Labour Law in China
Clauses you should double-check before signing a job contract in China
Following a series of staff termination scandals and legal disputes, a new Labor Contract Law , which covers all workers in China, was introduced on January 1st 2008. This near 100-article-long law is looking to improve working conditions for employees in many neglected areas such as social security, probationary periods, overtime, severance pay and lay-offs. Although employers now have a stricter “watch-dog”, employees should in any case carefully read and understand all clauses before signing a new job contract. Here are the main elements to double-check. Keep reading
Termination and Ending of Employment Contracts in China
China´s transition from a planed economy to a market economy has forced the country to revue his labor law. On January 1. 2008 a new labor contract law came into effect in China.