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My Nanny & I

January 30, 2020

From time to time, we get questions from our readers such as the following: “Do I need to pay my nanny while she’s on leave? Do I have to pay her overtime? Do I need to pay social insurance for her?” First, let’s see what kind of legal relationship exists…

How China Deals With Rumors in Light of The Coronavirus

News

January 30, 2020

On 28 January 2020, the Supreme Court of the PRC published an article on its official Weibo account with regards to handling rumors about the coronavirus and new type of pneumonia. The article mentioned 8 people punished by the Wuhan PSB because they claimed “confirmed 7 cases of SARS in…

How to Make Overtime Payment

employment law, News

January 29, 2020

Recently, the State Council decided to extend the 2020 Spring Festival holiday until 2 February 2020. At the same time, some local governments, such in Shanghai, announced that companies must delay resuming their work till 9 of Feb 2020. Many people now wonder: what’s the differences between extending the Spring…

CNY Holiday Extension & Updates on Curbing Virus Outbreak

News

January 27, 2020

1.China extends Spring Festival holiday The General Office of the State Council announced on 27 January 2020 that the Lunar New Year holiday will be extended until 2 February 2020 as a measure to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak. The announcement also provides that: Universities, primary and middle schools and…

Notice on Tackle Coronavirus Effect on Employment

News

January 26, 2020

On 24 January 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the PRC announced its “Notice on the proper treatment of labor relations during the prevention and control of the pneumonia outbreak caused by the new coronavirus infection”. Main content of the notice as follows: 1. For pneumonia…

China Classifies Coronavirus as Category B Infectious Disease

News

January 26, 2020

The government of China just announced to take further steps to control the outbreak of coronavirus-related pneumonia. This form of pneumonia was just classified as an infectious disease in accordance with the law, as was decided at the State Council’s executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on 20 January…

Maternity Leave and Allowances in China

employment law

January 24, 2020

The provisions on medical expenses and maternity allowances for female employees are mainly to be found in the “Special Provisions on Labour Protection for Female Employees” (“Special Provisions”) and the “Population and Family Planning Law of the People’s Republic of China” (“Family Planning Law”) I. Maternity benefits: Article 8 of…

The Protection of Trade Secrets in China

Basic China law, IPR

January 16, 2020

In China, the primary law governing the protection of trade secrets is the “Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the PRC (“AUCL”)”. Yet just like many laws in China, judicial interpretations provide a far more detailed and enlightening description of this subject matter and guidance for court hearings. The latter is the…

China Is Keen on Tracking Large Cash Flows Now

Basic China law, News

January 12, 2020

In November 2019 the Chinese People’s Bank already announced the “Pilot Implementation of Large Amounts of Cash Management in Hebei Province, Zhejiang Province and Shenzhen” for public comments. Its aim is to manage the amount of large cash flows. According to the draft, the pilot will last for two years…

Foreign Investment Law breathes a sigh of relief for HR-services

foreign investment law, News

January 6, 2020

In order to achieve the objectives of the Foreign Investment Law (FIL), which came into effect on 1 January 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the PRC has undertaken amendments to three particular departmental regulations as follows: Regulations on the Administration of The Sino-foreign Joint Venture…

My Nanny & I

How China Deals With Rumors in Light of The Coronavirus

How to Make Overtime Payment

Notice on Tackle Coronavirus Effect on Employment

Maternity Leave and Allowances in China

The Protection of Trade Secrets in China

China Is Keen on Tracking Large Cash Flows Now

Foreign Investment Law breathes a sigh of relief for HR-services

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