China

Seventeen departments including the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Further Improving and Implementing Supportive Measures for Active Childbearing (the “Guiding Opinions”). The Guiding Opinions set forth the supportive measures which include raising the service level for childbearing, developing nursery system for the […]

Mr. Tao (“Employee”) signed an employment contract as well as a non-compete agreement (“Non-compete Agreement”) with Company A. The Non-compete Agreement is referred to as an attachment to the employment contract, which prescribes that the Employee shall not work in a company that has competitive relation with Company A for two years after employment separation. […]

Authors: Carol Zhu and Yinbing Chen The Supreme People’s Court recently released seven guiding cases on labour disputes which will serve as important reference for people’s courts at all levels when hearing similar disputes in the future. The judicial rules reflected in these guiding cases are summarised as follows: (1) determination of employment relation shall […]

Authors: Carol Zhu and Yinbing Chen The Cyber Administration of China recently released the Regulation on Security Assessment for Cross-border Transfer of Data (“Regulation”), which has been formulated to further administrate cross-border data transfer activities and promote the free and secured flow of data. The Regulation has been viewed as an important supplement to PRC […]

Authors: Carol Zhu and Yinbing Chen Mr. Chen (“employee”) separated from his previous company and joined an environmental technology company (“company”) in June 2017. In November 2018, the company discovered that the employee was still registered as the responsible person of one branch office of the employee’s former employer and then terminated the employee with […]

Authors: Carol Zhu and Yinbing Chen The Human Resources and Social Security Department of Guangdong Province recently decided to launch a special operation across the whole province to crack down on illegal participation in and supplementary contribution of social insurance which will last till December 2022.  The special operation will mainly crack down on the […]

Authors: Carol Zhu and Yinbing Chen Mr. Sun (“Employee”) joined the education and training company (“Company”) in 2018 and served as a market planning specialist. In March 2020, the Company informed all staff via WeChat group that, before risk of the pandemic across the nation is completely eliminated, travelling out of the province requires reporting […]