Accommodation and food costs are often deducted from employee wages. The Guangdong study found that forced overtime was very common, at least 3 hours every day and sometimes overnight. Overtime hours were not paid at a premium rate. Independent organizing is illegal and severely repressed. General conditions Workers are often fined heavily for talking on the job, or arriving late, despite legal provisions prohibiting the use of fines.
Employment is insecure and employers often fail to sign labour contracts.
When contracts are signed, employers often hold workers travel documents or large deposits until contracts are finished. Migrant workers from rural areas are often forced to live in crowded and dirty dormitories. Workers can be exposed to harmful chemicals in production processes. Many factories present serious fire hazards. Issues workers are facing China as a whole has a poor track record for working conditions.