De jure versus de facto labour rights in China
At a Glance
20-06-2017
For China, striking the right balance between using its abundant, cheap workforce as a competitive advantage and protecting labour rights has been a major challenge. Although China has developed a considerable body of law governing labour relations, there is still a huge gap between the labour rights on the statute books and those enjoyed by workers in practice. Over-riding economic interests to attract foreign investors and to boost economic growth have seriously undermined effective labour rights enforcement. China's vanishing demographic dividend may require a new balance.
At a Glance
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- access to the courts
- Asia and Oceania
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- China
- collective bargaining
- competition
- economic geography
- economic reform
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- employment policy
- GEOGRAPHY
- international competition
- international labour law
- international law
- international law - national law
- justice
- labour law
- labour law and labour relations
- labour tribunal
- LAW
- organisation of the legal system
- organisation of work and working conditions
- rights and freedoms
- trade union freedom
- working conditions