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Quzhou Wage-Arrears Case: Nominee Legal Representative and Actual Boss Responsibility

挂名法定代表人欠薪案(实际老板担责)

A labor-supervision matter in which evidence showed that the registered legal representative was nominal and the actual controller bore responsibility for wage arrears.

Brief English Introduction

Yao was registered as the company’s legal representative because the real boss could not register a company due to credit restrictions. Evidence later confirmed that Xu was the actual controller, shifting the wage-arrears inquiry away from the nominal representative and toward the person exercising real control.

Use It For

Use it to connect company-law registration with labor enforcement and actual-controller analysis.

Teaching Notes

Ask students whether employee-creditor protection should use the same evidential tests as ordinary commercial creditor disputes.