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Despite the fact that China’s economy is growing more slowly than in the past, that the stock market is at a 15-month low and that the government has announced a redundancy programme affecting 15% of workers in the coal and steel industries, a number of other official statistics point to a buoyant labour market …

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The Chinese government is concerned that its new two-child policy introduced on January 1st may encourage some employers to discriminate against younger women …

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The government of China’s Guangdong province has proposed a regulation requiring employers to give one day off on full pay to female employees who suffer from painful menstruation …

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China currently has 371,000 industrial enterprises, of which 57% are privately owned and 18% are classified as medium-to-large enterprises (MLE) …

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Following recent amendments to the law in China, employers and employees are now permitted to enter into individual agreements on how non-patented employee inventions will be remunerated …

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A new Labour Protection Law to protect female employees came into force on October 1st 2015 in China’s Shanxi province …

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The latest increases in local minimum wage rates in China concern four provinces …

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The State Council of the People’s Republic of China has proposed that employers extend weekends during Summer months by releasing employees ‘a few hours early’ on Friday afternoons …

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Last year the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and published guidelines on their formation …

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As stock markets plunge it is difficult not to fear another global recession …

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In the context of a deep economic crisis and with exchange reserves too low to print more local currency in order to bail out ailing state firms, the government of Belarus began issuing bonds last month to rescue the Gomselmash company, which politicians see as too big to allow to fail …

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Amendments to the municipality of Shanghai’s Rules on Collective Agreements were recently approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of Shanghai …

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Chinese nationals travelling to Germany on business can now benefit from an express visa processing service …

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Today, a law prohibiting smoking in public places in China’s capital city, Beijing, came into force …

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The Chinese government has announced that they will be offering tax breaks to companies that employ individuals who have been unemployed for a period exceeding six months …

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