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CHAPTER1GENERALPROVISIONS
Article1
ThisLawhasbeenformulatedinordertoimprovetheemploymentcontractsystem,tospecifytherightsandobligationsofthepartiestoemploymentcontracts,toprotectthelawfulrightsandinterestsofEmployeesandtobuildanddevelopharmoniousandstableemploymentrelationships.
Article2
ThisLawgovernstheestablishmentofemploymentrelationshipsbetween,andtheconclusion,performance,amendment,terminationandendingofemploymentcontractsby,organizationssuchasenterprises,individualeconomicorganizationsandprivatenon-enterpriseunitsinthePeople’sRepublicofChina(“Employers”)ontheonehandandEmployeesinthePeople’sRepublicofChinaontheotherhand.
Theconclusion,performance,amendment,terminationandendingofemploymentcontractsbystateauthorities,institutionsorsocialorganizationsontheonehandandEmployeeswithwhomtheyestablishemploymentrelationshipsontheotherhand,shallbehandledpursuanttothisLaw.
Article3
Theconclusionofemploymentcontractsshallcomplywiththeprinciplesoflawfulness,fairness,equality,freewill,negotiatedconsensusandgoodfaith.
Alawfullyconcludedemploymentcontractisbinding,andboththeEmployerandtheEmployeeshallperformtheirrespectiveobligationsstipulatedtherein.
Article4
Employersshallestablishandimproveinternalrulesandregulations,soastoensurethatEmployeesenjoytheirlaborrightsandperformtheirlaborobligations.
WhenanEmployerformulates,revisesordecidesonrulesandregulations,ormaterialmatters,thathaveadirectbearingontheimmediateinterestsofitsEmployees,suchasthoseconcerningcompensation,workhours,rest,leave,worksafetyandhygiene,insurance,benefits,employeetraining,workdisciplineorworkquotamanagement,thesameshallbediscussedbytheemployeerepresentativecongressoralltheemployees.Theemployeerepresentativecongressoralltheemployees,asthecasemaybe,shallputforwardaproposalandcomments,whereuponthemattershallbedeterminedthroughconsultationswiththeTradeunionoremployeerepresentativesconductedonabasisofequality.
If,duringtheimplementationofanEmployer’sruleorregulationordecisiononacrucialmatter,theTradeunionoranemployeeisoftheopinionthatthesameisinappropriate,itorheisentitledtocommunicatesuchopiniontotheEmployer,andtherule,regulationordecisionshallbeimprovedbymakingamendmentsafterconsultations.
Rulesandregulations,anddecisionsonmaterialmatters,thathaveadirectbearingontheimmediateinterestsofEmployeesshallbemadepublicorbecommunicatedtotheEmployeesbytheEmployer.
Article5
ThelaboradministrationauthoritiesofPeople’sGovernmentsatthecountylevelandabove,togetherwiththeTradeunionandenterpriserepresentatives,shallestablishacomprehensivetri-partitemechanismforthecoordinationofemploymentrelationships,inordertojointlystudyandresolvemajorissuesconcerningemploymentrelationships.
Article6
ATradeunionshallassistandguideEmployeesintheconclusionofemploymentcontractswiththeirEmployerandtheperformancethereofinaccordancewiththelaw,andestablishacollectivebargainingmechanismwiththeEmployerinordertosafeguardthelawfulrightsandinterestsofEmployees.
CHAPTER2CONCLUSIONOFEMPLOYMENTCONTRACTS
Article7
AnEmployer’semploymentrelationshipwithaEmployeeisestablishedonthedateitstartsusingtheEmployee.AnEmployershallkeeparegisterofemployees,forreferencepurposes.
Article8
WhenanEmployerhiresaEmployee,itshalltruthfullyinformhimastothecontentofthework,theworkingconditions,theplaceofwork,occupationalhazards,productionsafetyconditions,laborcompensationandothermatterswhichtheEmployeerequeststobeinformedabout.TheEmployerhastherighttolearnfromtheEmployeebasicinformationwhichdirectlyrelatestotheemploymentcontract,andtheEmployeeshalltruthfullyprovidethesame.
Article9
WhenhiringaEmployee,anEmployermaynotretaintheEmployee’sresidentIDcardorotherpapers,normayitrequirehimtoprovidesecurityorcollectpropertyfromhimundersomeotherguise.
Article10
Toestablishanemploymentrelationship,awrittenemploymentcontractshallbeconcluded.
Intheeventthatnowrittenemploymentcontractwasconcludedatthetimeofestablishmentofanemploymentrelationship,awrittenemploymentcontractshallbeconcludedwithinonemonthafterthedateonwhichtheEmployerstartsusingtheEmployee.
WhereanEmployerandaEmployeeconcludeanemploymentcontractbeforetheEmployerstartsusingtheEmployee,theemploymentrelationshipshallbeestablishedonthedateonwhichtheEmployerstartsusingtheEmployee.
