Here at AALE we've never recommended a forthcoming title before.. but this new edition of CCH's "China Employment Law" not due till December will be a must have for everybody soon...
Here are the details
Sweeping new developments in every aspect of labour law in China demand a new edition of this much-relied-upon volume. As always, you can count on Employment Law in China?s thorough information and guidance to ensure you stay above the penalty-strewn minefield of China?s burgeoning labour law regime.
Among the dozens of newly prominent ?danger zones? you?ll learn to navigate securely are the following:
? validity of your labour employment contract system;
? extension of an employee?s working hours;
? far-reaching implications of the Labour Disputes Mediation and Arbitration Law;
? economic compensation (severance pay) on termination or resignation;
? establishment of a labour safety and hygiene policy;
? mandatory paid annual leave; and
? required monthly insurance payments for older employees.
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The above is made even more relevant with the announcement over the weekend by authorities in the PRC? that? they are going to start curbing immigration as so many people are now coming from overseas to look for work
Here's how India's Economic Times reports the development..
BEIJING: China is considering its first immigration law following a surge in the number of foreigners seeking to take advantage of the booming economy in the world's most populous nation, state press said on Saturday.
Preparations are underway for a first draft of the law which would likely divide potential immigrants into categories such as skilled or unskilled workers and job and investor immigration, Xinhua news agency said.
"Judging from the history of Western developed countries, inward migration flows often reveal the appeal of a nation," the report quoted Zhang Jijiao, of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology at the China Academy of Social Sciences, as saying.
"But to have a stronger appeal and competitiveness in the global arena, a nation must properly resolve social and economic issues arising from immigration."
No timetable for the law was given.
According to the ministry of public security, about 2.85 million people, or more than 10 per cent of the 26 million foreigners who entered China in 2007, came for employment, the report said.
That year, of the nearly 539,000 foreigners who lived in China for more than six months, more than half were workers at joint ventures and solely foreign-owned companies or were family members of such employees, it said.
