Abtract: The Law of PRC on Employment Contract and Regulation on Implementation of the Employment Contract Law of PRC are important on employment relationship. The following are some points of the law, to meet the needs of quick understanding on the details.
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《劳动合同法》、《劳动合同法实施条例》、《就业促进法》、《劳动争议调解仲裁法》已于2008年陆续实施，这是调整用人单位与劳动者之间劳动关系的重要组成法律文件。为了读者可更快速简明地了解其中的《劳动合同法》及《劳动合同法实施条例》，作者整理了重要的法律章节，以供参考。
用人单位范畴：
1.中华人民共和国境内的企业、个体经济组织、民办非企业单位等组织与劳动者建立劳动关系，订立、履行、变更、解除或者终止劳动合同，适用劳动合同法。
The Employment Contract Law governs the establishment of employment relationships between, and the conclusion, performance, amendment, termination and ending of employment contracts by, organizations such as enterprises, individual economic organizations and private non-enterprise units in the People’s Republic of China (“Employers”) on the one hand and Employees in the People’s Republic of China on the other hand.
2.国家机关、事业单位、社会团体和与其建立劳动关系的劳动者，订立、履行、变更、解除或者终止劳动合同，依照劳动合同法执行。
The conclusion, performance, amendment, termination and ending of employment contracts by state authorities, institutions or social organizations on the one hand and Employees with whom they establish employment relationships on the other hand, shall be handled pursuant to the Employment Contract Law.
3.依法成立的会计师事务所、律师事务所等合伙组织和基金会，属于劳动合同法规定的用人单位。
Legally established accounting firms, law firms and other partnerships and foundations are employers defined in the Employment Contract Law.
工会
1．用人单位在制定、修改或者决定有关劳动报酬、工作时间、休息休假、劳动安全卫生、保险福利、职工培训、劳动纪律以及劳动定额管理等直接涉及劳动者切身利益的规章制度或者重大事项时，应当经职工代表大会或者全体职工讨论，提出方案和意见，与工会或者职工代表平等协商确定。
When an Employer formulates, revises or decides on rules and regulations, or material matters, that have a direct bearing on the immediate interests of its Employees, such as those concerning compensation, work hours, rest, leave, work safety and hygiene, insurance, benefits, employee training, work discipline or work quota management, the same shall be discussed by the employee representative congress or all the employees. The employee representative congress or all the employees, as the case may be, shall put forward a proposal and comments, whereupon the matter shall be determined through consultations with the Trade union or employee representatives conducted on a basis of equality.
2．在规章制度和重大事项决定实施过程中，工会或者职工认为不适当的，有权向用人单位提出，通过协商予以修改完善。
If, during the implementation of an Employer’s rule or regulation or decision on a crucial matter, the Trade union or an employee is of the opinion that the same is inappropriate, it or he is entitled to communicate such opinion to the Employer, and the rule, regulation or decision shall be improved by making amendments after consultations.
3．县级以上人民政府劳动行政部门会同工会和企业方面代表，建立健全协调劳动关系三方机制，共同研究解决有关劳动关系的重大问题。
The labor administration authorities of People’s Governments at the county level and above, together with the Trade union and enterprise representatives, shall establish a comprehensive tri-partite mechanism for the coordination of employment relationships, in order to jointly study and resolve major issues concerning employment relationships.
4．工会应当帮助、指导劳动者与用人单位依法订立和履行劳动合同，并与用人单位建立集体协商机制，维护劳动者的合法权益。
A Trade union shall assist and guide Employees in the conclusion of employment contracts with their Employer and the performance thereof in accordance with the law, and establish a collective bargaining mechanism with the Employer in order to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of Employees.
5. 用人单位单方解除劳动合同，应当事先将理由通知工会。用人单位违反法律、行政法规规定或者劳动合同约定的，工会有权要求用人单位纠正。用人单位应当研究工会的意见，并将处理结果书面通知工会。
When an Employer is to terminate an employment contract unilaterally, it shall give the Trade union advance notice of the reason therefore. If the Employer violates laws, administrative statutes or the employment contract, the Trade union has the right to demand that the Employer rectify the matter. The Employer shall study the Trade union’s opinions and notify the Trade union in writing as to the outcome of its handling of the matter.
