Beijing: The recent labor strikes at the Foxconn and Honda plants have sent shockwaves throughout China. Potentially those actions will affect the operations of domestic companies and multinationals alike.

Employers in China have always found it difficult to understand and manage employment issues. However, the Foxconn and Honda incidents present for employers new challenges that have arisen over the past 2 years, including stricter regulatory requirements, labor shortages, wage increases and rising labor disputes.

Accordingly, employers now need to expend greater efforts in understanding and in complying with the PRC employment law regime. They also need to implement better systems in handling disputes with workers and crises generally.

In furtherance of this objective, our firm organized a workshop to provide a platform to address the relevant issues and discuss the most effective ways to resolve the problems. 

Various senior government officials and employment experts spoke at the workshop, including:

• Mr Zhang Shicheng (张世诚先生), Deputy Director General of the Legislative Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (全国人大常委会法工委行政法室副主任)
• Dr Chen Peiyong (陈培勇博士), Director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council (中华人民共和国国务院法制办公室处长)
• Mr Zhang Shouqi (张寿琪先生), Deputy Director General of the China Social Insurance Association (中国社会保险学会副会长, 曾任国家社保局副局长并参与《社会保险法》（草案）之制定) (formerly with the State Administration of Social Insurance, where he participated in the legislative discussions on the Social Insurance Law (Draft))
• Mr Guo Jun (郭军先生), Deputy Director of the China Association of Labor Law Studies（中国劳动法学研究会副会长), and Director General of the Democratic Management Department of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (中华全国总工会民主管理部部长)
• Mr Zhu Deliang (朱德良先生), Director of the Labor Supervision Bureau of the Guangdong Provincial Administration for Human Resources & Social Security (广东省人力资源和社会保障厅  åŠ³åŠ¨ç›‘察局局长)
• Dr Isabelle Wan (万以娴博士), Leader of the Employment Practice, TransAsia Lawyers (权亚律师事务所  åŠ³åŠ¨æ³•ä¸šåŠ¡è´Ÿè´£äºº)