China (People’s Republic of): additional resources
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Introduction
This page highlights some additional free resources that provide information on labour law and practice and related issues in China. For further information see generic resources on China, which are not listed here - see quicklinks box.
Free resources
1. Verité special report for ETI China Working Group: Report on Chinese labour Law, March 2004
(Sorry - available to members
only).
2. ‘Reflections on Labour Law in China’, John Chen, March 2003
This article, published in the Asian Labour Update, provides an analysis of the evolution of labour law over the last couple of decades, and includes a summary of labour law in relation to individual and collective contracts, dismissal, wages, working hours, social insurance and welfare, freedom of association, health and safety and dispute resolution.
How do I get hold of a copy? This article can be viewed
at:
www.amrc.org.hk/4603.htm.
3. Excessive Overtime in Chinese Supplier Factories: Causes, Impacts, and Recommendations for Action, Verité, Research Paper, September 2004
This report, based on interviews with workers and managers in 41 export factories in southern China, provides:
- An overview of overtime use in supplier factories in China, including the reasons according to management that overtime is employed.
- An assessment of the physical, psychological, economic and social effects of overtime on workers.
- Recommendations on possible measures that can be taken by brands, factory managers and others to reduce excessive overtime
- Reflections on the effectiveness and appropriateness of the 60-hour per week work hour limit contained in most multinational company codes of conduct.
How do I get hold of a copy? This report can be downloaded
from:
www.verite.org/aboutus/Excessive%20Overtime%20in%20Chinese%20Factories.pdf
[external PDF]
4. MFA Phase out - Impact on Chinese Workers, Jane Li, September 2004
In the post-Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) world, China is expected to attract investment for a variety of reasons including vertical-integration, lower wages, and currency manipulation. But although China is set out to be the ‘winner’ of the MFA phase-out, this does not necessarily means that workers will benefit. This paper, published in the Asian Labour Update, assesses the potential impact of the MFA phase-out on the Chinese garment industry and on working conditions, and argues that without freedom of association and a higher minimum wage set by the state, Chinese workers may be left worse off than before.
How do I get hold of a copy? The paper can be viewed at:
www.amrc.org.hk/5203.htm.
5. Asian Labour News
This is an online database of news about workers in Southeast Asia and China and the issues that affect them.
How do I get hold of a copy? See www.asianlabour.org.
There is a search facility that allows you to search by country and/or issue.
6. CSR Asia Weekly
CSR Asia Weekly is a free publication published by CSR Asia that provides a weekly roundup of CSR news and events in the Asia-Pacific week, along with a number of special articles that examine current issues in more depth. It draws on specialists from the region who work on the ground in environment, labour and CSR. Topics covered include: child labour, corruption, governance, environment, human rights, labour law, health, occupational health & safety, poverty, migrant workers, reporting, supply chains, sustainable development, trade and wages.
How do I get a copy? For further information or to subscribe
please contact CSR Asia Weekly Editor Jonathan Hills at jhills@csr-asia.com.
7. CSR Asia Website
CSR Asia (see 6 above) also manage a website, which provides short summaries of CSR news stories’ from a wide range of international newspapers, often with commentary from researchers at the University of Hong Kong. The site allows browsers to search by country and/or issue eg, Vietnam, trade unions.
How do I get hold of a copy? See the following link:
www.csr-asia.com/index.php?cat=31&submit=view.
Paying resources
No additional paying resources have been identified so far.
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