China Labor Contract Law - legal update

by Richard Hoffmann, , Dezan Shira & Associates, Beijing

The Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) will read the controversial draft labor contract law for the third time at the end of April, meaning they will discuss the third draft of the law. The Legislation Law stipulates that a draft law has to go through three readings before it can be forwarded for voting. Based on our discussion with the authorities, we doubt that the third draft will have any major changes in comparison to the Second Draft, so we have decided to inform you again about the rules and regulations.

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This article included in China Briefing Magazine
May 2007: ANNUAL MINISTERIAL BRIEFINGS ON CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICIES	Other articles in this issue: China's Unified Corporate Income Tax by Dezan Shira & Associates, Investment Intelligence Unit, Greater China