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中国劳动法英文版
中国劳动法英文版
(AdoptedatheEighthMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheEighthNationalPeoplesCongressonJuly5,1994,promulgatedbyOrderNo.28ofthePresidentofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaonJuly5,1994,andeffectiveasofJanuary1,1995)
Chapter1-GeneralProvisions
Article1
ThisLawisherebyformulatedinaccordancewiththeConstitutioninordertoprotectthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,readjustlaborrelationship,establishandsafeguardthelaborsystemsuitingthesocialistmarketeconomy,andpromoteeconomicdevelopmentandsocialprogress.
Article2
ThisLawappliestoenterprises,individually-ownedeconomicorganizations(hereinafterreferredtoastheemployer)andlaborerswhoformalaborrelationshipwiththemwithintheboundaryofthePeoplesRepublicofChina.
Statedepartments,institutionalorganizationsandsocialgroupsandlaborerswhoformalaborrelationshipwiththemshallfollowthisLaw.
Article3
Laborershavetherighttobeemployedonanequalbasis,chooseoccupations,obtainremunerationsforlabor,takerests,haveholidaysandleaves,receivelaborsafetyandsanitationprotection,gettraininginprofessionalskills,enjoysocialinsuranceandwelfaretreatment,andsubmitapplicationsforsettlementoflabordisputes,andotherlaborrightsstipulatedbylaw.
Laborersshallfulfilltheirtasksoflabor,improvetheirprofessionalskills,followrulesonlaborsafetyandsanitation,observelabordisciplineandprofessionalethics.
Article4
Theemployershallestablishandperfectrulesandregulationsinaccordancewithlawandguaranteethatlaborersenjoylaborrightandfulfilllaborobligations.
Article5
TheStateshalltakevariousmeasurestopromoteemployment,developvocationaleducation,formulatelaborstandards,regulatesocialincomes,perfectsocialinsurance,coordinatelaborrelationships,andgraduallyraisethelivingleveloflaborers.
Article6
TheStateshalladvocatelaborersparticipationinsocialvoluntarylabor,laborcompetition,andactivitiesofforwardingrationalproposals;encourageandprotectlaborersinscientificresearch,technicalrenovation,andinvention;andcommendandawardlabormodelsandadvancedworkers.
Article7
Laborersshallhavetherighttoparticipateinandorganizetradeunionsinaccordancewithlaw.
Tradeunionsshallrepresentandsafeguardthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,andstageactivitiesindependentlyinaccordancewithlaw.
Article8
Laborersshalltakepartindemocraticmanagementthroughworkerscongress,workersrepresentativeassembly,oranyotherformsinaccordancewithlaw,orconsultwiththeemployeronanequalfootingaboutprotectionofthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers.
Article9
ThelabormanagementdepartmentundertheStateCouncilshalltakechargeofthemanagementoflaborofthewholecountry.
Localpeoplesgovernmentsabovethecountylevelshalltakechargeofthemanagementoflaborinareasundertheirjurisdiction.
Chapter2-PromotionofEmployment
Article10
TheStateshallcreateemploymentconditionsandexpandemploymentopportunitiesthroughpromotionofeconomicandsocialdevelopment.
TheStateshallencourageenterprises,institutionalorganizations,andsocialgroupstostartindustriesorexpandbusinesseswithinthescopeallowedbystipulationsoflawsandadministrativedecreesforthepurposeofincreasingemployment.
TheStateshallsupportlaborerstoorganizeandemploythemselvesonavoluntarybasisandtogetemployedinindividualbusinesses.
Article11
Localpeoplesgovernmentsatvariouslevelsshalltakemeasurestodevelopvariouskindsofjobagenciesandprovideemploymentservices.
Article12
Laborersshallnotbediscriminatedagainstinemploymentduetotheirnationality,race,sex,orreligiousbelief.
Article13
Womenshallenjoyequalrightsasmeninemployment.SexshallnotbeusedasapretextforexcludingwomenfromemploymentduringrecruitmentofworkersunlessthetypesofworkorpostsforwhichworkersarebeingrecruitedarenotsuitableforwomenaccordingtoStateregulations.Norshallthestandardsofrecruitmentberaisedwhenitcomestowomen.
Article14
Anyspecialstipulationsinlawsandregulationsabouttheemploymentofthedisabled,minoritypeople,anddemobilizedsoldiersshallbeobserved.
Article15
Theemployershallbebannedfromrecruitingjuvenilesundertheageof16.
Art,sportsandspecial-skillunitsthatplantorecruitjuvenilesundertheageof16shallgothroughexaminationandapprovalproceduresaccordingtorelevantStateregulationsandguaranteetherightoftheemployedtoreceivecompulsoryeducation.
Chapter3-LaborContractsandCollectiveContracts
Article16
Laborcontractsareagreementsreachedbetweenlaborersandtheemployertoestablishlaborrelationshipsandspecifytherights,interestsandobligationsofeachparty.
