Why to Protect Legal Benefits of Units in Labor Disputes?

By You Yunting

Recently, following a disputed labor case I have noticed an inadequate protection of the unit by the existing laws and regulations, and such inadequacy has made an unfaithful employee gain immoral advances from such inadequacy in the case, and on the other hand, hundreds of innocent labors may suffer losses from this. So, we would like to put the case in discussion now:

A senior employee asked for sick leave of 1 year (it was found afterwards that the hospital has never prescribed medicine after the issuance of the medical certificate, yet the hospital also refuses to admit involvement in the false sick leave), contrary to this the employer later found that the employee was actually running her own company then entrusted lawyers to investigate it. After the check of the registered information of the suspected company, the employee was proven to be the general manager. Meanwhile, the lawyer also contacted the employee in the name of business contact through the contact telephone number on the home page of the company, which further confirmed the employee’s service with the company. The call was notarized.

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The Untimely Chinese Labor Contract Law

     ——Layoff Difficulty of Nokia, Groupon and Ku6, the influence of untimely and inappropriate regulations in Labor Contract law

Highlights: The untimely and inappropriate regulations on layoffs in Labor Contract Law fails to meet the current development demands of the company, the legal obstacle deteriorates competitiveness of the company and limits company’s desires on employment.

Recently, four Chinese companies met difficulties due to cuts were brought to our attention.  Gaopeng.com, a Chinese deal-of-the-day website jointly invested by Groupon.com and Tencent (SEHK 700), started mass layoff, which raised a concerns and protestations from its employees; someone even chose the suit for the dissatisfaction on the compensation. Shortly after that, Nokia (NASDAQ: NOK) and Nokia Siemens Networks were also doubted due to  its illegal layoff procedure. And what’s more, the earlier layoff of KU6 (NASDAQ:KUTV) led to physical aggression and outbursts.

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