摘要
ON June 29, after a long period of discussion and broad public participa-tion, the Standing Com-mittee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) – China’s top legislative organ – adopted the La-bor Contract Law. It comes into effect on January 1, 2008. This decision came ear-lier than expected, owing to recent me-dia reports about worker abuse in Shanxi Province brick kilns, and other
ON June 29, after a long period of discussion and broad public participation, the Standing Com mittee of the NationalPeople＇s Congress （NPC） - China＇s top legislative organ - adopted the Labor Contract Law. It comes into effect on January 1, 2008. This decision came earlier than expected, owing to recent media reports about worker abuse in Shanxi Province brick kilns, and other instances of non-compliance with state minimum wage and working hour regulations, particularly by US enterprises.
