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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Oct. 4, 2007

Changing Job Laws

Focus Column - By Susan Eandi, Ute Krudewagen and Jonathan Isaacs - New legal standards for employees in China will dramatically affect the treatment of labor in the Far East.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Susan Eandi, Ute Krudewagen
and Jonathan Isaacs


      The impact of China's new Employment Contract Law should not be ignored. After several drafts, the law was passed with great anticipation on June 29, becoming effective Jan. 1, 2008. The law will have a significant impact on collective and individual labor rights in China. However, much remains to be interpreted.

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