China to improve legal assistance for migrant workers and disabled people

Beijing. Jul 11. Silkroadnews - China will provide more legal assistance to migrant workers and people with disabilities, said the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China, “People’s Daily” informs.
The statement of the ministry says, the authorities should make more efforts to improve legal literacy to prevent and reduce the number of labor disputes concerning labor rights and interests of migrant workers.
The ministry also reported that legal assistance should be available to all migrant workers so that by 2020, no migrant worker will have their wages payment delayed, which currently is a major dispute between migrant workers and employers.
The statement also notes that additional employees will be required to provide legal assistance to the disabled people and offer convenient communication channels through the WeChat messenger application.
The ministry reported it will promote legal aid work and has already selected 12 cities and districts as demonstration sites for such a work.