Employment in China: Practical Legal and HR Advice

Dezan Shira & Associate, IsCham Beijing, and Benelux Chamber of Commerce, are excited to invite you to a breakfast seminar dealing with the complicated and challenging employment issues in China, through the legal and HR points of view.

Presenter: Ms. Manuela Reintgen

Liability management from an HR perspective

• HR documentation - What is crucial?
• Salary package mismanagement: Common mistakes and risks
• Payroll processing
• HR administration

Ms. Manuela Reintgen from Dezan-Shira & Associates will go through the common pitfalls related to HR administration and liability management. The presentation will answer questions such as: Do I have the right HR documentation in place? What are my duties with regards to my employees' salary package? How do I process payroll and am I in compliance with Chinese laws and regulations? How can I assure a transparent, confidential and efficient processing at the same time?

Presenter: Ms. Jenny (Jie) Zhong

Hot Issues under the Chinese Labor Laws: How to Avoid Unnecessary Headaches

The seminar will provide advice and answers regarding the following issues:

• How to deal with challenges that rise while to dismiss an unqualified employee in China. 
• How to negotiate with an employee for a mutual agreement on termination of his/her labor contract. 
• How is it legally safe to lay off a number of employees during economic downsizing? 
• What other claims can an employee bring up against you in a labor arbitration/litigation except for wrongful termination?
• What are the suggested preventative measures that should be taken which may help you to win an unexpected labor case?

Ms. Jenny (Jie) Zhong from Broad & Bright will speak about important legal issues in regards to the employment law in China such as dismissal, severance and compensation, overtime, non-compete agreement, employer's penalties in case they lose in a labor claim, trade union issues, etc.

About the speakers:

Ms. Manuela Reintgen is a Senior Associate Business Development at Dezan-Shira & Associates, a specialist foreign direct investment practice, providing corporate establishment, business advisory, tax advisory and compliance, accounting, payroll, due diligence and financial review services to multinationals investing in emerging Asia.

Ms. Reintgen works in the business advisory services department of Dezan Shira & Associates Beijing. She advises international clients on incorporations, legal and tax issues concerning their China investments. She holds a degree in translation and law and has since focused on business relations, intercultural issues, and legal issues in China. Throughout her time with Dezan Shira & Associates she has gained a valuable insight into the Chinese HR and social security system, and advises on individual income taxes, payroll administration, corporate tax and on different regulation changes.

Ms. Jenny (Jie) ZHONG is a partner at Broad & Bright, a leading Chinese law firm serving mainly international clients making investment in China.

Ms. Zhong's main practice areas are foreign direct investment, merger and acquisition, corporate governance and compliance, labor law counseling and labor arbitration and litigation, intellectual property rights, contract management, product liabilities, crisis management and other general corporate issues.

Ms. Zhong has rich experience in labor law counseling and labor dispute settlement gained both from her work as an in-house counsel at Motorola and Nokia and from her service to many multinational corporate clients. She has assisted drafting and negotiating individual and collective labor contracts, training bond agreements, non-competition agreements and confidentiality agreements, preparing employee handbooks and company rules and regulations, assisting in handling workforce lay-offs and displacements in corporate acquisitions, liquidations and restructuring proceeding and advising and representing clients in resolution of labor disputes.