Implementation Regulations for China's Labor Contract Law

1.Introduction On January 1,2008,the Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China(LCL)became effective,resulting in wide- spread changes in labor policy for all companies and other af- fected organizations.As is the case with legislating in China, many details were left for resolution in implementing regulations,

On Autonomy of Will and the Applicable Law of Labor Contract:From the Perspective of Chinese Legislation

There are so many different opinions on whether the autonomy of will is applied in labor contract.In this paper,the author discusses the application and limitation of autonomy of will in labor contract,and puts forward some suggestions on the application of Article 43 of Law of the Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relationships after the introduction of Chinese legislation of the applicable law of labor contract.Autonomy of will is a useful principle in resolving disputes arising from foreign-related labor contract in China.

Link China issues regulation to clear labor contract law misunderstanding

China's State Council,the country's Cabinet,issued an implementation regulation for Labor Contract Law on September 18 in an effort to clarify confusion surrounding the law.

Improve Labor Contract System, Safeguard Lawful Rights and Interests of Laborers——An interview with Prof. Guan Huai of Law School of Renmin University of China

EDITOR＇S NOTE： The Draft Labor Contract Law of the People＇s Republic of China has been completed and was published for soliciting comments on March 20. In a short period of one month, 191,849 pieces of comments and opinions were received. Prior to the promulgation of the law, this reporter interviewed Mr. Guan Huai, a noted Chinese expert in labor law, professor of the Law School of the Renmin University of China and law advisor to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

Labor Contract Law,Warm or Cold for Migrant Worker?

The new labor contract law has exerted an unprecedented impact on manufacturing industry that has been progressing at much cheaper labor cost over years. The fact is the workers are not born cheap, they are made less costly without necessary welfares by some factory owners who often go to extreme to run sort of "sweatshop", as often reported by local and western media. The new labor rules could not possibly liberate all those sufferers.

Untying the Two “Deadlocks”of Labor Contract Law Is Necessary for the Recovery of Chinese Economy

Labor Contract Law receives mixed evaluations since its implementation.The call for the amendment is hot and even some scholars regard it as the"tiger in the road"which hinders the economic development. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pays high attention to the construction of harmonious labor relation and the amendment has been a top priority. Labor Contract Law leads to two"deadlocks"of which the entrepreneurs are afraid. The first one is that the non-fixed term labor contract cannot be cancelled and the second one is that they must pay the economic compensation at the expiration of contract. These two rules hinder the employment enthusiasm of entrepreneurs. The current laws have excessive expectation for the non-fixed term labor contract and too strict regulations; as for the economic compensation at the expiration of contract, it increases the enterprise cost. The amendment of these two articles will benefit the recovery of Chinese economy and make the labor relation more harmonious.

Effectiveness of China's Labor Contract Law——Evidence from China Employer-Employee Survey

Using micro-level data from China Employer-Employee Survey(CEES), this paper conducts an empirical analysis of firms' heterogeneous characteristics in the implementation of the Labor Contract Law and its effects on employees. Our findings are as follows: With China's economic development, firms more proactively implement the Labor Contract Law, resulting in a higher percentage of employees with labor contracts. Labor contracts significantly increase the probability of employees in receiving social insurances, such as pension, health, unemployment, work injury and birth insurances, and have a significantly positive effect on wage income. Longer term of labor contract corresponds to stronger employment protection, and such an effect is highly robust. Larger firms with higher capital-labor ratios have better results in implementing the Labor Contract Law. And employees of private and labor-intensive firms have poorer coverage of employment and social protection; such firms should be given focal attention in the law's implementation.

Labor protection,information disclosure and analyst forecasts:Evidence from China's Labor Contract Law

Labor protection increases employees’stability and strengthens their monitoring role,improving firms’information environment and increasing analysts’earnings forecast accuracy.Using the implementation of China’s Labor Contract Law as a quasi-natural experiment,we find that labor protection significantly improves analyst forecasts.This positive impact is stronger when agency problems are weaker,board independence is greater,corporate reputation is better and industry competition is more intense.Enhanced labor protection significantly reduces firms’business risk and accrual-based earnings management,decreases stock price synchronicity and increases market pricing efficiency.Our findings of significant impacts of China’s Labor Contract Law on analysts’forecasting behaviors offer important guidance for promoting the development of the Chinese capital market and policy making in labor protection.

Administration of Contract,Labor Trade Improved

The Ministry of Foreign Trade andEconomic Cooperation will accelerate theapproval of contract and trade rights forqualified producers,construction companiesand design

关联企业混同用工的法律规制研究

在劳动法中引入关联企业概念,目的是赋予裁判机构审查认定关联企业混同用工行为是否存在规避劳动法、损害劳动者权益的情形;适用法人格否认规则,目的是在个案裁判中将关联企业视为联合雇主,要求其共同向劳动者承担用人单位法律义务。劳动者与用人单位签订劳动合同后被安排至关联企业工作的,劳动关系的归属以合同为判断标准;关联企业采取轮流订立劳动合同的方式交替用工的,应当认定劳动者与后签订劳动合同的用人单位存在劳动关系;未签订劳动合同的,则应以实际用工为考察依据判定劳动关系的归属。

社会主义核心价值观融入劳动合同纠纷裁判路径研究--以“诚信”为对象

司法场域是践行社会主义核心价值观的载体之一,在应然层面上,社会主义核心价值观具有融入司法裁判的法源形式和价值正当性。分析劳动合同纠纷裁判中“诚信”司法适用存在的适用对象错位、说理简单、法官角色缺位与价值迷失等问题。探索可行的消解之道:在理念指引上,坚持裁判的“可预测性”;在实效提升上,综合运用法律解释、推理和修辞方法。

