Inspection Brigade found that the decoration project also had other wage arrears, and the project involved a large number of wage arrears, and the amount was large. The wage owing unit and the construction unit blamed each other, and they did not cooperate. Yungang District Procuratorate, request the procuratorate to handle.

  The prosecutor undertook by the Yungang District Procuratorate immediately proceeded to investigate and verify the case, listen to the opinions of the parties, communicate with the construction party and the construction party, explain the reasoning, and strive for a negotiated settlement. However, due to mutual excuses by the contractor and the construction party, and delays for many reasons, the Yungang District Procuratorate decided to support the migrant workers' claims in accordance with the law and filed a lawsuit with the court on January 2, 2020. Farmer Bai is a native of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. Since he came to the same city in June 2019, the construction party and the construction party have only paid a few thousand yuan for the living expenses, and are unable to pay the litigation fees. .

  As the year approaches, the prosecutor Yan Lifen paid 500 yuan in litigation fees for Bai Mou to put the case into the proceedings as soon as possible. The court then filed a case on January 7, and three other 20 migrant workers reached a settlement before the suit.

  Due to the impact of the epidemic, the case was originally scheduled for hearing on February 3, 2020. After the epidemic situation improved, the government of Yungang District, the District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the District Public Security Bureau, the District Court, and the District Procuratorate of Datong City repeatedly discussed and discussed countermeasures to form a joint force to overcome the impact of the epidemic and advance the resolution of the case.

  On April 9, the case of 10 disputes involving 74 migrant workers for recovering labor compensation supported by the Yungang District Procuratorate of Datong City was tried in the Yungang District Court. The prosecutor appeared in court as a prosecutor, read out the "Prosecution Support", expounded the prosecutor's claim to protect the rights of migrant workers, and implemented simultaneous supervision of the court's trial activities according to law.

  During the trial, the defendant acknowledged the plaintiff ’s prosecution facts and claims, as well as the content of the prosecution ’s support for the indictment. Both parties agreed to mediation, and the defendant paid 300,000 yuan in labor costs in court. Three of them reached a settlement out of court and withdrew the suit. In this case, the procuratorial organ effectively resolved the contradictions and disputes in the process of labor and capital, and effectively safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. (Finish)