Employment Contract Law

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Verkerke
Keyword(s):  
Contract Law ◽  
Employment Contract

scholarly journals China’s Employment Contract Law: Does it deliver employment security?

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuxi Wang ◽  
Bernard Gan ◽  
Yanyuan Cheng ◽  
Lin Peng ◽  
Jiaojiao Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Employment Contract ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Professional Titles ◽  
Hiring And Firing ◽  
Privately Owned

During its transition to a market economy, structural inequalities became increasingly apparent across China’s workforce, threatening social harmony. China’s 2008 Employment Contract Law, legislated amid policy debate, was intended to remedy these phenomena. We examine a crucial element of its remit: has its promotion of continuing contracts as against fixed-term employment contracts been effective? This is crucial for improving workers’ rights through secure employment. How have employers responded to this challenge to their prerogatives in terms of hiring and firing? We analysed data from 2007 and 2012 drawn from All-China Federation of Trade Unions surveys, which cover approximately 80,000 individuals. Using institutional theory, we discuss a variety of employer responses. We find that the Employment Contract Law has increased the likelihood of signing continuing contracts among migrant workers, employees in privately owned enterprises, and those with lower professional titles and who are short-term employees – all disadvantaged labour market categories previously. It has also significantly narrowed gaps regarding access to continuing contracts between these categories and matched advantaged ones. There is also evidence that some employers seek to avoid or sidestep compliance through cost-minimising worker engagement strategies. JEL Codes: J41, J53, K31

New Employment Contract Law: Focuses and Implications for Hoteliers

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-313
Author(s):  
Wilco Chan ◽  
Sylvester Yeung ◽  
Alice Hon ◽  
Leon Liu ◽  
Jinqin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Contract Law ◽  
Employment Contract

scholarly journals A Duty of Good Management? Protected Interests and the Employment Contract

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Douglas Brodie ◽  
Joellen Riley
Keyword(s):  
Contract Law ◽  
Employment Contract ◽  
Good Management ◽  
The Law

This essay in honour of Gordon Anderson's contribution to employment contract law reviews the extent to which it is true to say that the law of the employment contract does in fact protect the employee's interests in a well-managed workplace, where the harm suffered is financial or psychological/psychiatric. It will be suggested that the law has evolved less radically than Lord Slynn's dictum might suggest.

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