6. 工会依法维护劳动者的合法权益，对用人单位履行劳动合同、集体合同的情况进行监督。用人单位违反劳动法律、法规和劳动合同、集体合同的，工会有权提出意见或者要求纠正；劳动者申请仲裁、提起诉讼的，工会依法给予支持和帮助。
Trade unions shall safeguard the lawful rights and interests of Employees in accordance with the law and monitor the performance of the employment contracts and collective contracts by Employers. If an Employer violates labor laws or statutes or breaches an employment contract or collective contract, the Trade union has the right to voice its opinion or require that the matter be rectified. If a Employee applies for arbitration or institutes an action, the Trade union shall provide support and assistance in accordance with the law.
劳动合同的订立
1．劳动合同法规定的用人单位设立的分支机构，依法取得营业执照或者登记证书的，可以作为用人单位与劳动者订立劳动合同；未依法取得营业执照或者登记证书的，受用人单位委托可以与劳动者订立劳动合同。
A branch office established by an employer as defined in the Employment Contract Law which has obtained its business license or registration certificate according to law may conclude employment contracts with employees in the name of an employer; if it has failed to obtained a business license or registration certificate, it may conclude employment contracts with employees only upon the authorization of the employer.
2． 自用工之日起一个月内，经用人单位书面通知后，劳动者不与用人单位订立书面劳动合同的，用人单位应当书面通知劳动者终止劳动关系，无需向劳动者支付经济补偿，但是应当依法向劳动者支付其实际工作时间的劳动报酬。
Where any employee, after being notified by the employer in writing, fails to conclude a written employment contract with the employer within one month from the day when he is employed, the employer shall terminate the employment relationship with the employee and notify the employee in writing, in which case, the employer is not required to make any economic compensation to the employee, but shall pay the employee for his actual working time.
3． 用人单位自用工之日起超过一个月不满一年未与劳动者订立书面劳动合同的，向劳动者每月支付两倍的工资，并与劳动者补订书面劳动合同；劳动者不与用人单位订立书面劳动合同的，用人单位应当书面通知劳动者终止劳动关系，并支付经济补偿。
前款规定的用人单位向劳动者每月支付两倍工资的起算时间为用工之日起满一个月的次日，截止时间为补订书面劳动合同的前一日。
Where an employer fails to conclude a written employment contract with an employee after the lapse of more than one month but less than one year from the date when the employee is employed, it shall pay to the worker his monthly wages in double amount according to the Employment Contract Law, and shall conclude a written employment contract with the employee. Where an employee refuses to conclude a written employment contract with his employer, the employer shall terminate the employment relationship, notify the employee in writing, and make economic compensations to the employee according to the Employment Contract Law. The start time of the period when an employer is required to pay an employee his monthly wages in double amount shall be the day following the full month from the day when the employee is employed, and the end time shall be the day before the day when the written employment contract is concluded.
4．用人单位自用工之日起满一年未与劳动者订立书面劳动合同的，自用工之日起满一个月的次日至满一年的前一日应向劳动者每月支付两倍的工资，并视为自用工之日起满一年的当日已经与劳动者订立无固定期限劳动合同，应当立即与劳动者补订书面劳动合同。
Where an employer fails to conclude a written employment contract with an employee after the lapse of one full year from the day when the employee is employed, the employer shall pay his monthly wages in double amount from the day next to the lapse of a full month to the day before it is a full year since the employee’s employment, and it shall be deemed that the employer has concluded an employment contract without a fixed term with the employee on the day when it is a full year since the employee’s employment, and a written employment contract without a fixed term shall be concluded with the employee immediately.
5．劳动合同法规定的连续工作满10年的起始时间，应当自用人单位用工之日起计算，包括劳动合同法施行前的工作年限。
The start time of the term “10 consecutive years” as mentioned in the Employment Contract Law shall be the day when the employer hired the employee, including the time of employment before the Employment Contract Law came into force.
6．劳动者非因本人原因从原用人单位被安排到新用人单位工作的，劳动者在原用人单位的工作年限合并计算为新用人单位的工作年限。原用人单位已经向劳动者支付经济补偿的，新用人单位在依法解除、终止劳动合同计算支付经济补偿的工作年限时，不再计算劳动者在原用人单位的工作年限。
Where an employee is transferred to a new employer for reasons not attributable to himself, his working time with the original employer shall be consolidated into his working time with the new employer. If the original employer has made economic compensations for his working time with the original employer, the new employer shall not consider the employee’s working time with the original employer when calculating economic compensations made to such employee for dissolving or terminating the employment contract with him.
