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Please join us for a members-only discussion of recent amendments made to China's Labor Contract Law.
As of July 1, 2013, companies will no longer be allowed to hire staff through staffing agencies (such as FESCO, CIIC, China Start, etc.) except in very narrow circumstances. Up to 60 million agency workers are being used in China in all industries, either for headcount reasons, to reduce labor costs or to avoid rigid labor and employment rules. Thus, the new rules may have significant impact on employers and employee alike, if they are strongly enforced.
As of July 1, 2013, companies will no longer be allowed to hire staff through staffing agencies (such as FESCO, CIIC, China Start, etc.) except in very narrow circumstances. Up to 60 million agency workers are being used in China in all industries, either for headcount reasons, to reduce labor costs or to avoid rigid labor and employment rules. Thus, the new rules may have significant impact on employers and employee alike, if they are strongly enforced.
A panel of legal experts and corporate representatives will discuss what these changes mean for your China operations, with particular focus on recent legislation affecting non-competes, privacy, the employment of foreigners in China, employee inventions, and mediation of labor disputes. The panel will examine the Supreme Court's final interpretations on labor disputes which will have an effect on how non-competition agreements work in China, with immediate effect, as well as the data protection guidelines that were issued and made effective February 1, 2013.
Topics to be covered:
• Will companies need to change their employment structures?
• Consequences of non-compliance
• Advantages of labor dispatch arrangements
• Outsourcing vs. labor dispatch
• Procedures and costs related to any transfer of employees to direct employment
• "Equal pay" requirements for legal agency workers
Topics to be covered:
• Will companies need to change their employment structures?
• Consequences of non-compliance
• Advantages of labor dispatch arrangements
• Outsourcing vs. labor dispatch
• Procedures and costs related to any transfer of employees to direct employment
• "Equal pay" requirements for legal agency workers
