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China Labor: SPC Interpretation II (2025) Employer Control Ledger

Update co-employment, fixed-term, double-wage, non-compete, foreign-national, and reinstatement playbooks against the official Chinese text.

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The 2025 Supreme People’s Court employment interpretation should be used as a control ledger for specific disputed issues rather than summarized as a generic ‘new labor law.’ Empl…

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Sources last checked: 23 Aug 2026

Labor Contract LawNational People’s Congress

Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration LawNational People’s Congress

Social Insurance LawNational People’s Congress

Supreme People’s Court labor-dispute interpretationsSupreme People’s Court

MOHRSS current rules/noticesMinistry of Human Resources and Social Security

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