Article11
IntheeventthatanEmployerfailstoconcludeawrittenemploymentcontractwithaEmployeeatthetimeitsstartstousehim,anditisnotclearwhatlaborcompensationwasagreeduponwiththeEmployee,thelaborcompensationofthenewEmployeeshallbedecidedpursuanttotheratespecifiedinthecollectivecontract;
wherethereisnocollectivecontractorthecollectivecontractissilentonthematter,equalpayshallbegivenforequalwork.
Article12
Employmentcontractsaredividedintofixed-termemploymentcontracts,open-endedemploymentcontractsandemploymentcontractstoexpireuponcompletionofacertainjob.
Article13
A“fixed-termemploymentcontract”isanemploymentcontractwhoseendingdateisagreeduponbytheEmployerandtheEmployee.
AnEmployerandaEmployeemayconcludeafixed-termemploymentcontractuponreachinganegotiatedconsensus.
Article14
An“open-endedemploymentcontract”isanemploymentcontractforwhichtheEmployerandtheEmployeehaveagreednottostipulateadefiniteendingdate.
AnEmployerandaEmployeemayconcludeanopen-endedemploymentcontractuponreachinganegotiatedconsensus.IfaEmployeeproposesoragreestorenewhisemploymentcontractortoconcludeanemploymentcontractinanyofthefollowingcircumstances,anopen-endedemploymentcontractshallbeconcluded,unlesstheEmployeerequeststheconclusionofafixed-termemploymentcontract:
(1)TheEmployeehasbeenworkingfortheEmployerforaconsecutiveperiodofnotlessthan10years;
(2)whenhisEmployerintroducestheemploymentcontractsystemorthestateownedenterprisethatemployshimre-concludesitsemploymentcontractsasaresultofrestructuring,theEmployeehasbeenworkingfortheEmployerforaconsecutiveperiodofnotlessthan10yearsandislessthan10yearsawayfromhislegalretirementage;
or
(3)priortotherenewal,afixed-termemploymentcontractwasconcludedontwoconsecutiveoccasionsandtheEmployeeisnotcharacterizedbyanyofthecircumstancessetforthinArticle39anditems
(1)and
(2)ofArticle40hereof.
IfanEmployerfailstoconcludeawrittenemploymentcontractwithaEmployeewithinoneyearfromthedateonwhichitstartsusingtheEmployee,theEmployerandtheEmployeeshallbedeemedtohaveconcludedanopen-endedemploymentcontract.
Article15
An“employmentcontractwithatermtoexpireuponcompletionofacertainjob”isanemploymentcontractinwhichtheEmployerandtheEmployeehaveagreedthatthecompletionofacertainjobisthetermofthecontract.
AnEmployerandaEmployeemay,uponreachinganegotiatedconsensus,concludeanemploymentcontractwithatermtoexpireuponcompletionofacertainjob.
Article16
AnemploymentcontractshallbecomeeffectivewhentheEmployerandtheEmployeehavereachedanegotiatedconsensusthereonandeachofthemhassignedorsealedthetextofsuchcontract.
TheEmployerandtheEmployeeshalleachholdonecopyoftheemploymentcontract.
Article17
Anemploymentcontractshallspecifythefollowingmatters:
(1)Thename,domicileandlegalrepresentativeormainpersoninchargeoftheEmployer;
(2)Thename,domicileandnumberoftheresidentIDcardorothervalididentitydocumentoftheEmployee;
(3)Thetermoftheemploymentcontract;
(4)Thejobdescriptionandtheplaceofwork;
(5)Workinghours,restandleave;
(6)Laborcompensation;
(7)Socialinsurance;
(8)Laborprotection,workingconditionsandprotectionagainstoccupationalhazards;
and
(9)Othermatterswhichlawsandstatutesrequiretobeincludedinemploymentcontracts.
Inadditiontotherequisitetermsmentionedabove,anEmployerandaEmployeemayagreetostipulateothermattersintheemploymentcontract,suchasprobationperiod,training,confidentiality,supplementaryinsuranceandbenefits,etc.
Article18
Ifadisputearisesduetothefactthattherateorstandardsforlaborcompensationorworkingconditions,etc.arenotexplicitlyspecifiedintheemploymentcontract,theEmployerandtheEmployeemayrenegotiate.Ifthenegotiationsareunsuccessful,theprovisionsofthecollectivecontractshallapply.Ifthereisnocollectivecontractorthecollectivecontractissilentontheissueoflaborcompensation,equalpayshallbegivenforequalwork;
ifthereisnocollectivecontractorthecollectivecontractissilentontheissueofworkingconditions,therelevantregulationsofthestateshallapply.
Article19
Ifanemploymentcontracthasatermofnotlessthanthreemonthsbutlessthanoneyear,theprobationperiodmaynotexceedonemon