AssemblyPoint » Employment contracts http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog Product blog for AssemblyPoint.com Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:53:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Electronic signatures in China http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/99/electronic-signatures-in-china/ http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/99/electronic-signatures-in-china/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:57:41 +0000 AssemblyPoint http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/?p=99 According to Article 3 of the Electronic Signature Law of China (2004):

“The parties concerned may agree to use or not to use electronic signature or data message in such documentations as contracts and other documents, receipts and vouchers in civil activities.
The legal effect of a document, with regard to which the parties concerned have agreed to use electronic signature or data message, shall not be denied only because the form of electronic signature or data message is adopted.”

Looks like it’s legally ok to sign employment contracts online. Anybody know a really good lawyer in Shanghai?

]]> http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/99/electronic-signatures-in-china/feed/ 0 China Employment Law 2008 http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/96/china-employment-law-2008/ http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/96/china-employment-law-2008/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:43:08 +0000 AssemblyPoint http://www.assemblypoint.com/blog/?p=96 There’s a relatively new piece of employment law governing the provision of contracts to employees in foreign owned companies in China. Here’s a clause that would be ignored at the employers peril:

Article 82. If an Employer fails to conclude a written employment contract with a worker within one month after the date on which it started using him, it shall pay to the worker wages being twice the amount of due compensation for his labor.

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