Employment 2025

CHINA

Law and Practice Contributed by: Linda Liang, Piao Liu, Chutian Wang and Xiangbo Lv King & Wood Mallesons

Contents 1. Employment Terms p.127 1.1 Employee Status p.127 1.2 Employment Contracts p.127

6. Collective Relations p.135 6.1 Unions p.135

6.2 Employee Representative Bodies p.136 6.3 Collective Bargaining Agreements p.136 7. Termination p.136 7.1 Grounds for Termination p.136 7.2 Notice Periods p.138 7.3 Dismissal for (Serious) Cause p.139 7.4 Termination Agreements p.139 7.5 Protected Categories of Employee p.139 8. Disputes p.140 8.1 Wrongful Dismissal p.140 8.2 Anti-Discrimination p.140 8.3 Digitalisation p.140 9. Dispute Resolution p.141 9.1 Litigation p.141 9.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution p.141 9.3 Costs p.141

1.3 Working Hours p.128 1.4 Compensation p.129

1.5 Other Employment Terms p.129 2. Restrictive Covenants p.130 2.1 Non-Competes p.130

2.2 Non-Solicits p.131 3. Data Privacy p.131 3.1 Data Privacy Law and Employment p.131 4. Foreign Workers p.133 4.1 Limitations on Foreign Workers p.133 4.2 Registration Requirements for Foreign Workers p.134

5. New Work p.134 5.1 Mobile Work p.134 5.2 Sabbaticals p.135 5.3 Other New Manifestations p.135

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