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Zhan is the purchasing manager and trade union president of Shanghai K Company. K fired Zhan for serious violation of rules and regulations due to fake sick leave. Zhan filed labor arbitration, claiming that K had illegally terminated the labor contract with the reason that K had not obtained the consent of the trade union at the next level up.…

Have you ever been attracted by a commodity’s using experience video on “Xiao Hong Shu” app? Maybe some of you have brought the endorsed commodity. Have you ever been touched by an article published via a WeChat official account? You found it had aroused your internal idea, the structure was so smooth, a commodity or service was just so matched,…

The background investigation of “Employees” involves two circumstances. An employer requires an investigation of its candidate, or an employer is required to provide information of its former employee. Such investigation involves employees’ personal information which is sensitive. Recently, with the release of the “Personal Information Protection Law”, HRs become more alert to such investigation. Here, we would like to talk…

While discussing the 20th anniversary celebration event of Company M, the planning department proposed to buy a batch of thermos, mark with M’s logo, and distribute to consumers and other commercial partners as souvenirs. Some staffs questioned about this proposal from the perspective of legal risk prevention and control. Generally speaking, the marks on a product or its packaging mainly…

"Shared Employment" (“SE”) and "Platform Employment" (“PE”) become very popular in recent years. They are always mentioned as a method to reduce labor cost in social Medias. However, many enterprises donot have a comprehensive picture of the two, such as the employment model, the difference from normal employment, and relevant risks. Let’s talk about the "SE". At the beginning of…

Chen was the executive chef of Company H, and the model of H’s promotional photos, posters and videos, in which he wore a chef’s uniform, holding a plate of Hainanese chicken or a bowl of Hainanese chicken rice. After resigned, he found those promotional materials were still presenting on internet, so he filed a lawsuit against H with the claim…

Article 2 of the “Law on the Prevention & Control of Occupational Diseases” stipulates that “……the ’Occupational Diseases’ refers to diseases suffered by the workers of such Employer as enterprises, public institutions, and individual economic organizations due to exposure to dust, radioactive substances, and other toxic and hazardous factors.” Therefore, employers shall implement the responsibilities as stipulated in this law…

There are several companies applied for dissolution everyday. However, compared with tangible assets, such as real estate, equipment and etc., many companies have ignored IPRs, such as trademarks, patent and etc.. If IPRs have not been arranged well and timely, companies or their shareholders might encounter troubles or miss good business opportunities. Therefore, if a company plans to submit the…

In order to increase employees' sense of belonging and improve cohesion, Company A invited employees and their family members to take a tour of another city. One day, during the dinner, employee B’s husband and employee C’s father were passionate about toasting to each other, and B’s husband was a little bit drunk. After the dinner, B’s husband went swimming,…

In practice, it is common for companies to have a registered address and another actual business address. The reasons are various, such as, a company has been relocated, but it forgot to change the registered address in time; or a company sets its registered address in a specific district for special preferential policies, and sets another actual business address in…