7．用人单位与劳动者不得在劳动合同法规定的劳动合同终止情形之外约定其他的劳动合同终止条件。
An employer and an employee may not agree on any other term for the termination of the employment contract beyond the circumstances for the termination of employment contracts as prescribed in the Employment Contract Law.
8．劳动合同履行地与用人单位注册地不一致的，有关劳动者的最低工资标准、劳动保护、劳动条件、职业危害防护和本地区上年度职工月平均工资标准等事项，按照劳动合同履行地的有关规定执行；用人单位注册地的有关标准高于劳动合同履行地的有关标准，且用人单位与劳动者约定按照用人单位注册地的有关规定执行的，从其约定。
Where the place of performance of an employment contract is not the place of registration of the employer, such matters about the employee as the maximum wage level, labor protection, work conditions, prevention against occupational harm and the local average monthly wages in the last year shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the place of performance of the employment contract. If the relevant standards at the place of registration of the employer are higher than those at the place of performance of the employment contract and both the employer and the employee have agreed on following the relevant provisions of the place of registration of the employer, the relevant provisions of the place of registration of the employer shall apply.
9．劳动合同期限三个月以上不满一年的，试用期不得超过一个月；劳动合同期限一年以上不满三年的，试用期不得超过二个月；三年以上固定期限和无固定期限的劳动合同，试用期不得超过六个月。
同一用人单位与同一劳动者只能约定一次试用期。
以完成一定工作任务为期限的劳动合同或者劳动合同期限不满三个月的，不得约定试用期。
试用期包含在劳动合同期限内。劳动合同仅约定试用期的，试用期不成立，该期限为劳动合同期限。
劳动者在试用期的工资不得低于本单位相同岗位最低档工资的80%或者不得低于劳动合同约定工资的80%，并不得低于用人单位所在地的最低工资标准。
If an employment contract has a term of not less than three months but less than one year, the probation period may not exceed one month; if an employment contract has a term of more than one year and less than three years, the probation period may not exceed two months; and if an employment contract has a term of not less than three years or is open-ended, the probation period may not exceed six months. An Employer may stipulate only one probation period with any given Employee.No probation period may be specified in an employment contract with a term to expire upon completion of a certain job or an employment contract with a term of less than three months. The probation period shall be included in the term of the employment contract. If an employment contract provides for a probation period only, then there is no probation period and the term concerned shall be the term of the employment contract. A employee’ wages during probation shall not be less than 80% of the minimum wages for the same post of the employer or 80% of the wages stipulated in the employment contract, and shall not be less than the minimum wage level of the place where the employer is located.
10．劳动合同法规定的培训费用，包括用人单位为了对劳动者进行专业技术培训而支付的有凭证的培训费用、培训期间的差旅费用以及因培训产生的用于该劳动者的其他直接费用。
用人单位为劳动者提供专项培训费用，对其进行专业技术培训的，可以与该劳动者订立协议，约定服务期。
劳动者违反服务期约定的，应当按照约定向用人单位支付违约金。违约金的数额不得超过用人单位提供的培训费用。用人单位要求劳动者支付的违约金不得超过服务期尚未履行部分所应分摊的培训费用。
用人单位与劳动者约定服务期的，不影响按照正常的工资调整机制提高劳动者在服务期期间的劳动报酬。
劳动合同期满，但是用人单位与劳动者依照劳动合同法规定约定的服务期尚未到期的，劳动合同应当续延至服务期满；双方另有约定的，从其约定。
If an Employer provides special funding for a Employee’s training and gives him professional technical training, it may conclude an agreement specifying a term of service with such Employee. If the Employee breaches the agreement on the term of service, he shall pay liquidated damages to the Employer as agreed. The measure of the liquidated damages may not exceed the training expenses paid by the Employer. The liquidated damages that the Employer requires the Employee to pay may not exceed the portion of the training expenses allocable to the unperformed portion of the term of service. The reaching of agreement on a term of service between the Employer and the Employee does not affect the raising of the Employee’s labor compensation during the term of service according to the normal wage adjustment mechanism. The training expenses as mentioned in the Employment Contract Law include the training expenses spent by the employer on providing professional technical trainings for an employee, the travel expenses during the training, and other direct expenses spent on the employee as a result of the training.
Where an employment contract expires when the term of service stipulated by the employer and the employee according to the Employment Contract Law has not expired yet, the employment contract shall performed until at least the expiration of the term of service, unless it is otherwise stipulated by both parties.
