LaborLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(AdoptedatheEighthMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheEighthNationalPeoplesCongressonJuly5,1994,promulgatedbyOrderNo.28ofthePresidentofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaonJuly5,1994,andeffectiveasofJanuary1,1995)Chapter1-GeneralProvisions1ThisLawisherebyformulatedinaccordancewiththeConstitutioninordertoprotectthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,readjustlaborrelationship,establishandsafeguardthelaborsystemsuitingthesocialistmarketeconomy,andpromoteeconomicdevelopmentandsocialprogress.2ThisLawappliestoenterprises,individually-ownedeconomicorganizations(hereinafterreferredtoastheemployer)andlaborerswhoformalaborrelationshipwiththemwithintheboundaryofthePeoplesRepublicofChina.Statedepartments,institutionalorganizationsandsocialgroupsandlaborerswhoformalaborrelationshipwiththemshallfollowthisLa3Laborershavetherighttobeemployedonanequalbasis,chooseoccupations,obtainremunerationsforlabor,takerests,haveholidaysandleaves,receivelaborsafetyandsanitationprotection,gettraininginprofessionalskills,enjoysocialinsuranceandwelfaretreatment,andsubmitapplicationsforsettlementoflabordisputes,andotherlaborrightsstipulatedbylaLaborersshallfulfilltheirtasksoflabor,improvetheirprofessionalskills,followrulesonlaborsafetyandsanitation,observelabordisciplineandprofessionalethics.4Theemployershallestablishandperfectrulesandregulationsinaccordancewithlawandguaranteethatlaborersenjoylaborrightandfulfilllaborobligations.5TheStateshalltakevariousmeasurestopromoteemployment,developvocationaleducation,formulatelaborstandards,regulatesocialincomes,perfectsocialinsurance,coordinatelaborrelationships,andgraduallyraisethelivingleveloflaborers.6TheStateshalladvocatelaborersparticipationinsocialvoluntarylabor,laborcompetition,andactivitiesofforwardingrationalproposals;encourageandprotectlaborersinscientificresearch,technicalrenovation,andinvention;andcommendandawardlabormodelsandadvancedworkers.7Laborersshallhavetherighttoparticipateinandorganizetradeunionsin---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---accordancewithlaTradeunionsshallrepresentandsafeguardthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,andstageactivitiesindependentlyinaccordancewithla8Laborersshalltakepartindemocraticmanagementthroughworkerscongress,workersrepresentativeassembly,oranyotherformsinaccordancewithlaw,orconsultwiththeemployeronanequalfootingaboutprotectionofthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers.9ThelabormanagementdepartmentundertheStateCouncilshalltakechargeofthemanagementoflaborofthewholecountry.Localpeoplesgovernmentsabovethecountylevelshalltakechargeofthemanagementoflaborinareasundertheirjurisdiction.Chapter2-PromotionofEmployment10TheStateshallcreateemploymentconditionsandexpandemploymentopportunitiesthroughpromotionofeconomicandsocialdevelopment.TheStateshallencourageenterprises,institutionalorganizations,andsocialgroupstostartindustriesorexpandbusinesseswithinthescopeallowedbystipulationsoflawsandadministrativedecreesforthepurposeofincreasingemployment.TheStateshallsupportlaborerstoorganizeandemploythemselvesonavoluntarybasisandtogetemployedinindividualbusinesses.11Localpeoplesgovernmentsatvariouslevelsshalltakemeasurestodevelopvariouskindsofjobagenciesandprovideemploymentservices.12Laborersshallnotbediscriminatedagainstinemploymentduetotheirnationality,race,s...