China's labor departments help 6.98 million workers get back 8.33 billion yuan (1.22 billion U.S. dollars) of their wages in 2008.
The figures were released Tuesday in a bulletin regarding human resources and social security in 2008 by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Bureau of Statistics.
Labor departments overhauled 1.81 million employers last year and tackled 483,000 disputes, the bulletin said.
Departments focused on redressing problems regarding migrant workers' overdue wages, illegal employment and supervising enforcement of the Labor Contract Law.
The bulletin did not mention how many offenders there were or how they were punished.
Labor problems were also discovered through investigation of complaints from workers.
The bulletin also said labor departments discovered 15.62 million workers did not sign contracts with their employers in 2008, which is required by law.
In addition, about 164,000 employers did not pay around 4.9 billion yuan (718.48 million U.S. dollars) in insurance premiums.
