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Putting The China Labor Law Cart Before The Horse

Every month or so, a client comes to me in a panic with a "brilliant" idea for avoiding some short term problem. Examples abound: 1. One company with revenues of about $200 million a year was being sued for around $2 million by a hated competitor. The... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Sat, Jul 05 2008

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30 Apr 08 visit China Eastern Pilot Arbitrated to Pay 1.33 Million Yuan  »  YouTube videoA pilot who quit his job in China Eastern Airlines was sued by the company for breach of their contract. His former employer is asking for 6.6 million yuan in compensation. The second arbitration ruled that the pilot should pay 1.33 million yuan in...
14 Jun 07 visit China has an annual labor surplus of 12 million  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA is facing a vast number of surplus labor during the 11th Five Year Plan period (2006-2010), estimated at about 12 million annually, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security said in a report yesterday.
09 Mar 08 visit E-House China reports surging revenues  »  People's Daily Real estate service provider E-House China Holdings Ltd. generated revenues of 121 million U.S. dollars last year, an annual increase of 116 percent. The Shanghai-based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, announced here ...
10 Mar 08 visit Grim employment prospects: 24 million people competing for 12 million positions  »  People's Daily Tian Chengping, Minister of Labor and Social Security, said on March 9 that there are 24 million job-seekers in cities and towns every year, including the new additional urban workforce and the people carried over from the previous year who ...
19 Jan 07 visit Urbanites Employment Creates 11.84m Record  »  china.org.cn A total of 11.84 million urban Chinese found jobs last year, exceeding the nine million target for the whole year, Tian Chengping, minister of labor and social security, said on Thursday.
09 Jul 07 visit 325 million yuan is child's play  »  Shanghai Daily AN eight-year-old girl who sneaked into a phone company outlet to play with a computer deposited 325 million yuan (US$42.76 million) onto the private mobile phone card of a company employee.

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