Mass termination of employees in China for business reasons | Anjie Broad
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China’s labour laws give adequate termination protection for employees. In China, an employer may terminate an employee’s employment contract by mutual termination or unilateral termination. Employers have no right to terminate an employment contract for no reason. To unilaterally terminate an employee’s employment contract, an employer must have one of the causes under the Labour …

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Questions about termination for material change in objective circumstances | Anjie Broad
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What’s the significance of termination for ‘material change in objective circumstances’ to employers? Employers’ unilateral termination of employment contracts is subject to strict requirements under China’s labour law. Employers are allowed to unilaterally terminate employment contracts only under the circumstances specified in the labour law. Among these circumstances, article 40 item (3) (ie material change …

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What you need to know before exporting data from China | Global Law Office
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The Personal Information Protection Law of the PRC (the PIPL) provides three mechanisms to export data out of China, namely the data outbound security assessment (the security assessment), the personal information outbound transfer standard contract (the CN SCC), and the personal information outbound transfer security certification (the security certification). The first two are compulsory, and …

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Establishing an open, mature and resilient insurance market in China | Norton Rose Fulbright
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Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001, China has been making significant efforts to comply with its WTO commitments and has been progressively opening the Chinese insurance market to the world. Since 2017, China has been the world’s second largest insurance market, only next to the United States. Official data shows …

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Ad hoc arbitration in China | Commerce & Finance Law Offices
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As one of the largest economies, China has been dedicated to a pro-arbitration jurisdiction, promoted by a favorable policy environment. As the original form of arbitration, ad hoc arbitration widely exists in international practice. However, the current arbitration law of the People’s Republic of China (‘arbitration law’) only provides for institutional arbitration whereas ad hoc …

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The privacy, data protection and cybersecurity law regime in China | Baker McKenzie FenXun
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Primary laws and regulations China began establishing its comprehensive legal regime in regard to privacy, data protection and cybersecurity in 2016, when the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) was promulgated. The legal regime was principally established in 2021 when the Data Security Law (DSL) and the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) came into effect. The PIPL, DSL …

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Termination for ‘change of situation’ or layoff – which to use for cutting employment? | AnJie Law Firm
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The Covid-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to the global economy. A lot of businesses ran into severe difficulty and even went on the verge of bankruptcy. Many employers cut employment directly by terminating employment contracts with employees instead of reducing salaries or arranging for employees to await job assignments to reduce labour costs. …

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