11．用人单位与劳动者协商一致，可以订立无固定期限劳动合同。有下列情形之一，劳动者提出或者同意续订、订立劳动合同的，除劳动者提出订立固定期限劳动合同外，应当订立无固定期限劳动合同：
（1）劳动者在该用人单位连续工作满十年的；
（2）用人单位初次实行劳动合同制度或者国有企业改制重新订立劳动合同时，劳动者在该用人单位连续工作满十年且距法定退休年龄不足十年的；
（3）连续订立二次固定期限劳动合同，且劳动者没有劳动合同法规定不与续签情形，续订劳动合同的。
用人单位自用工之日起满一年不与劳动者订立书面劳动合同的，视为用人单位与劳动者已订立无固定期限劳动合同。
An Employer and an Employee may conclude an open-ended employment contract upon reaching a negotiated consensus. If a Employee proposes or agrees to renew his employment contract or to conclude an employment contract in any of the following circumstances, an open-ended employment contract shall be concluded, unless the Employee requests the conclusion of a fixed-term employment contract:
(1) The Employee has been working for the Employer for a consecutive period of not less than 10 years;
(2) when his Employer introduces the employment contract system or the state owned enterprise that employs him re-concludes its employment contracts as a result of restructuring, the Employee has been working for the Employer for a consecutive period of not less than 10 years and is less than 10 years away from his legal retirement age; or
(3) prior to the renewal, a fixed-term employment contract was concluded on two consecutive occasions and the Employee is not characterized by any of the prohibited circumstances set forth in the Employment Contract Law.
If an Employer fails to conclude a written employment contract with an Employee within one year from the date on which it starts using the Employee, the Employer and the Employee shall be deemed to have concluded an open-ended employment contract.
劳动合同无效或部分无效
1．下列劳动合同无效或者部分无效：
（1）以欺诈、胁迫的手段或者乘人之危，使对方在违背真实意思的情况下订立或者变更劳动合同的；
（2）用人单位免除自己的法定责任、排除劳动者权利的；
（3）违反法律、行政法规强制性规定的。
对劳动合同的无效或者部分无效有争议的，由劳动争议仲裁机构或者人民法院确认。
An employment contract shall be invalid or partially invalid if:
(1) A party uses such means as deception or coercion, or takes advantage of the other party’s difficulties, to cause the other party to conclude an employment contract, or to make an amendment thereto, that is contrary to that party’s true intent;
(2) The Employer disclaims its legal liability or denies the Employee his rights; or
(3) Mandatory provisions of laws or administrative statutes are violated. If the invalidity or partial invalidity of the employment contract is disputed, it shall be confirmed by a labor dispute arbitration institution or a People’s Court.
2．劳动合同部分无效，不影响其他部分效力的，其他部分仍然有效。
If certain provisions of an employment contract are invalid and such invalidity does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, the remaining provisions shall remain valid.
3．劳动合同被确认无效，劳动者已付出劳动的，用人单位应当向劳动者支付劳动报酬。劳动报酬的数额，参照本单位相同或者相近岗位劳动者的劳动报酬确定。
If an employment contract is confirmed as invalid and the Employee has already performed labor, the Employer shall pay the Employee labor compensation. The amount of labor compensation shall be determined with reference to the labor compensation of Employees in the same or a similar position with the Employer.
劳动合同的履行和变更
1. 用人单位应当按照劳动合同约定和国家规定，向劳动者及时足额支付劳动报酬。
用人单位拖欠或者未足额支付劳动报酬的，劳动者可以依法向当地人民法院申请支付令，人民法院应当依法发出支付令。
Employers shall pay their Employees labor compensation on time and in full in accordance with the employment contracts and state regulations. If an Employer falls into arrears with the payment of labor compensation or fails to make payment in full, the Employee may, in accordance with the law, apply to the local People’s Court for an order to pay; and the People’s Court shall issue such order in accordance with the law.
2. 用人单位应当严格执行劳动定额标准，不得强迫或者变相强迫劳动者加班。用人单位安排加班的，应当按照国家有关规定向劳动者支付加班费。
Employers shall strictly implement the work quota standards and may not compel or in a disguised manner compel Employees to work overtime. If an Employer arranges for a Employee to work overtime, it shall pay him overtime pay in accordance with the relevant state regulations.
3. 用人单位发生合并或者分立等情况，原劳动合同继续有效，劳动合同由承继其权利和义务的用人单位继续履行。
If an Employer is merged or divided, etc., its existing employment contracts shall remain valid and continue to be performed by the Employer(s) which succeeded to its rights and obligations .
