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1、原文：Passed,finallyAuthor:Loughrey,Fiona,Durham,MatthewOrigin:InternationalFinancialLawReviewThenewPRCLabourContractLawwasfinallypassedonJune292007.ItwillbecomeeffectiveonJanuary12008.Itfollowsalengthyandseeminglydifficultprocessofinternaldebateamongstlegis

2、latorsandexternalconsultationinvolvingregulators,employees,anddomesticandforeigncompaniesandrepresentativebodies.AppearancessuggestthatthenewlawwasapprovedinsomethingofarushbytheNationalPeople'sCongress.Continuedinternaldiscussionsanddifferencesofopinionw

3、erepreventingthePRCgovernmentfromlivinguptorhetoricsurroundingtheadventofthenewlaw,mostlybasedaroundimprovingemployees'rightsandprotectingfactoryandmigrantworkers.Thefinalversionofthelawseemstotakeacompromisepositiononanumberofissuesthatwerehotlydebated.S

4、omedraftprovisionsthatwerecondemnedastooharshonemployershavenowbeensoftened,butinanumberofimportantareasthereremainsalackofclarity.Thereisspeculationthatimplementingregulationsmaybepassedtoprovideadditionalguidancebeforethelawtakeseffect.Localauthoritiesm

5、ayalsoissuelocalregulationswiththeirinterpretation.Inthemeantime,employersshouldconsiderthechangesthatwillapplyunderthenewlaw,asitwillprevailovertheexistingPRCLabourLaw1995totheextentthattheycoverthesamesubjectmatter.Theoveralleffectisthattherewillbeincre

6、asedrestrictionsandconcernsforemployers.Setoutbelowisananalysisofcertainkeychangesunderthenewlaw.WrittencontractsThenewlawemphasisestheneedforemployerstoputwrittenemploymentcontractsinplacewithallfull-timeemployees.Penaltieswillapplyiftheemployerfailstodo

7、so,eitheratthecommencementoftheemploymentrelationshiporaspartofarenewalofsuchrelationship:theemployermustpaydoublewagestotheemployeeifnowrittencontractisinplacewithinonemonthoftherelevantstartdate;andifthereisstillnowrittencontractwithinoneyearofthestartd

8、ate,thecontractwillbedeemedtobeanopen-termcontract.Employerswillneedtobevigilantinimplementingandrenewingcontracts.ProbationperiodThemaximumprobationperiodthatcanapplytoanemployee'scontractwillstilldependonthetermof