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1 The Meaning of a Labor Relationship and Identification of the Employee and the Employer |
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1 | (22) |
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1.1 The Meaning of a Labor Relationship |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Basic Criteria for Identifying a Labor Relationship |
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2 | (1) |
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1.3 Special Categories of Employees |
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3 | (12) |
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3 | (6) |
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1.3.2 Post-Retirement Age Individuals Who Return or Remain in the Workforce |
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9 | (4) |
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1.3.3 Student "Employees" |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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1.3.5 Corporate Executives |
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14 | (1) |
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1.4 Establishment of a Labor Relationship |
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15 | (1) |
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1.5 Qualifications for "Employer" Status and Differential Treatment for Different Types of Employers |
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16 | (7) |
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1.5.1 Can a Natural Person Be an Employer? |
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16 | (1) |
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1.5.2 Differential Treatment of Different Types of Employers |
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17 | (3) |
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1.5.3 How to Provide Differential Treatment |
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20 | (3) |
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2 Basic Duties of the Employer and the Employee |
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23 | (10) |
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2.1 Basic Duties of the Employer and the Employee in Labor Law |
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23 | (1) |
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2.2 Duties of the Employer and the Employee in Some Countries |
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24 | (2) |
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2.2.1 Duties of the Employer and Employee Under the Laws in Germany |
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24 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Duties of the Employer and Employee Under the Laws in the U.K. |
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25 | (1) |
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2.3 Factors that Determine the Duties of the Employer and the Employee |
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26 | (1) |
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2.4 Improvement of Duties of the Employer and the Employee |
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27 | (6) |
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2.4.1 The Employee's Duties of Due Diligence and Loyalty |
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27 | (4) |
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2.4.2 Duties of the Employer |
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31 | (2) |
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3 Anti-discrimination Law in the Workplace |
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33 | (22) |
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33 | (1) |
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3.2 Current Employment Discrimination Situation and Its Origins |
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34 | (2) |
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3.3 Development of China's Anti-discrimination Law in the Workplace |
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36 | (4) |
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3.4 Implementation Mechanism for the Anti-discrimination Law |
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40 | (10) |
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3.4.1 The Administrative Implementation Mechanism |
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40 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Labor Arbitration and Litigation Proceedings |
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41 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Typical Discrimination Cases |
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42 | (8) |
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3.5 Future Challenges and Tasks in Anti-discrimination in Employment |
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50 | (3) |
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3.5.1 Improving Legislation on Anti-discrimination in Employment |
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50 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Strengthening Education on Awareness and Attitude of Employers |
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51 | (1) |
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3.5.3 Improving the Role of Government in Anti-discrimination in Employment |
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52 | (1) |
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3.5.4 Improving the Capability of Arbitration Commissions and the Courts |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (2) |
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4 Combating Employment Discrimination Against the Disabled and the Quota System |
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55 | (10) |
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4.1 Legal Prohibition Against Disability Discrimination in Employment |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (3) |
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4.2.1 Laws and Regulations for the Quota System |
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57 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Defects of the Quota System |
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59 | (1) |
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4.3 Relationship Between Anti-discrimination Law and the Quota System |
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60 | (1) |
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4.4 How to Improve the System of Anti-discrimination Against Disability in China |
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61 | (4) |
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5 Wages, Work Hours and Holidays |
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65 | (14) |
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5.1 Wage System in General |
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65 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Principles of Remuneration and Determination of Wages |
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66 | (1) |
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5.1.3 Major Regulations on Wages |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (7) |
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5.2.1 Theories and Debates on the Minimum Wage System |
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68 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Main Points of the Minimum Wage System |
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69 | (2) |
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5.2.3 Problems in and Improvements Needed for China's Minimum Wage System |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (3) |
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5.3.1 Standard Work Hours |
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74 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Restrictions on Overtime |
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75 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Special Work Hours Systems |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (2) |
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6 Regulation on Labor Dispatch |
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79 | (12) |
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6.1 Labor Dispatch Legislation and Its Implementation |
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79 | (2) |
