The Qilu Evening News (26 February, 2002), reported that a teacher at the Zaozhuang City Foodstuff Worker Professional College took legal action against his employers for failing to pay his salary for 28 months between November 1999 and February 2002. The total amount stood at Rmb21,433.

The defending employers were the college and the Zaozhuang City Foodstuff Bureau who claimed at court that it was an internal matter of the institutes, and that the charge should be overturned.

According to the report, this is the first time a teacher in China has sued for wage arrears, and the ongoing case is handled at the city’s Central District People’s Court.

(Source: China's news agencies)

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Online: 2002-02-26