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PRC Law on Mediation and Arbitration of Labour Disputes: Further Improvement in Handling Labour Issues in China

The PRC Law on the Mediation and Arbitration of Employment Disputes is another important step made by the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress after its promulgation of the Labour Contract Law in June 2007. Both this and the Labour Contract Law are intended to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees and employers, with the latter in respect of the substantive law and the former in respect of the procedural system.

Date: May 2008

Keywords (click to search): [Mediation] [Arbitration] [Employment] [Labout Contract] [Congreee]

China’s existing system of handling labour disputes is provided for in the Regulations on the Handling of Labour Disputes in Enterprises, promulgated by the PRC State Council in 1993 (Regulations), and in the PRC Labour Law as adopted by the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress in 1994.

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