The draft law on labor contract was submitted Saturday to a
legislative session of China's top legislature, for a first
hearing.
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The draft law aims to crack down on illegally docking or delaying
employee's pay and build up harmonious employment
relationship.
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Tian Chengping, minister of Labor and Social Security, told the
19th session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National
People's Congress held in Beijing from December 24 to 29 that
China's labor contract system, which was set up in 1994, once
played an important role in the allocation of labor resources in
the market economy.
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However, with the rapid industrialization and urbanization over the
recent years, an increasing number of laid-off workers and rural
redundant labors emerged, causing that the country's supply of
labor resources for long exceeded its demand.
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Therefore, some employers started to infringe on employees' rights
and interests, including terminating labor contracts with their
employees at will, misuse of labor force, and pocketing part of
employee's pay in various means.
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Under such circumstances, a labor contract law is quite necessary
to curb work right infringements, said Tian.
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The draft law on labor contract gives detailed stipulations on the
endorsement, performance, change and termination of labor
contracts, and nails down the legal responsibilities for violations
of the stipulations.
(Xinhua News Agency December 25, 2005)