劳动合同的解除和终止
1．劳动者可以与用人单位解除固定期限劳动合同、无固定期限劳动合同或者以完成一定工作任务为期限的劳动合同的情形：
（1）劳动者与用人单位协商一致的；
（2）劳动者提前30日以书面形式通知用人单位的；
（3）劳动者在试用期内提前3日通知用人单位的；
（4）用人单位未按照劳动合同约定提供劳动保护或者劳动条件的；
（5）用人单位未及时足额支付劳动报酬的；
（6）用人单位未依法为劳动者缴纳社会保险费的；
（7）用人单位的规章制度违反法律、法规的规定，损害劳动者权益的；
（8）用人单位以欺诈、胁迫的手段或者乘人之危，使劳动者在违背真实意思的情况下订立或者变更劳动合同的；
（9）用人单位在劳动合同中免除自己的法定责任、排除劳动者权利的；
（10）用人单位违反法律、行政法规强制性规定的；
（11）用人单位以暴力、威胁或者非法限制人身自由的手段强迫劳动者劳动的；
（12）用人单位违章指挥、强令冒险作业危及劳动者人身安全的；
（13）法律、行政法规规定劳动者可以解除劳动合同的其他情形。
Under any of the following circumstances, an employee may dissolve an employment contract with a fixed term, an employment contract without a fixed term or an employment contract that sets the completion of a specific task as the term of the contract concluded with the employer:（1）the employee and the employer so agree;
（2）the employee has notified the employee of the dissolution in writing at least 30 days in advance;
（3）the employee has notified the employer of the dissolution three days in advance during probation;
（4）the employer fails to provide labor protection or work conditions as it has promised in the employment contract;
（5）the employer fails to pay labor remunerations on schedule or in full amount;
（6）the employer fails to pay social insurance premiums for the employee as required by law; （7）some of the employer’s rules or procedures have contravened the law and damaged the rights and interests of the employee;
（8）the employer, by means of deception or coercion or by taking advantage of the employee’s difficulties, forces the employee to conclude or change the employment contract against the employee’s true will;
（9）the employer disclaims its legal liability or denies the employee’s rights in the employment contract;
（10）the employer violates the mandatory provisions of any law or administrative regulation; （11） the employer compels the employee to work by force, threat or illegally restricting the personal freedom of the employee;
（12）the employer gives orders in violation of the safety regulations or forces the employee to risk his life; or
（13）other circumstances under which the employee can dissolve the employment contract as set forth in laws or administrative regulations.
2．用人单位可以与劳动者解除固定期限劳动合同、无固定期限劳动合同或者以完成一定工作任务为期限的劳动合同的情形：
（1）用人单位与劳动者协商一致的；
（2）劳动者在试用期间被证明不符合录用条件的；
（3）劳动者严重违反用人单位的规章制度的；
（4）劳动者严重失职，营私舞弊，给用人单位造成重大损害的；
（5）劳动者同时与其他用人单位建立劳动关系，对完成本单位的工作任务造成严重影响，或者经用人单位提出，拒不改正的；
（6）劳动者以欺诈、胁迫的手段或者乘人之危，使用人单位在违背真实意思的情况下订立或者变更劳动合同的；
（7）劳动者被依法追究刑事责任的；
（8）劳动者患病或者非因工负伤，在规定的医疗期满后不能从事原工作，也不能从事由用人单位另行安排的工作的；
（9）劳动者不能胜任工作，经过培训或者调整工作岗位，仍不能胜任工作的；
（10）劳动合同订立时所依据的客观情况发生重大变化，致使劳动合同无法履行，经用人单位与劳动者协商，未能就变更劳动合同内容达成协议的；
（11）用人单位依照企业破产法规定进行重整的；
（12）用人单位生产经营发生严重困难的；
（13）企业转产、重大技术革新或者经营方式调整，经变更劳动合同后，仍需裁减人员的；
（14）其他因劳动合同订立时所依据的客观经济情况发生重大变化，致使劳动合同无法履行的。
Under any of the following circumstances, an employer may dissolve an employment contract with a fixed term, an employment contract without a fixed term or an employment contract that sets the completion of a specific task as the term of the contract concluded with an employee:
(1)the employer and the employee so agree;
(2)the employee is proved to have failed to meet the employment conditions during the probation;
(3)the employee seriously violates the rules and procedures set up by the employer;
(4)the employee seriously neglects his duties or engages in malpractice for personal gains and has caused severe damages to the employer;
(5) the employee simultaneously enters an employment relationship with any other employer and thus seriously affects his completion of the tasks assigned by the employer, or the employee refuses to correct after the employer has pointed out the problem;
(6) the employee, by means of deception or coercion or by taking advantage of the employer’s difficulties, forces the employer to conclude or change the employment contract against the employer’s true will;
(7)the employee is under investigation for criminal liabilities;
(8)the employee is sick or is injured for a non-work-related reason and cannot resume his original position after the expiration of the prescribed time period for medical treatment, nor can he assume any other position arranged by the employer;
(9)the employee is incompetent for his position or is still so after training or being assigned to another position;
(10)the objective situation on which the conclusion of the employment contract is based has changed considerably, which makes it impossible to perform the employment contract, and no agreement on changing the contents of the employment contract has been reached after negotiations between the employer and the employee;
(11)the employer is being restructured according to the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law;
(12)the employer encounters serious difficulties in production and business operations;
(13)the employer changes its products, makes important technological renovations, or adjusts the way of business operations, and it is still necessary to lay off some employees after modifying the employment contract; or
(14)other objective economic situations in which the employment contract is based change substantially, which makes it impossible to perform the employment contract.
