After their factory closed last month, workers from the Shatangbu Yifa Rubber &Hardware Factory in Shenzhen fifor the back pay and severance promised under a contract required by the new law.

• 深圳沙塘布亿发橡胶五金厂的工人在工厂上个月关闭后，就申请要回按照新劳动法签署的合同中企业承诺的欠薪和遣散费。