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Draft maternity insurance regulations announced for public comment

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • China
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  • December 31 2012

On November 21, 2012, the PRC Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security ("MOHRSS") issued for public comment draft regulations on maternity insurance

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

PRC social insurance contributions required in Chengdu for foreigners, and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan employees

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China
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  • December 1 2011

Following Beijing, the labour authority in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, issued a circular for implementation of the Interim Measures on Participation in PRC Social Insurance of Foreigners Employed in China in this western-southern city of China

Soon, foreign employees in China must participate in PRC's social insurance system

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • China
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  • September 21 2011

The PRC Social Insurance Law that came into effect on July 1, 2011, requires non-PRC nationals working in China to participate in the Chinese social insurance system, but does not provide any further specifics (see our previous Client Alert

Social insurance contributions for foreigners employed in China

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China
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  • September 14 2011

On 6 September 2011, the PRC Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the Tentative Measures on Participation in PRC Social Insurance of Foreigners Employed in China ( the "New Rules"), which will take effect from 15 October 2011

China’s labour revolution continues: new Social Insurance Law

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • China
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  • July 7 2011

China’s new Social Insurance Law has come into force, attempting to address one of China’s priorities in the 12th five-year plan of remedying social inequality by improving China’s social security framework, but the full extent of the changes are likely to be delayed (particularly the application of the law to expatriate staff

Shanghai issues implemental rules for the new China Social Insurance Law that becomes effective July 1, 2011

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • July 1 2011

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China (Social Insurance Law), adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 28, 2010, will come into effect on July 1, 2011

Changes introduced by the new PRC Social Insurance Law

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China
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  • December 1 2010

The new PRC Social Insurance Law (the Social Insurance Law) was promulgated by the 11th session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on 28 October 2010 after four readings and will take effect as of 1 July 2011

How many mandatory social insurance schemes are implemented in the PRC?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China
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  • April 8 2010

Articles 72 and 73 of the PRC Labour Law require that both an employer and an employee must contribute to the social insurance schemes so that employees are able to enjoy social insurance benefits when they (i) retire, (ii) are sick or injured, (iii) suffer from a work-related injury or occupational disease, (iv) are unemployed, or (v) (in the case of female employees) give birth to a child