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LabourLawofthePeople英文

LabourLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina

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LabourLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina

Contents

ChapterIGeneralProvisions

ChapterIIPromotionofEmployment

ChapterIIILaborContractsandCollectiveContracts

ChapterIVWorkingHours,RestandVacations

ChapterVWages

ChapterVIOccupationalSafetyandHealth

ChapterVIISpecialProtectionforFemaleandJuvenileWorkers

ChapterVIIIVocationalTraining

ChapterIXSocialInsuranceandWelfare

ChapterXLaborDisputes

ChapterXISupervisionandInspection

ChapterXIILegalResponsibility

ChapterXIIISupplementaryProvisions

ChapterIGeneralProvisions

Article1ThisLawisformulatedinaccordancewiththeConstitutioninordertoprotectthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,readjustlaborrelationship,establishandsafeguardalaborsystemsuitedtothesocialistmarketeconomy,andpromoteeconomicdevelopmentandsocialprogress.

Article2ThisLawappliestoallenterprisesandindividualeconomicorganizations（hereinafterreferredtoasemployingunits）withintheboundaryofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandlaborerswhoformalaborrelationshiptherewith.

Stateorgans,institutionalorganizationsandsocietiesaswellaslaborerswhoformalaborcontractrelationshiptherewithshallfollowthisLaw.

Article3Laborersshallhavetherighttobeemployedonanequalbasis,chooseoccupations,obtainremunerationfortheirlabor,takerest,haveholidaysandleaves,obtainprotectionofoccupationalsafetyandhealth,receivetraininginvocationalskills,enjoysocialinsuranceandwelfare,andsubmitapplicationsforsettlementoflabordisputes,andotherrightsrelatingtolaborasstipulatedbylaw.

Laborersshallfulfilltheirlabortasks,improvetheirvocationalskills,followrulesonoccupationalsafetyandhealth,andobservelabordisciplineandprofessionalethics.

Article4Theemployingunitsshallestablishandperfectrulesandregulationsinaccordancewiththelawsoastoensurethatlaborersenjoytherighttoworkandfulfilllaborobligations.

Article5TheStateshalltakevariousmeasurestopromoteemployment,developvocationaleducation,laydownlaborstandards,regulatesocialincomes,perfectsocialinsurancesystem,coordinatelaborrelationship,andgraduallyraisethelivingstandardoflaborers.

Article6TheStateshalladvocatetheparticipationoflaborersinsocialvoluntarylaborandthedevelopmentoftheirlaborcompetitionsandactivitiesofforwardingrationalproposals,encourageandprotectthescientificresearchandtechnicalrenovationengagedbylaborers,aswellastheirinventionsandcreations;andcommendandawardlabormodelsandadvancedworkers.

Article7Laborersshallhavetherighttoparticipateinandorganizetradeunionsinaccordancewiththelaw.

Tradeunionsshallrepresentandsafeguardthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,andindependentlyconducttheiractivitiesinaccordancewiththelaw.

Article8Laborersshall,throughtheassemblyofstaffandworkersortheircongress,orotherformsinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoflaws,rulesandregulations,takepartindemocraticmanagementorconsultwiththeemployingunitsonanequalfootingaboutprotectionofthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers.

Article9ThelaboradministrativedepartmentoftheStateCouncilshallbeinchargeofthemanagementoflaborofthewholecountry.

Thelaboradministrativedepartmentsofthelocalpeople'sgovernmentsatorabovethecountylevelshallbeinchargeofthemanagementoflaborintheadministrativeareasundertheirrespectivejurisdiction.

ChapterIIPromotionofEmployment

Article10TheStateshallcreateconditionsforemploymentandincreaseopportunitiesforemploymentbymeansofthepromotionofeconomicandsocialdevelopment.

TheStateshallencourageenterprises,institutionalorganizations,andsocietiestoinitiateindustriesorexpandbusinessesfortheincreaseofemploymentwithinthescopeofthestipulationsoflaws,andadministrativerulesandregulations.

TheStateshallsupportlaborerstogetjobsbyorganizingthemselvesonavoluntarybasisorbyengaginginindividualbusinesses.

Article11Localpeople'sgovernmentsatvariouslevelsshalltakemeasurestodevelopvariouskindsofjob-introductionagenciesandprovideemploymentservices.

Article12Laborersshallnotbediscriminatedagainstinemployment,regardlessoftheirethniccommunity,race,sex,orreligiousbelief.

Article13Femalesshallenjoyequalrightsasmalesinemployment.Itshallnotbeallowed,intherecruitmentofstaffandworkers,tousesexasapretextforexcludingfemalesfromemploymentortoraiserecruitmentstandardsforthefemales,exceptforthetypesofworkorpoststhatarenotsuitableforfemalesasstipulatedbytheState.

