Basic Overview
As a cornerstone of corporate stability and sustainable development, labor compliance has become an indispensable element in modern enterprise management. With the deepening rule of law and rapid economic growth, the labor legal system has grown increasingly complex, diversity and dynamic. A proliferation of foundational laws, regulations, judicial interpretations, and local policies creates significant variations in enforcement standards across regions based on their varying levels of economic development and local judicial practices. This combination of legislation flexibility and regional disparities exposes enterprises to significant challenges and potential risks throughout the entire employment management chain—from recruitment to contract fulfillment, compensation design, performance evaluation, working hour management, trade secret protection, and employee departure procedures. How to strike the right balance between corporate employment autonomy and tightening compliance demands, while systematically preventing and resolving labor disputes, has thus emerged as a critical and urgent priority for all management and HR departments.
Zhonglun W&D Labor & Employment team is a seasoned specialist in this field, with years of experience serving clients and accumulating profound practical expertise as well as forward-looking industry insight. We have established an efficient service network that covers major economic regions across China, with strategic offices located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Xi’an to ensure prompt responses to our clients’ needs. By closely tracking the latest legislative trends and judicial rulings at both national and local levels, we are dedicated to translating our in-depth understanding of regulatory policies into practical services, helping clients build robust internal compliance systems.
Long-term Legal Achievements
• Providing long-term labor and employment legal services for a securities firm.
• Providing legal
services regarding a mass layoff project in China for an international airline.
• Providing long-term and specialized legal services regarding a large-scale
layoff project involving over a hundred employees in Beijing for a Fortune
Global 500 group.
• Providing daily
employment consultation and specialized legal services regarding equity
incentives and non-compete agreements for an internet technology company.
• Providing specialized legal services regarding employee handbook review and
revision for a multinational engineering and technology company.
• Providing specialized legal services regarding employment compliance consultation in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Middle East for an internet technology company.
Legal Achievements in Dispute Resolution
• Representing
a market research group in labor disputes involving multiple former employees regarding
year-end bonuses and unilateral recession of employment.
• Representing a securities firm in labor disputes involving two former
employees regarding employment contract termination and performance-based
bonuses.
• Representing an internet technology firm in labor disputes involving multiple
former employees regarding unilateral recession, stock options, and restricted
stocks.
• Representing a state-owned enterprise in a labor disputes regarding the confirmation
of labor relationships.
• Representing an international airline in labor disputes involving two former
employees regarding employment contract termination.