Chinese New Labor Law
Table of content:
Executive summary--------------P3
Introduction-------------------P3
Legal environment---------------P4
Issues related to business--------P5
Main important legal topics--------P6
Conclusion and recommendations----P7
Sources of references-----------P9
Executive Summary:
A behind-the-scenes battle is raging worldwide over reforms in China’s labor law. On the one side are global corporations who have been aggressively lobbying to limit new rights for Chinese workers. On the other side are pro-worker rights forces in China, backed by labor, human rights, and political forces around the world.
Corporations operating in China are claiming success in pressuring the Chinese government to weaken or abandon significant pro-worker reforms it had proposed. Global Labor Strategy’s analysis of the revised draft of the law shows how many of their demands have been conceded.
Chinese and international forces are engaged in a significant pushback against the gutting of China’s new labor law. China’s official labor organization All-China
Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), has taken a strong stand against corporate pressure; international union federations have pressured their employers to reverse course; and human rights organizations have mobilized support for Chinese workers’ rights.
Such counter-pressure has led to splits among global companies operating in China. Nike has virtually repudiated the efforts of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) to lobby against the law. And the E.U. Chamber of Commerce has reversed its opposition to the law and renounced its threat that its member companies may leave China if the law is passed.
The battle is likely to come to a head in the Chinese National People’s
Congress in April or June of 2007. But...
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