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LAWOFTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLICOFCHINAONEMPLOYMENTCONTRACTS

Adoptedatthe28thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeofthe10thNationalPeople'sCongressonJune29,2007

EffectivefromJanuary1,2008

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,theprobationperiodmaynotexceedonemonth;ifanemploymentcontracthasatermofmorethanoneyearandlessthant