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Major new corporate tax and labor legislation expected

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • China
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  • February 21 2007

A draft enterprise income tax law will be submitted to the full session of the National People's Congress in March 2007

Employment law in China

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • China
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  • January 30 2008

Employment law in China underwent a major reform on 1 January 2008 following the adoption of the Chinese Employment Contract Law (ECL

NPC passes Labour Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • January 29 2008

In its recent meeting, which closed on 29 December 2007, the National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the Labour Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law

Labor Contract Law promulgated

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • China
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  • July 6 2007

On June 29, 2007, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the long-awaited Law of the People’s Republic of China on Labor Contracts (Law

China's new employment contracts law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • July 13 2007

Following two years of relatively transparent discussion and debate, the National People's Congress passed the much anticipated Employment Contracts Law on 29 June 2007 (in force 1 January 2008

An overview of the new PRC Labor Contract Law

  • Squire Sanders
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  • China
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  • July 18 2007

On June 29, 2007 National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (NPC) promulgated the Labor Contract Law (LCL), which will take effect on January 1, 2008

New law on employment dispute resolution offers further protection for employees

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • China
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  • March 26 2008

China issued another important labor-related law, the Law on Employment Dispute Mediation and Arbitration (the LDMAL), on December 29, 2007, following the issuances of the Labor Contract Law and the Employment Promotion Law

Hong Kong Employment (Amendment) Ordinance restructures wage calculation system

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • September 30 2007

On August 22, 2006 the Labour Advisory Board agreed on a new proposal to be put to the Legislative Council in Hong Kong (“Legco”). Under the new proposal, the calculation of annual leave pay, holiday pay and several other statutory benefits would be modified so that instead of using the daily average wage earned by the employee in the preceding wage period, the benefits would be determined by averaging the wages earned in the preceding 12 months

New PRC Labour Contract Law

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • China
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  • October 31 2007

The new Law restates that written employment contracts with full-time employees are mandatory, but this obligation is now complemented by harsh consequences for defaulting employers

Staff members of state-owned enterprises are to be prohibited from investing in associated enterprises

  • White & Case LLP
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  • China
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  • August 1 2008

On 18 June 2008 the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council released the Opinions on Regulating Shareholding and Investments by Staff of State-owned Enterprises (the “Draft”) for public consultation