Article14Wheretherearespecialstipulationsinlaws,rulesandregulationsontheemploymentofthedisabled,thepersonnelofnationalminorities,anddemobilizedarmymen,suchspecialstipulationsshallapply.

Article15Noemployingunitsshallbeallowedtorecruitjuvenilesundertheageof16.

Unitsofliteratureandart,physicalcultureandsport,andspecialartsandcraftsthatneedtorecruitjuvenilesundertheageof16mustgothroughtheformalitiesofexaminationandapprovalaccordingtotherelevantprovisionsoftheStateandguaranteetheirrighttocompulsoryeducation.

ChapterIIILaborContractsandCollectiveContracts

Article16Alaborcontractistheagreementreachedbetweenalaborerandanemployingunitfortheestablishmentofthelaborrelationshipandthedefinitionoftherights,interestsandobligationsofeachparty.

Alaborcontractshallbeconcludedwherealaborrelationshipistobeestablished.

Article17Conclusionandmodificationofalaborcontractshallfollowtheprinciplesofequality,voluntarinessandunanimitythroughconsultation,andshallnotruncountertothestipulationsoflaws,administrativerulesandregulations.

Alaborcontractonceconcludedinaccordancewiththelawshallpossesslegalbindingforce.Thepartiesinvolvedmustfulfilltheobligationsasstipulatedinthelaborcontract.

Article18Thefollowinglaborcontractsshallbeinvalid:

（1）laborcontractsconcludedinviolationoflaws,administrativerulesandregulations;and

（2）laborcontractsconcludedbyresortingtosuchmeasuresascheatingandintimidation.

Aninvalidlaborcontractshallhavenolegalbindingforcefromtheverybeginningofitsconclusion.Whereapartofalaborcontractisconfirmedasinvalidandwherethevalidityoftheremainingpartisnotaffected,theremainingpartshallremainvalid.

Theinvalidityofalaborcontractshallbeconfirmedbyalabordisputearbitrationcommitteeorapeople'scourt.

Article19Alaborcontractshallbeconcludedinwrittenformandcontainthefollowingclauses:

（1）termofalaborcontract;

（2）contentsofwork;

（3）laborprotectionandworkingconditions;

（4）laborremuneration;

（5）labordisciplines;

（6）conditionsfortheterminationofalaborcontract;and

（7）responsibilityfortheviolationofalaborcontract.

Apartfromtherequiredclausesspecifiedintheprecedingparagraph,othercontentsinalaborcontractmaybeagreeduponthroughconsultationbythepartiesinvolved.

Article20Thetermofalaborcontractshallbedividedintofixedterm,flexibletermortakingthecompletionofaspecificamountofworkasaterm.

Incasealaborerhaskeptworkinginasameemployingunitfortenyearsormoreandthepartiesinvolvedagreetoextendthetermofthelaborcontract,alaborcontractwithaflexibletermshallbeconcludedbetweenthemifthelaborersorequested.

Article21Aprobationperiodmaybeagreeduponinalaborcontract.Thelongestprobationperiodshallnotexceedsixmonths.

Article22Thepartiesinvolvedinalaborcontractmayreachanagreementintheirlaborcontractonmattersconcerningkeepingthecommercialsecretsoftheemployingunit.

Article23Alaborcontractshallterminateupontheexpirationofitstermortheemergenceoftheconditionsfortheterminationofthelaborcontractasagreeduponbythepartiesinvolved.

Article24Alaborcontractmayberevokeduponagreementreachedbetweenthepartiesinvolvedthroughconsultation.

Article25Theemployingunitmayrevokethelaborcontractwithalaborerinanyofthefollowingcircumstances:

（1）tobeprovednotuptotherequirementsforrecruitmentduringtheprobationperiod;

（2）toseriouslyviolatelabordisciplinesortherulesandregulationsoftheemployingunit;

（3）tocausegreatlossestotheemployingunitduetoseriousderelictionofdutyorengagementinmalpracticeforselfishends;and

（4）tobeinvestigatedforcriminalresponsibilitiesinaccordancewiththelaw.

Article26Inanyofthefollowingcircumstances,theemployingunitmayrevokealaborcontractbutawrittennotificationshallbegiventothelaborer30daysinadvance:

（1）wherealaborerisunabletotakeuphisoriginalworkoranynewworkarrangedbytheemployingunitafterthecompletionofhismedicaltreatmentforillnessorinjurynotsufferedfromatwork;

（2）wherealaborerisunqualifiedforhisworkandremainsunqualifiedevenafterreceivingatrainingoranadjustmenttoanotherworkpost;and

（3）noagreementonmodificationofthelaborcontractcanbereachedthroughconsultationbythepartiesinvolvedwhentheobjectiveconditionstakenasthebasisfortheconclusionofthecontracthavegreatlychangedsothattheoriginalla