Is wage arrears a criminal offence?

The employing unit has the ability to pay wages, but evades paying the wages of workers by transferring property or hiding. Or has the ability to pay but explicitly refuses to pay the labor remuneration of the laborer, and the court has made a payment judgment, which is suspected of refusing to execute the judgment or ruling.

legal ground

Article 3 13 of the criminal law

Refusing to execute the judgment or ruling of the people's court, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or a fine; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.