This is an interesting article in the Recorder (Law.com) ..employment practice / practitioners on the rise in China..
Amanda Royal writes for The Recorder
Think of a place where employees are fired without an ounce of risk to the company. A place where a boss who is looking to cut costs can just skip that Social Security tax payment. A place where women who are sexually harassed have no recourse.
That’s the China K. Lesli Ligorner landed in when she launched Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker’s employment practice there in May 2006.
Only three years later, things are much different. In 2008, China implemented a trio of laws that guarantee and reiterate rights for employees to have long-term contracts and safe workplaces, to be free of discrimination and to be able to fight back if they are wronged.
Full article http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202429523702&Firms_See_Boom_in_China_Employment_Practices
