Labour and Employment Compliance in China, 2nd Edition

1. Legal Framework: Employment Laws.
2. Contracts of Employment.
3. Recruiting, Interviewing, Screening and Hiring Employees.
4. Managing Performance/Conduct.
5. Termination of Employees for Performance or Disciplinary Reasons.
6. Layoffs, Reductions in Force, and/or Redundancies as a Result of Job Eliminations or Other Restructuring.
7. Labour and Employment Law Ramifications upon Acquisition or Sale of a Business.
8. Use of Alternative Workforces: Independent Contractors, Contract Employees, and Tem porary or Leased Workers.
9. Obligation to Bargain Collectively with Trade Unions: Employees’ Right to Strike and a Company’s Right to Continue Business Operations.
10. Working Conditions: Hours of Work and Payment of Wages—By Statute or Collective Agreements.
11. Other Working Conditions and Benefits—By Statute, Collective Agreements, or Company Policy.
12. Workers’ Compensation.
13. Company’s Obligation to Provide Safe and Healthy Workplace.
14. Immigration, Secondment and Foreign Assignment.
15. Restrictive Covenants and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.
16 . Protection of Whistleblowing Claims.
17. Prohibition of Discrimination in the Workplace.
18. Smoking in the Workplace.
19 . Use of Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace.
20. AIDS, HIV, SARS, Bloodborne Pathogens.
21. Dress and Grooming Requirements.
22. Privacy, Technology and Transfer of Personal Data.
23. Workplace Investigations for Complaints of Discrimination, Harassment, Fraud, Theft, and Whistleblowing.
24. Affirmative Action/Nondiscrimination Requirements.
25. Resolution of Labor, Discrimination and Employment Disputes: Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation.
26. Employer Recordkeeping, Data Protection, and Employee Access to Personnel Files and Records.
27. Required Notices and Postings.