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With national holidays approaching, Chinese workers demand a proper break

Workers are using boycotts, legal complaints and social media to challenge forced weekend shifts, as courts accepted 648,000 labour disputes in 2025.

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SINGAPORE/HONG KONG — With China set for a week-long holiday at the start of October, many workers are taking to social media to complain about the widespread practice of requiring staff to work weekends either side of the break to maintain output.The online outcry is the latest in a series of social media flare-ups over gruelling schedules, low pay and weak labour protections, with growing calls to punish employers through consumer boycotts or …

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WTVB broke the news on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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