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LAWOFTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLICOFCHINAONEMPLOYMENTCONTRACTS Adoptedatthe28thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeofthe10thNationalPeople'sCongressonJune29,

2007

EffectivefromJanuary1,2008

ByBaker&MCKenzie

CHAPTER1GENERALPROVISIONS

Article1

ThisLawhasbeenformulatedinordertoimprovetheemploymentcontractsystem,tospecifytherightsand obligationsofthepartiestoemploymentcontracts,toprotectthelawfulrightsandinterestsofEmployeesandtobui ldanddevelopharmoniousandstableemploymentrelationships.

Article2

ThisLawgovernstheestablishmentofemploymentrelationshipsbetween,andtheconclusion,performan ce,amendment,terminationandendingofemploymentcontractsby,organizationssuchasenterprises,individu aleconomicorganizationsandprivatenon-enterpriseunitsinthePeople’sRepublicofChina(“Employers”)onthe onehandandEmployeesinthePeople’sRepublicofChinaontheotherhand.

Theconclusion,performance,amendment,terminationandendingofemploymentcontractsbystateauth orities,institutionsorsocialorganizationsontheonehandandEmployeeswithwhomtheyestablishemploymentr elationshipsontheotherhand,shallbehandledpursuanttothisLaw.

Article3

Theconclusionofemploymentcontractsshallcomplywiththeprinciplesoflawfulness,fairness,equality,fr

eewill,negotiatedconsensusandgoodfaith.

Alawfullyconcludedemploymentcontractisbinding,andboththeEmployerandtheEmployeeshallperfor

mtheirrespectiveobligationsstipulatedtherein.

Article4

Employersshallestablishandimproveinternalrulesandregulations,soastoensurethatEmployeesenjoy

theirlaborrightsandperformtheirlaborobligations.

WhenanEmployerformulates,revisesordecidesonrulesandregulations,ormaterialmatters,thathavea directbearingontheimmediateinterestsofitsEmployees,suchasthoseconcerningcompensation,workhours,r est,leave,worksafetyandhygiene,insurance,benefits,employeetraining,workdisciplineorworkquotamanage ment,thesameshallbediscussedbytheemployeerepresentativecongressoralltheemployees.Theemployeer epresentativecongressoralltheemployees,asthecasemaybe,shallputforwardaproposalandcomments,whe reuponthemattershallbedeterminedthroughconsultationswiththeTradeunionoremployeerepresentativesco

nductedonabasisofequality.

If,duringtheimplementationofanEmployer’sruleorregulationordecisiononacrucialmatter,theTradeuni onoranemployeeisoftheopinionthatthesameisinappropriate,itorheisentitledtocommunicatesuchopiniontot heEmployer,andtherule,regulationordecisionshallbeimprovedbymakingamendmentsafterconsultations.

Rulesandregulations,anddecisionsonmaterialmatters,thathaveadirectbearingontheimmediateintere stsofEmployeesshallbemadepublicorbecommunicatedtotheEmployeesbytheEmployer.

Article5

ThelaboradministrationauthoritiesofPeople’sGovernmentsatthecountylevelandabove,togetherwitht heTradeunionandenterpriserepresentatives,shallestablishacomprehensivetri-partitemechanismforthecoo rdinationofemploymentrelationships,inordertojointlystudyandresolvemajorissuesconcerningemploymentr

elationships.

Article6

ATradeunionshallassistandguideEmployeesintheconclusionofemploymentcontractswiththeirEmplo yerandtheperformancethereofinaccordancewiththelaw,andestablishacollectivebargainingmechanismwith theEmployerinordertosafeguardthelawfulrightsandinterestsofEmployees.

CHAPTER2CONCLUSIONOFEMPLOYMENTCONTRACTS

Article7

AnEmployer’semploymentrelationshipwithaEmployeeisestablishedonthedateitstartsusingtheEmplo yee.AnEmployershallkeeparegisterofemployees,forreferencepurposes.

Article8

WhenanEmployerhiresaEmployee,itshalltruthfullyinformhimastothecontentofthework,theworkingco nditions,theplaceofwork,occupationalhazards,productionsafetyconditions,laborcompensationandotherma tterswhichtheEmployeerequeststobeinformedabout.TheEmployerhastherighttolearnfromtheEmployeeba sicinformationwhichdirectlyrelatestotheemploymentcontract,andtheEmployeeshalltruthfullyprovidethesa

me.

Article9

WhenhiringaEmployee,anEmployermaynotretaintheEmployee’sresidentIDcardorotherpapers,norm ayitrequirehimtoprovidesecurityorcollectpropertyfromhimundersomeotherguise.

Article10

Toestablishanemploymentrelationship,awrittenemploymentcontractshallbeconcluded.

Intheeventthatnowrittenemploymentcontractwasconcludedatthetimeofestablishmentofanemployme ntrelationship,awrittenemploymentcontractshallbeconcludedwithinonemonthafterthedateonwhichtheEmpl

oyerstartsusingtheEmployee.

WhereanEmployerandaEmployeeconcludeanemploymentcontractbeforetheEmployerstartsusingth eEmployee,theemploymentrelationshipshallbeestablishedonthedateonwhichtheEmployerstartsusingtheE

mployee.

Article11

IntheeventthatanEmployerfailstoconcludeawrittenemploymentcontractwithaEmployeeatthetimeitsst artstousehim,anditisnotclearwhatlaborcompensationwasagreeduponwiththeEmployee,thelaborcompens