Should Employer Give Notice to Trade Union before Terminate Employment in China?
(By Albert Chen) The dispute over employment termination is quite common in labor conflicts, and whether the employer shall send a notice to the trade union before the termination is commonly seen in such disputes. What then, are the regulations regarding this aspect in China?
I. What is the function of trade union in China?
The role of the trade union is specified in Article 2 of Trade Union Law of PRC (the “Trade Union Law”):
“Trade unions are mass organizations formed by the working classes of their own free will.