Labour Law of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国劳动法（英文）

中华人民共和国劳动法（英文） Labour Law of the People's Republic of China 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 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 rewards model workers and advanced workers. Article 7 Workers have the right to join in and organize trade unions according to law. The trade unions represent and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the workers and carry out their activities independently according to law. Article 8 Workers shall, according to legal provisions and through workers' congresses, workers' representatives or other channels, participate in democratic management or carry out consultation on an equal footing with their employers concerning the protection of their own legitimate rights and interests. Article 9 The labour administrative department of the State Council is responsible for labour work in the whole country. The labour administrative departments of the local people's governments above the county level are responsible for labour work within their administrative regions. CHAPTER TWO PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT Article 10 The State shall create employment conditions and expand employment opportunities by way of promoting economic and social development. The State encourages enterprises, institutional organizations and people's organizations to run industries or open up more avenues for operation to increase employment opportunities within the framework of the laws and administrative decrees. The State supports the workers to organize themselves, voluntarily for business operations or go in for individual businesses to increase employment. Articl