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1. Beijing Extends Time Limit for Employment Subsidy
Enterprises with trouble in production and operation due to the global financial crisis that have enjoyed subsidies for stabilising employment for three months, six months or less than 12 months may apply to have these subsidies extended to up to 12 months cumulatively
1 Oct 2009
2. Fat Payout to Top Executives of Government Enterprises under Tabs
From now on, the basic annual salary of top executives of central government enterprises must be linked to the average salary of ordinary staff and workers. This may help curb the “sky-high” salary of the top executives of state-owned monopolies
1 Oct 2009
3. Guangzhou Offers Business Start-up Subsidy
Guangzhou has recently introduced measures for subsidising business start-ups as a means of boosting employment and building itself into a national-level entrepreneurial city
1 Sept 2009
4. Legality of Layoffs to be Scrutinised
The Supreme People's Court has issued the Guiding Opinions on Effectively Handling the Trial of Labour Dispute Cases under the Current Circumstances, requiring that disputes arising from layoffs of enterprise employees shall be properly dealt with and whether the layoff is lawful shall be scrutinised
1 Aug 2009
5. Prosthetic Benefits for Work-Related Injury Up by 30 Times
The Beijing municipal human resources and social security bureau announced a revised schedule of medical benefits for work-related injuries on 1 August. While the number of auxiliary devices covered was increased to 107
1 Aug 2009
6. Unemployment Insurance Benefits Payable at 80% of Current Minimum Wage
Starting from 1 July this year, employment units must use the current minimum monthly wage of Rmb860 for Guangzhou as the minimum base premium for individual workers when they declare their base premium payable
1 July 2009
7. Enterprises Urged to Hire One University Graduate Each
Now that it is countdown period for the 2009 batch of college and university graduates to leave school, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) and 20 or so ministries and commissions jointly unveiled a set of employment facilitating measures on 13 May
1 June 2009
8. Income Tax Incentives for Enterprises Employing Disabled Persons
The latest policy on income tax incentives to be granted to enterprises providing employment to the disabled has been announced. According to the newly promulgated Enterprise Income Tax Law and the implementation regulations
1 June 2009
9. Guangzhou Slashes Social Insurance Premiums to Save Jobs
Guangzhou’s labour and social security bureau recently announced its decision to cut medical and work injury insurance premiums between 1 May and 31 December this year to combat the financial crisis, support the development of enterprises and save jobs
1 May 2009
10. Shenzhen Job Agencies Get Subsidies for Helping Unemployed Find Jobs
henzhen is encouraging enterprises to employ more workers. Even job agencies are offered subsidies for successfully helping the unemployed find jobs. Job seekers are exempted from payment of tuition fees when they enroll in training programmes
1 April 2009
11. Two Types of Subsidies for Employing Eight Categories of People in Beijing
Hong Kong companies in Beijing are eligible for job post subsidies and social insurance subsidies if they employ eight categories of people with difficulty finding jobs in the countryside
1 April 2009
12. Fujian Extends Basic Medical Insurance Coverage to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Personnel
Fujian's department of labour and social security recently issued a circular announcing that Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan personnel working in the province will be eligible to enrol in its basic medical insurance programmes
1 March 2009
13. Opinions Sought for Provisional Measures for Basic Pension Account Transfers
The Pension Insurance Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is currently seeking the opinion of the public on the Provisional Measures for the Transfer of Basic Pension Accounts of Urban Enterprise Workers
1 March 2009
14. 30-Day Advance Notice Required to Lay Off 20 or More Workers
The State Council recently issued a circular calling for better efforts to create new jobs under the current economic situation through measures to expand domestic demand and promote economic growth
1 March 2009
15. Guangdong Steps up Unemployment Monitoring
The Guangdong Provincial Labour and Social Security Department has recently adopted a number of unemployment insurance protection measures, including measures to better monitor unemployment and help people find jobs
1 Feb 2009
16. Approval Needed to Lay Off 40 or More Workers in Shandong
Shandong is requiring employers to apply for permission to lay off 40 or more workers in a move to prevent unemployment on a regional and sectoral scale
1 Dec 2008
17. Unpaid Workers May Apply to Freeze Assets of Employers
The Regulations for the Promotion of Harmonious Labour Regulations took effect in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in November. To plug the growing problem of employers fleeing without paying their workers
1 Dec 2008
18. Guangzhou to Improve Relations between Migrant Workers and Employers
There has been an increase in the number of appeals for "reversal of verdicts" and labour disputes in Guangzhou after the Labour Contract Law went into force
1 Nov 2008
19. Shenzhen Approves Regulations on Harmonious Labour Relations
The Regulations for the Promotion of Harmonious Labour Relations in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ), as China's first local legislation for the improvement of labour relations
1 Oct 2008
20. Hebei's Policy for Dovetailing New and Old Work Injury Compensation Schemes
The labour and social security department of Hebei recently published a circular on the dovetailing of work injury insurance and basic old-age pension. The end of September 1998 is taken as the dividing line
1 Oct 2008
 
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