A privately run clothing factory in northern Shanghai was recently fined after the owner forced employees to put in 16-hour days in the workshop without air conditioning, according to Shanghai Youth Daily.

During some of the most sweltering days of the summer, 761 medium and small-sized private companies have been found guilty of abusing their labour forces.
Fines have been imposed for excessively prolonging working hours, intervening in governmental surveillance efforts and refusing to sign labour contracts.

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