3．劳动者有下列情形之一的，用人单位不得解除劳动合同：
(1)从事接触职业病危害作业的劳动者未进行离岗前职业健康检查，或者疑似职业病病人在诊断或者医学观察期间的；
(2)在本单位患职业病或者因工负伤并被确认丧失或者部分丧失劳动能力的；
(3)患病或者非因工负伤，在规定的医疗期内的；
(4)女职工在孕期、产期、哺乳期的；
(5)在本单位连续工作满十五年，且距法定退休年龄不足五年的；
(6)法律、行政法规规定的其他情形。
An Employer may not terminate an employment contract if the Employee:
(1) is engaged in operations exposing him to occupational disease hazards and has not undergone a pre-departure occupational health check-up, or is suspected of having contracted an occupational disease and is being diagnosed or under medical observation;
(2) Has been confirmed as having lost or partially lost his capacity to work due to an occupational disease contracted or a work-related injury sustained with the Employer;
(3) Has contracted an illness or sustained a non-work-related injury, and the set period of medical care therefore has not expired;
(4) Is a female employee in her pregnancy, confinement or nursing period;
(5) Has been working for the Employer continuously for not less than 15 years and is less than 5 years away from his legal retirement age;
(6) Finds himself in other circumstances stipulated in laws or administrative statutes.
4. 有下列情形之一的，劳动合同终止：
(1) 劳动合同期满的；
(2) 劳动者开始依法享受基本养老保险待遇的；
(3) 劳动者死亡，或者被人民法院宣告死亡或者宣告失踪的；
(4) 用人单位被依法宣告破产的；
(5) 用人单位被吊销营业执照、责令关闭、撤销或者用人单位决定提前解散的；
(6) 法律、行政法规规定的其他情形。
An employment contract shall end if:
(1) Its term expires;
(2) The Employee has commenced drawing his basic old age insurance pension in accordance with the law;
(3) The Employee dies, or is declared dead or missing by a People’s Court;
(4) The Employer is declared bankrupt;
(5) The Employer has its business license revoked, is ordered to close or is closed down, or the Employer decides on early liquidation; or
(6) Another circumstance specified in laws or administrative statutes arises.