Laborcontractsshallbeconcludediflaborrelationshipsaretobeestablished.
Article17
Conclusionandalterationoflaborcontractsshallfollowtheprincipleofequality,voluntariness,*andagreementthroughconsultation.Theyshallnotruncountertostipulationsinlawsoradministrativedecrees.
Laborcontractsshallbecomelegallybindingoncetheyareconcludedinaccordancewithlaw.Thepartiesinvolvedshallfulfillobligationsstipulatedinlaborcontracts.
Article18
Thefollowinglaborcontractsshallbeinvalid;
(1)Laborcontractsconcludedagainstlawsoradministrativedecrees;
(2)Laborcontractsconcludedthroughcheating,threat,oranyothermeans.
Invalidlaborcontractsshallnotbelegallybindingfromtheverybeginningoftheirconclusion.Ifalaborcontractisconfirmedasbeingpartiallyinvalid,theotherpartsshallbevalidifthepartsthatareinvaliddonotaffectthevalidityoftheseotherparts.
Theinvalidityofalaborcontractshallbeconfirmedbyalabordisputearbitrationcommitteeorapeoplescourt.
Article19
Laborcontractsshallbeconcludedinwrittenformandcontainthefollowingclauses:
(1)Timelimitofthelaborcontract;
(2)Contentofwork;
(3)Laborprotectionandlaborconditions;
(4)Laborremunerations;
(5)Labordisciplines;
(6)Conditionsfortheterminationofthelaborcontract;
(7)Liabilitiesforviolationsofthelaborcontract.
Apartfromthenecessaryclausesspecifiedintheprecedingclause,thepartiesinvolvedcanincludeintheirlaborcontractsothercontentsagreeduponbythemthroughconsultation.
Article20
Thetimelimitsoflaborcontractsshallbedividedintofixedandflexibletimelimitsandtimelimitsforthecompletionofcertainamountofwork.
Laborcontractswithflexibletimelimitsshallbeconcludedbetweenthelaborersandtheemployeriftheformerrequestfortheconclusionoflaborcontractswithflexibletimelimitsafterworkingcontinuouslywiththeemployerformorethen10yearsandwithagreementbetweenbothofthepartiesinvolvedtoprolongtheircontracts.
Article21
Probationperiodscanbeagreeduponinlaborcontracts.Theseprobationperiodsshallnot,however,exceedsixmonthsatthelongest.
Article22
Thepartiesinvolvedinalaborcontractcanreachagreementsintheirlaborcontractsonmattersconcerningthekeepingofthecommercialsecretsoftheemployer.
Article23
Laborcontractsshallterminateupontheexpirationoftheirtimelimitsortheoccurrenceoftheconditionsagreeduponinlaborcontractsbythepartiesinvolvedforterminatingthesecontracts.
Article24
Laborcontractscanberevokedwithagreementreachedbetweenthepartiesinvolvedthroughconsultation.
Article25
Theemployercanrevokelaborcontractsshouldanyoneofthefollowingcasesoccurwithitslaborers:
(1)Whentheyareprovedduringprobationperiodstobeunqualifiedforemployment;
(2)Whentheyseriouslyviolatelabordisciplinesortherulesorregulationsoftheemployer;
(3)Whentheycausegreatlossestotheemployerduetoseriousderelictionofdutiesorengagementinmalpracticeforselfishends;
(4)Whentheyarebroughttoholdcriminalresponsibilitiesinaccordancewithlaw.
Article26
Theemployercanrevokelaborcontractsshouldanyoneofthefollowingcasesoccur,withitslaborerstobenotified,inwrittenform,ofsuchrevocationin30daysadvance:
(1)Thelaborerscanneithertakeuptheiroriginaljobsnoranyotherkindsofnewjobsassignedbytheemployeraftercompletionofmedicaltreatmentfortheirillnessesorinjuriesnotsufferedduringwork;
(2)Thelaborersareincompetentattheirjobsandremainassoevenaftertrainingorafterreadjustingtheworkposts;
(3)Noagreementsonaalterationoflaborcontractscanbereachedthroughconsultationbetweenandbythepartiesinvolvedwhenmajorchangestakingplaceintheobjectiveconditionsservingasthebasisoftheconclusionofthesecontractspreventthembeingimplemented.
Article27
Incaseitbecomesamustfortheemployertocutdownthenumberofworkforceduringtheperiodoflegalconsolidationwhenitcomestothebrinkofbankruptcyorwhenitrunsdeepintodifficultiesinbusiness,theemployershallexplainthesituationtoitstradeunionorallofitsemployees30daysinadvance,solicitopinionsfromitstradeunionortheemployees,andreporttothelaboradministrativedepartmentbeforeitmakessuchcuts.
IftheemployercutsitsstaffaccordingtostipulationsinthisArticleandthenseeksrecruitswithinsixmonths,itshallfirstrecruitthosethathavebeencut.
Article28
Theemployershallmakeeconomi