1995.01.01
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
LABOUR LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(Adopted at the Eighth Session of the Standing committee of the Eighth
National People's Congress on July 5, 1994)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER TWO PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER THREE LABOUR CONTRACT AND COLLECTIVE CONTRACT
CHAPTER FOUR WORKING HOURS, REST AND VACATION
CHAPTER FIVE WAGE
CHAPTER SIX SAFETY AND HEALTH CARE
CHAPTER SEVEN SPECIAL PROTECTION TO WOMEN WORKERS AND UNDERAGE WORKERS
CHAPTER EIGHT JOB TRAINING
CHAPTER NINE SOCIAL INSURANCE AND WELFARE
CHAPTER TEN LABOUR DISPUTES
CHAPTER ELEVEN SUPERVISION AND EXAMINATION
CHAPTER TWELVE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER THIRTEEN SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 The law has been formulated according to the Constitution with
a view to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers,
regulating labour relations, establishing and safeguarding a labour
system that is adaptable to a socialist market economy and promoting
economic development and social progress.
Article 2 The law applies to all enterprises, individual economic
organizations (hereinafter referred to as "employers") and workers bound
up by contractual labour relationship.
The law is also applicable to government organs, institutions, social
organizations and workers bound up by labour contracts.
Article 3 Workers enjoy the rights to equal opportunities of employment
and choice of jobs, the right to labour remuneration, the right to rest
and vacation, the right to labour safety and health protection, the
right to vocational training, the right to social insurance protection
and welfare, the right to settlement of labour disputes and other rights
as provided by law.
Workers should fulfil job assignments, improve their skills, follow
labour safety and health regulations, observe labour discipline and
professional ethics.
Article 4 Employers shall establish and improve their rules and
regulations according to law and ensure that the workers enjoy their
rights and perform their obligations.
Article 5 The State shall adopt all possible measures to promote
employment, develop vocational education, formulate labour standards,
regulate social income, improve social insurance, coordinate labour
relations and gradually improve the living standards of the workers.
Article 6 The State encourages the workers to participate in social
voluntary labour, engage in labour emulation and put forward
rationalization proposals, encourages and protects workers in their
scientific research, technical innovation and invention and commands and
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