5. 赔偿金、违约金及经济补偿
（1） 用人单位违反劳动合同法的规定解除或者终止劳动合同，依照劳动合同法规定支付了赔偿金的，不再支付经济补偿。赔偿金的计算年限自用工之日起计算。
（2）用人单位与劳动者约定了服务期，劳动者依照劳动合同法规定解除劳动合同的，不属于违反服务期的约定，用人单位不得要求劳动者支付违约金。
（3）有下列情形之一，用人单位与劳动者解除约定服务期的劳动合同的，劳动者应当按照劳动合同的约定向用人单位支付违约金：
A．劳动者严重违反用人单位的规章制度的；
B．劳动者严重失职，营私舞弊，给用人单位造成重大损害的；
C．劳动者同时与其他用人单位建立劳动关系，对完成本单位的工作任务造成严重影响，或者经用人单位提出，拒不改正的；
D．劳动者以欺诈、胁迫的手段或者乘人之危，使用人单位在违背真实意思的情况下订立或者变更劳动合同的；
E．劳动者被依法追究刑事责任的。
（4）用人单位与劳动者可以在劳动合同中约定保守用人单位的商业秘密和与知识产权相关的保密事项。
对负有保密义务的劳动者，用人单位可以在劳动合同或者保密协议中与劳动者约定竞业限制条款，并约定在解除或者终止劳动合同后，在竞业限制期限内按月给予劳动者经济补偿。劳动者违反竞业限制约定的，应当按照约定向用人单位支付违约金。
竞业限制的人员限于用人单位的高级管理人员、高级技术人员和其他负有保密义务的人员。竞业限制的范围、地域、期限由用人单位与劳动者约定，竞业限制的约定不得违反法律、法规的规定。
在解除或者终止劳动合同后，前款规定的人员到与本单位生产或者经营同类产品、从事同类业务的有竞争关系的其他用人单位，或者自己开业生产或者经营同类产品、从事同类业务的竞业限制期限，不得超过二年。
(5)劳动合同法规定的经济补偿的月工资按照劳动者应得工资计算，包括计时工资或者计件工资以及奖金、津贴和补贴等货币性收入。劳动者在劳动合同解除或者终止前12个月的平均工资低于当地最低工资标准的，按照当地最低工资标准计算。劳动者工作不满12个月的，按照实际工作的月数计算平均工资。
An Employer and a Employee may include in their employment contract provisions on confidentiality matters relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the trade secrets of the Employer and to intellectual property.
If a Employee has a confidentiality obligation, the Employer may agree with the Employee on competition restriction provisions in the employment contract or confidentiality agreement, and stipulate that the Employer shall pay financial compensation to the Employee on a monthly basis during the term of the competition restriction after the termination or ending of the employment contract. If the Employee breaches the competition restriction provisions, he shall pay liquidated damages to the Employer as stipulated.
The personnel subject to competition restrictions shall be limited to the Employer’s senior management, senior technicians and other personnel with a confidentiality obligation. The scope, territory and term of the competition restrictions shall be agreed upon by the Employer and the Employee, and such agreement shall not violate laws and regulations.
The term, counted from the termination or ending of the employment contract, for which a person as mentioned in the preceding paragraph is subject to competition restrictions in terms of his working for a competing Employer that produces the same type of products or is engaged in the same type of business as his current Employer, or in terms of his establishing his own business to produce the same type of products or engage in the same type of business, shall not exceed two years.
(1) Where any employer dissolves or terminates the employment contract with an employee against the Employment Contract Law, if it has paid compensation according to the Employment Contract Law, it is not required to make economic compensations. The working time based on which the said compensation is calculated shall be calculated from the day when the employee was hired.
(2) If an employer and an employee have stipulated the period of service in the employment contract, when the employee dissolves the employment contract according to the Employment Contract Law, it is not against the stipulation of the period of service, and the employer is not entitled to ask the employee to pay a penalty for breach of contract.
(3) If the employer dissolves the employment contract which has stipulated the period of service under any of the following circumstances, the employee shall pay a penalty for breach of contract to the employer:
A. the employee seriously violates the rules and procedures set up by the employer;
B. the employee seriously neglects his duties or engages in malpractice for personal gains and has caused severe damages to the employer;
C. the employee simultaneously enters an employment relationship with any other employer and thus seriously affects his completion of the tasks assigned by the employer, or the employee refuses to correct after the employer has pointed out the problem;
D. the employee, by means of deception or coercion or by taking advantage of the employer’s difficulties, forces the employer to conclude or change the employment contract against the employer’s true will; orE.the employee is under investigation for criminal liabilities.
(4) According to the Employment Contract Law, the monthly wages for calculating the economic compensation to be paid to an employee shall be the monthly wages that the employee deserves, including the hourly wages or piecework wages and other monetary incomes such as bonuses, allowances and subsidies. If the average wages of the employee in the 12 months before the employment contract is dissolved or terminated are below the local minimum wages level, the economic compensation shall be calculated based on the local minimum wages. If the working time of the employee is less than 12 months, the average wages shall be calculated based on the actual work time.
