If the company is in arrears with employees' wages, employees may complain to the local labor inspection department or apply for labor arbitration, and the labor administrative department shall order them to pay employees' wages and economic compensation, and may also order them to pay compensation.
Legal basis:
Interim provisions on wage payment
Eighteenth labor administrative departments at all levels have the right to supervise the payment of wages by employers. If an employing unit commits one of 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 the workers, and may order it to pay compensation:
(1) Deducting or delaying the wages of workers without reason;
(2) refusing to pay overtime wages to laborers;
(3) paying workers' wages below the local minimum wage standard.
The standards of economic compensation and compensation shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.
Labor law of the people's Republic of China
Article 50 Wages shall be paid to labourers themselves on a monthly basis in the form of currency. The wages of workers shall not be deducted or delayed without reason.
Article 51 During legal holidays, wedding and funeral leave and participation in social activities according to law, the employing unit shall pay wages according to law.
Article 79 After a labor dispute occurs, the parties may apply to the labor dispute mediation committee of their own unit for mediation. If mediation fails and one party requests arbitration, it may apply to the Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee for arbitration. One party may also directly apply to the Labor Dispute Arbitration Commission for arbitration. Anyone who refuses to accept the arbitration award may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.
Article 91 Where an employing unit infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of workers, in any of the following circumstances, the labor administrative department shall order it to pay wages and economic compensation to the workers, and may also order it to pay compensation:
(1) Deducting or delaying the wages of workers without reason;
(2) Refusing to pay overtime wages to laborers;
(3) Paying workers' wages below the local minimum wage standard;
(4) Failing to give economic compensation to the laborer in accordance with the provisions of this Law after the termination of the labor contract.
People's Republic of China (PRC) labor dispute mediation and arbitration law
Article 2 This Law shall apply to the following labor disputes between employers and employees in People's Republic of China (PRC):
(1) Disputes arising from the confirmation of labor relations;
(2) Disputes arising from the conclusion, performance, alteration, dissolution and termination of labor contracts;
(3) Disputes arising from delisting, dismissal, resignation or resignation;
(4) Disputes arising from working hours, rest and vacation, social insurance, welfare, training and labor protection;
(five) disputes arising from labor remuneration, medical expenses for work-related injuries, economic compensation or compensation;
(six) other labor disputes as prescribed by laws and regulations.
Article 16 If a mediation agreement is reached on the payment of unpaid labor remuneration, work-related injury medical expenses, economic compensation or compensation, and the employer fails to perform it within the agreed time limit, the employee may apply to the people's court for a payment order according to law with the mediation agreement. The people's court shall issue a payment order according to law.