灵活用工下大学生兼职法律关系探究

我国灵活用工主要包括劳务合同用工、劳务派遣用工、非全日制用工三种形式,大学生参与灵活用工的比例显著增加。劳务合同用工下之大学生兼职主要是指大学生勤工助学。劳务派遣下大学生兼职存在诸多问题。劳务派遣公司不可以把实习大学生派遣到用工单位进行实习。学校、实习单位、学生三方必须以有关部门发布的实习协议示范文本为基础签订实习协议,明确各方的权利和义务。非全日制用工下之大学生兼职法律关系应适用劳动法保护。

劳动关系微分化视角下网约工劳动权益的法律保障

在算法技术与平台经济相得益彰共同推进数字经济向纵深方向发展的过程中,劳动关系日益呈现出微分化的演化趋势,使得以网约工为代表的新业态从业人员陷入了“身份不明确”的主体性危机与“权益保障难”的双重困境,不仅对传统的劳动从属基础性理论提出了新的挑战,而且也日益凸显现行法律制度供给不足的现状。基于网约工群体经济从属性、人格从属性与组织从属性微分化趋势之系统理论分析,科学审视与证成微分化视阈下具有劳动从属性的网约工“第三类劳动者”之身份,并将“内在经济与人格从属程度的差距均以外在劳动量的差别为表现形式”这一从属性微分化之核心作为识别与判定标准,对具有不同强度从属性的“第三类劳动者”给予不同程度的劳动法倾斜保护,希冀能平衡平台经济有序发展与网约工劳动权益合法保障之间的关系,为健全和完善我国劳动法律制度体系提供符合数字经济内在运行规律的科学立法选择。

弹性退休制度与劳动合同规范的耦合机制构建

受制于单一退休渠道的严格限制,“劳动合同到龄终止”的法律规定难以实现退休的效率目标与劳动者权益保护的兼顾。退休年龄的单一技术标准有违退休制度演化的系统耦合规律,这是源于强制干预手段与弹性退休内生调整逻辑的错配。以社会系统论观之,退休自主的权利塑造提供了弹性退休制度与劳动合同规范的耦合契机,弹性退休年龄与劳动合同规范要素的交互促成了系统间的结构耦合,劳动合同终止与解除构成了双重耦合路径。耦合机制的运行应遵循程序主义方法,依赖于退休权利在劳动合同中的行使、退休对话机制的内嵌与劳动者可行能力的判断,最后通过劳动合同终止限制的强制性规则与解雇原因的动态审查机制对耦合机制予以限制补救。

涉外劳动合同法律适用中“直接适用的法”主客观标准之困

“直接适用的法”作为国际私法中被各国广泛采纳的一项制度,自2010年我国对其进行立法确认以来,便开始在司法中予以实践。通过梳理相关司法案件,可以看到“直接适用的法”并未获得各地法院的普遍运用,尤其在劳资关系紧张的涉外劳动合同法律争端中,法官很少援引这一条款维护劳动者在涉外民商事法律关系中的合法权益。究其原因,是“直接适用的法”在司法实践中存在两个较为明显的问题:一是主观标准范围过大,导致其与保护性冲突规范条款、公共秩序保留条款的适用顺序不合理;二是客观标准表述过于基础化,导致其与单边冲突规范、自我限定规则存在概念上的混淆。因此,当前亟须重新梳理“直接适用的法”之主、客观标准,并探究上述问题产生的原因。通过借鉴域外经验,在立法、司法层面进一步明晰“直接适用的法”之内涵,构建和谐的涉外民商事法律适用环境。

“未依法为劳动者缴纳社会保险费”解除劳动合同的适用条件研究

当前我国司法实践中对《劳动合同法》第38条第3项规定的“未依法为劳动者缴纳社会保险费”而导致劳动者解除劳动合同这一事由,存在较大的裁判分歧。分歧类型主要包括完全未缴纳、未完全缴纳、对缴费金额存在争议以及对应办理险种的争议。产生这一分歧的原因是立法上对于该解除事由的构成要件规定过于简略,缺乏必要的文义限定和实质正当性因素限定。基于文义解释和对司法裁判中呈现的正当性因素讨论,该条文中“未依法缴纳社会保险费”的适用范围,应当是完全未为劳动者缴纳社会保险费的情形,同时应当考虑用人单位的主观过错程度、用人单位欠缴金额的数额、用人单位的补正意愿等因素,决定是否允许劳动者根据该条解除劳动合同。

中药穴位贴敷联合穴位按摩对初产妇第二产程及宫缩痛的影响

目的探讨中药穴位贴敷联合穴位按摩对初产妇第二产程及宫缩痛的影响。方法选取2022年10月至2023年9月于山东省聊城市东昌府区妇幼保健院产科分娩的92例初产妇,以随机数字表法分为研究组(n=46)和对照组(n=46)。对照组给予常规干预,研究组给予中药穴位贴敷联合穴位按摩干预,比较两组第二产程、宫缩痛(VAS)、不良妊娠结局及并发症发生情况。结果研究组第二产程短于对照组(P<0.05);研究组镇痛后30、60、120 min VAS评分低于对照组(P<0.05);研究组并发症及不良妊娠结局总发生率低于对照组(P<0.05)。结论中药穴位贴敷联合穴位按摩在初产妇中应用,可有效缩短第二产程,缓解疼痛,降低不良妊娠结局及并发症发生率,值得推广。