Practical guides
China employment guides
for international employers.
Hiring, policies, contract renewals and employment exits. Practical decisions, supporting records and official legal sources.
A China employer merges or splits: do employment contracts continue?
Identify the successor employer, preserve contract terms and service records, and separate succession from proposed workforce changes.
Read the guide ↗Personal leave requestsA China employee requests unpaid personal leave: what should the employer approve?
Classify the leave, confirm pay and return arrangements, and avoid treating unpaid leave as an automatic loss of annual leave.
Read the guide ↗Payroll overpaymentsA China payroll error: how should an employer recover an overpayment?
Prove the overpayment, reconcile tax and net pay, and review wage protections before any deduction.
Read the guide ↗Concurrent employmentA China employee has a second job: can the employer require a change?
Check the second relationship, work impact and any refusal to correct before making a dismissal decision.
Read the guide ↗Resignation & retentionA China employee withdraws a resignation: what should the employer decide?
Check the original notice, receipt times and any agreement to continue before confirming an exit.
Read the guide ↗Overseas remote workA China employee asks to work from overseas: approval and return arrangements
Employer checks before approving overseas remote work for a China employee: location, governing law, data access, written terms and return arrangements.
Read the guide ↗Arbitration awardsA China labor arbitration award arrives: 15 days or 30 days?
China employer guide to final and non-final labor awards, court routes, service evidence, statutory challenge grounds and enforcement coordination.
Read the guide ↗HR records & personal informationA China employee requests HR records: what must the employer provide?
Verify the requester, locate their personal information and review mixed records before responding to an HR data access request in China.
Read the guide ↗Recruitment & personal informationChina pre-employment background checks: what may an employer verify?
Define a job-related check, a lawful information source and a fair review process before relying on a background report in China.
Read the guide ↗Attendance & employee exitsA China employee stops attending work: can HR treat this as resignation?
How a China employer should verify unexplained absence, contact the employee and assess a lawful next step before recording an exit.
Read the guide ↗Workplace protectionA sexual harassment complaint in China: the employer’s response
What a China employer should do when a sexual harassment complaint arrives: protect people, preserve records, investigate fairly and give a written outcome.
Read the guide ↗Commission settlementSales commission after an employee leaves China employment: entitlement and payment evidence
Reconcile orders, commission terms and customer receipts before deciding what a departing China salesperson is owed.
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