Top Eight Legal Issues Regarding Entering The China Market

Wage levels in China have increased steadily over the last decade; driven by rapid economic growth and declining population growth. Fewer young people are entering the workforce and those that do have higher expectations. Workers have become better organized and employers in many sectors have been forced to pay higher wages in order to recruit and retain staff.

China amended its labor law to ensure that workers hired through contracting agents are offered the same conditions as full employees, a move meant to tighten a loophole used by many employers to maintain flexible staffing.

Part time work is not as common in China as it is in the West. From a legal perspective, regulations are not very comprehensive or detailed. However, the labor market in China is dynamic, changing, and influential. Foreign companies may thus find themselves in situations where employing part-time workers is advantageous.

Chinese labor laws require employers to prepare an individual written employment contract with each full-time worker. Employment contracts should be written in Chinese in addition to any foreign language.

Salaries in Shanghai rose by 7.9 percent on average this year, 0.4 percentage points lower than last year, according to a survey released by CIIC HR Management Consulting Co yesterday.

Premier Li Keqiang recently presided over the executive meeting of the State Council and decided to lower the work-related injury and maternity insurance premium rates and further ease the burden on enterprises.

Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau recently issued the 2015 enterprise wage increase guideline specifically showing that the average line is 10%, the upper line 16% and the lower line 4%.

Shanghai Municipal People’s Government recently released the revised Shanghai Overseas Talent Residence Permit Management Method. There are two changes than before

The Shanghai Municipal Government recently issued new talent policies divided into four parts and 20 clauses, aiming to innovate more competitive talent agglomeration system.

Shanghai Municipal Government recently issued the employment and business startup guiding document requiring increasing the intensity of entrepreneurial talent introduction

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