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Practical Law China October Focus 2016
Practical Law UK Legal Update w-004-1906 (Approx. 6 pages)
Practical Law China October Focus 2016
by Practical Law China
| Published on 28 Oct 2016 • China |
Details of Practical Law China's new and updated resources for October 2016.
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This October, Practical Law China has expanded its employment coverage with the publication of Practice note, Sick leave management in China and Standard clause, Employee handbook: childbirth-related leave policy. The former provides an overview of employees' sick leave entitlements under Chinese employment law and the latter is a template policy on childbirth-related leave (for example, maternity leave and paternal leave) for employees based in China that can be incorporated into a staff handbook.
For the real estate practice area, we have published Practice note, Entering into a lease agreement in China. This note addresses various legal issues in connection with lease agreements for real properties under Chinese law.
In addition, we have strengthened our bilingual content with the publication of seven Chinese language standard documents and standard clauses for the bribery and corruption toolkit (see Chinese language version).
As usual, we have published our regular monthly roundup of key items for general counsel, GC Agenda China (see Article, GC Agenda China: October 2016) and separate legal updates for important legal and practical developments in this month (see Legal updates) and have updated a number of materials in the light of recent developments (see Maintenance).
New content
Employment
We have published Practice note, Sick leave management in China. This note details employees' sick leave entitlements under Chinese employment law. It considers issues relating to the difference between sick leave and medical treatment period (MTP), termination of employment within and after the MTP, sick leave pay and medical subsidy under national and local regulations, and sick leave for special categories of staff. This note also addresses some practical issues in sick leave management.
We have also published Standard clause, Employee handbook: childbirth-related leave policy. This clause is a policy on childbirth-related leave (for example, maternity leave and paternal leave) for employees based in China that can be incorporated into a staff handbook.
Real estate
We have published Practice note, Entering into a lease agreement in China. This note provides an overview of various legal issues in connection with lease agreements for real properties under Chinese law. It addresses issues concerning the validity of a lease, major rights and obligations of landlords and tenants and the termination of a lease. This note also discusses applicable taxes in leasing transactions.
Chinese language version
China-related transactions between Chinese and foreign parties usually involve simultaneous work on English and Chinese-language drafts. To assist practitioners in handling these transactions, we continue to publish Chinese language versions of core standard documents and standard clauses. For this month, see:
For more information on our bilingual resources, see Practical Law China bilingual content.
GC Agenda China: October
The new GC Agenda China is now out. GC Agenda China provides practical, specific and actionable advice on key issues for GC covering China. GC Agenda China is also a useful reference point for external counsel who needs an overview of the main developments outside their own practice area.
This month's GC Agenda China covers:
- MOFCOM's interim record-filing measures for the establishment and amendment of FIEs.
- NDRC and MOFCOM's revised draft of the foreign investment catalogue for Central and Western regions.
- CSRC's revised rules on the Stock Connect programme.
- SAT's draft rules on non-resident financial accounts.
- SAIC's draft implementing rules on the right to return online merchandise.
- SPC's measures for creating a database of online judicial auction service providers.