New Regulations On Employment Contracts in Shanghai

January 31, 2002 | BY

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On November 15 2001, the Shanghai People's Congress approved the Shanghai Municipality, Labour Contract Regulations (the New Regulations) that will become…

On November 15 2001, the Shanghai People's Congress approved the Shanghai Municipality, Labour Contract Regulations (the New Regulations) that will become effective May 1 2002.   All employment contracts entered into in Shanghai after May 1, including those involving wholly foreign-owned or Sino-foreign joint venture enterprises as employers, will be subject to the New Regulations.  Compared with the Shanghai Municipality, Labour Contract Provisions published on November 23 1995 (the Old Regulations), the New Regulations set forth the legal requirements governing employment relationships in Shanghai in greater detail, and introduce some new changes to the old law.

Contract Formation Generally

The New Regulations require an employment contract to be prepared in either Chinese exclusively, or Chinese and another foreign language, with any inconsistency between the different versions to be resolved in favour of the Chinese version.

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