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6.2 Main Reasons for Excessive Reliance on Labor Dispatch |
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81 | (3) |
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6.2.1 Benefits of Labor dispatching |
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81 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Insufficient Legal Regulation |
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82 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Effect of the Labor Contract Law |
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82 | (1) |
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6.2.4 The Limit and Effect of Employment Modality |
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83 | (1) |
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6.2.5 The Effect of the Urban-Rural Dual System |
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83 | (1) |
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6.3 The Problem of Unequal Pay for Equal Work |
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84 | (1) |
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6.4 The Revision of the Labor Contract Law in 2012 |
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85 | (2) |
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6.5 Problems to Be Solved in China's Labor Dispatch System |
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87 | (4) |
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6.5.1 "Joint Employer" or Not? Ambiguity in the Legal Status of the Host Company |
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87 | (3) |
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6.5.2 Improving Enforcement Mechanisms |
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90 | (1) |
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7 Termination of Labor Contracts |
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91 | (18) |
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7.1 Legitimate Grounds for Dismissals Under Chinese Law |
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91 | (3) |
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7.2 Legitimate Grounds for Dismissal in Some Other Countries |
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94 | (4) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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7.3 Employer Duty to Provide Severance Allowance |
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98 | (5) |
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7.3.1 Severance Allowance Provisions in Select Countries |
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98 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Severance Allowance Under Chinese Law |
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99 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Reasons for the Differences of the Rules in Different Countries and Regions |
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100 | (2) |
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7.3.4 The Nature and Purpose of Severance Allowance |
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102 | (1) |
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7.4 Employer Liability for Wrongful Dismissal |
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103 | (3) |
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7.4.1 Liability for Wrongful Dismissal Under Chinese Law |
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103 | (1) |
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7.4.2 How to Improve the Rules on Employer's Liability for Wrongful Dismissal |
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104 | (2) |
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7.5 Employee-Initiated Termination of Labor Contracts |
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106 | (3) |
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8 Work-Related Injury Insurance System |
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109 | (14) |
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109 | (1) |
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8.2 Scope of the Program and Qualifications for Eligible Injuries |
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110 | (5) |
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8.2.1 Who Must Offer the Program to Their Employees |
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110 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Work-Related Injuries: Definition and Criteria |
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110 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Categories of Work-Related Injuries |
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111 | (1) |
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8.2.4 Circumstances Deemed Work Injuries |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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8.3 Procedures for Claiming Work-Related Injury Compensation |
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115 | (2) |
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8.4 Work-Related Injuries Compensation for the Uninsured |
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117 | (1) |
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8.5 Payment of Work-Related Injury Compensation |
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118 | (1) |
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8.6 The Relationship Between Injury Compensation and Tort Damages |
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119 | (4) |
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9 Labor Inspection System and Employer's Liability |
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123 | (8) |
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9.1 Matters of Labor Inspection |
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123 | (2) |
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9.2 Effects and Effectiveness of Labor Inspection |
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125 | (1) |
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9.3 Challenges in Labor Inspection |
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126 | (3) |
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9.3.1 Topics Targeted for Inspection |
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126 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Shortage of Labor Inspectors |
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127 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Relationship Between Labor Inspection and Other Forms of Remedy |
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128 | (1) |
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9.4 The Power of the Labor Inspectorate and Employers' Liabilities |
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129 | (2) |
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9.4.1 Ordering Employers to Meet Their Obligations |
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129 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Improving the Employer's Liability in Labor Inspection |
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130 | (1) |
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10 Labor Dispute Resolution |
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131 | (14) |
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10.1 Necessity of Establishing a Special Labor Dispute Resolution Mechanism |
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131 | (2) |
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10.2 Labor Dispute Resolution in Some Countries |
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133 | (4) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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10.3 Labor Dispute Resolution in China |
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137 | (5) |
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137 | (4) |
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141 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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10.3.4 Collective Labor Dispute Resolution |
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142 | (1) |
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10.4 Controversies Regarding Labor Dispute Resolution Model and Its Improvements |
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142 | (3) |
References |
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145 | (4) |
Index |
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