集体合同
1. 企业职工一方与用人单位通过平等协商，可以就劳动报酬、工作时间、休息休假、劳动安全卫生、保险福利等事项订立集体合同。集体合同草案应当提交职工代表大会或者全体职工讨论通过。
集体合同由工会代表企业职工一方与用人单位订立；尚未建立工会的用人单位，由上级工会指导劳动者推举的代表与用人单位订立。
After bargaining on an equal basis, enterprise employees, as one party, and their Employer may conclude a collective contract on such matters as labor compensation, working hours, rest, leave, work safety and hygiene, insurance, benefits, etc. The draft of the collective contract shall be presented to the employee representative congress or all the employees for discussion and approval. A collective contract shall be concluded by the Trade union, on behalf of the enterprise’s employees, and the Employer. If the Employer does not yet have a Trade union, it shall conclude the collective contract with a representative put forward by the Employees under the guidance of the Trade union at the next higher level.
2. 企业职工一方与用人单位可以订立劳动安全卫生、女职工权益保护、工资调整机制等专项集体合同。
Enterprise employees, as one party, and their Employer may enter into specialized collective contracts addressing labor safety and hygiene, protection of the rights and interests of female employees, the wage adjustment mechanism, etc.
3. 在县级以下区域内，建筑业、采矿业、餐饮服务业等行业可以由工会与企业方面代表订立行业性集体合同，或者订立区域性集体合同。
Industry-wide or area-wide collective contracts may be concluded between the Trade union on the one hand and representatives on the side of the enterprises on the other hand in industries such as construction, mining, catering services, etc. within areas below the county level.
4. 集体合同订立后，应当报送劳动行政部门；劳动行政部门自收到集体合同文本之日起十五日内未提出异议的，集体合同即行生效。
After a collective contract has been concluded, it shall be submitted to the labor administration authority. The collective contract shall become effective upon the lapse of 15 days from the date of receipt thereof by the labor administration authority, unless the said authority raises any objections to the contract.
劳务派遣特别规定
1．用人单位或者其所属单位出资或者合伙设立的劳务派遣单位，向本单位或者所属单位派遣劳动者的，属于劳动合同法规定的不得设立的劳务派遣单位。
According to the Employment Contract Law, a labor dispatch entity funded by an employer or a subsidiary entity thereof or established in the form of partnership may not dispatch any employee to the employer or the subsidiary entity.
2．劳务派遣单位不得以非全日制用工形式招用被派遣劳动者。
No labor dispatch entity may employ part-time to-be-dispatched employees.
3. 劳务派遣单位应当与被派遣劳动者订立二年以上的固定期限劳动合同，按月支付劳动报酬；被派遣劳动者在无工作期间，劳务派遣单位应当按照所在地人民政府规定的最低工资标准，向其按月支付报酬。
The employment contracts between staffing firms and the Employees to be placed shall be fixed term employment contracts with a term of not less than two years. Staffing firms shall pay labor compensation on a monthly basis. During periods when there is no work for Employees to be placed, the staffing firm shall pay such Employees compensation on a monthly basis at the minimum wage rate prescribed by the People’s Government of the place where the staffing firm is located.
4. 劳务派遣一般在临时性、辅助性或者替代性的工作岗位上实施。
The placement of Employees shall generally be practiced for temporary, auxiliary or substitute job positions.
5. 用人单位不得设立劳务派遣单位向本单位或者所属单位派遣劳动者。
Employers may not establish staffing firms to place Employees with themselves or their subordinate units.
非全日制用工
1. 非全日制用工，是指以小时计酬为主，劳动者在同一用人单位一般平均每日工作时间不超过四小时，每周工作时间累计不超过二十四小时的用工形式。
The term “part-time labor” means a form of labor for which the compensation is chiefly calculated by the hour and where the Employee generally averages not more than 4 hours of work per day and not more than an aggregate 24 hours of work per week for the same Employer.
2. 非全日制用工双方当事人可以订立口头协议。
The two parties to part-time labor may conclude an oral agreement.
3. 非全日制用工双方当事人不得约定试用期。
The two parties to part-time labor may not stipulate a probation period.
4. 非全日制用工双方当事人任何一方都可以随时通知对方终止用工。终止用工，用人单位不向劳动者支付经济补偿。
Either of the two parties to part-time labor may terminate the use of the labor by notice to the other party at any time. No severance pay shall be payable by the Employer to the Employee upon termination of the use of the labor.
5. 非全日制用工小时计酬标准不得低于用人单位所在地人民政府规定的最低小时工资标准。非全日制用工劳动报酬结算支付周期最长不得超过十五日。
The hourly compensation rate for part-time labor may not be lower than the minimum hourly wage rate prescribed by the People’s Government of the place where the Employer is located. The labor compensation settlement and payment cycle for part-time labor may not exceed 15 days.
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