Labour Disputes and their Resolution in China

• Author : Jie Shen
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 28 February 2007

The scale, nature and causes of labour disputes in China are identified and discussed in this comprehensive review as well as how they can be managed. The labour disputes resolution mechanisms discussed in this book include, trade union, collective labour contract, tripartite coordination and labour court. This book presents an updated literature review and reports the findings of two empirical projects on this subject. The effectiveness of these mechanisms and the appropriate resolution model for the future are both discussed.

• Author : Virginia Harper Ho
• Publisher : Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B
• Release : 21 March 2023

• Author : Yun Zhao
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 21 March 2023

The book examines the development and application of mediation in China (including Hong Kong). As a popular mechanism for dispute resolution in Chinese history, mediation is believed to be an important process for realizing the official goal of social harmony. Following an overview of the current situation in mainland China and Hong Kong, the book looks into specific legal issues in the application of mediation and the practical use of mediation in specific lines of businesses. The book can serve

• Author : Wolters Kluwer Hong Kong,Beijing Arbitration Commission / Beijing International Arbitration Center
• Publisher : Wolterskluwer HK
• Release : 15 November 2021

2020 marked a remarkably unusual year for all, tough and impressive enough. Along with the prevalence of COVID-19 and the deepening of economic globalization, work and production in China were resumed in an orderly manner, bringing positive economic growth against the trend. In this context, commercial dispute resolutions in China were faced with new challenges, and endured new reforms while embracing new developments. The promulgation of new laws and regulations in 2020, including the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of

• Author : Zengyi Xie
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 26 May 2015

​The primary aim of this book is to help readers understand the development of the theory and practice of labor law in China, and to familiarize them with major advances and remaining challenges in this field. The author also puts forward suggestions on how to improve labor law in China on the basis of an analysis of key problems and comparative study. The book can also serve as a useful guide, allowing HR experts at companies with Chinese employees or

• Author : Juan Li
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 March 2023

In the past 30-40 years, migrant workers have become an increasingly significant force in promoting social and legal changes in China. As such, their legal culture is worthy of study for many reasons. This study focuses on migrant construction workers' values, ideas, opinions, and attitudes with regard to their labour disputes, in the context of economic reform and globalization. Based on an analysis of primary data collected from fieldwork undertaken in Hubei Province, this study finds that migrant construction workers'

• Author : Christopher Hunter,Louisa Lam,Ketong Lin
• Publisher : CCH Hong Kong Limited
• Release : 21 March 2023

It’s not easy to find out exactly what you can and can’t do—legally—with the human resources you employ to help run a business in China. That is, unless you have this well informed, insightful, information-packed guide at hand. Although it’s concise and easy to understand, it offers—in clear English-comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date guidance on the best HR practice in China for tackling such crucial (and often tricky) employment issues as: recruitment and induction; the

• Author : Sean Cooney,Sarah Biddulph,Ying Zhu
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 05 March 2013

China’s economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several thousand disputes break out over working conditions, many of them violent, and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law, and other forms of regulation, to govern working conditions and combat labour

• Author : Ulla Liukkunen,Yifeng Chen
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 12 December 2015

This volume gathers together chapters that address the theme of implementing fundamental labour rights in China. It explores the legal framework as well as key institutions and other actors along with the socio-economic context involved in interpretation, implementation, enforcement and overall promotion of fundamental labour rights in China. As a collection of chapters, it assembles comparative and mutually complementary perspectives and insights by distinguished scholars from China, Europe and the United States. With its broad perspective on implementation, the book

• Author : Xin He
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 March 2023

Existing literature regards flexibility and authority as key characteristics of informal justice. We further contend that the combination of the two is crucial for informal justice to be effective. We investigate the process of dispute resolution by a Chinese labor agency. Following the life cycles of a sample of 810 labor disputes, we find that this informal justice forum was efficient and effective, made possible by the combination of flexibility and authority. Flexibility means that the agency attracts certain types of

• Author : Jingzhou Tao
• Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
• Release : 01 January 2005

When a dispute arises between a European or American firm and a Chinese business partner, this source of guidance is exactly what a practitioner needs. Resolving Business Disputes in China provides an understanding of what kinds of disputes are likely to arise, why they arise, and exactly how to proceed with confidence toward a satisfactory resolution in post-WTO China. The book summarizes cases that tend to establish points of law, linking them to corresponding legislation and presenting them according to

• Author : Tim Pringle
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 09 March 2011

The transition from a command economy to a capitalist market economy has entirely altered the industrial landscape in which Chinese trade unions have to operate. This book focuses on how the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is reforming under current conditions and demonstrates that labour unrest is the principal driving force behind trade union reform in China. Presenting case studies where reform has been largely inspired by the pressure of worker activism from below, the book examines three

• Author : Beijing Arbitration Commission / Beijing International Arbitrati
• Publisher : Wolterskluwer HK
• Release : 17 September 2020

In 2019, the world economic slowdowns already under way reflected common influence across the countries. The cyclical and structural slowdowns in China have fueled disputes in the market place and thus created a rising number in the statistics of commercial dispute resolution in China. Many developments in the field of arbitration and mediation mark the milestones of building the rule-based practice. Some of these developments have already brought positive effects in the dispute resolution industry amid the slowing down economy. To

• Author : Michael J. Moser
• Publisher : Juris Publishing, Inc.
• Release : 01 July 2012

Dispute Resolution in China provides an up-to-date summary, commentary and analysis of how disputes are settled in today’s China. Like in many other jurisdictions, litigation and arbitration are the main dispute resolution methods to settle large commercial disputes in China. While litigation is more commonly used in domestic commercial disputes, arbitration is the most popular dispute resolution method among foreign parties who conduct business in China or with Chinese parties. Each of the chapters contained in this book deals

• Author : Beijing Arbitration Commission,Beijing International Arbitration Center
• Publisher : Wolterskluwer HK
• Release : 14 November 2022

In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect economic development. In addition, due to the changing global situation, international competition was increasingly fierce. Under the circumstances of major changes and a pandemic unseen in a century, commercial dispute resolution in China is confronting new challenges, facing new changes and ushering in new developments. In the field of commercial arbitration, the promulgation of the Arbitration Law (Revision) (Draft for Comment) brought about many reforms to China’s current arbitration system, aroused widespread