Document issued by three departments: To reduce the premiums of employee basic medical insurance in stages

2020-03-07

Since February 2020, all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps can guide their overall planning area to reduce the part paid by the unit of the employee...

Newsletter re IPR in China

2020-03-06

1.Electronic patent certificates will be used in China;2.EUIPO extends time limits of trademark and design applications for Chinese applicants;3.Specific issues in China's procedures for restoring patent rights related to COVID-19 epidemic;4.Trademark objection decisions have been published online....

Opinions on the Calculation of “One Salary Payment Cycle” during the Business and Production Suspension Period of Enterprises in Various Regions

2020-03-04

On January 24, 2020, the General Office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of PRC issued the Notice on Properly Handling Labor Relation Issues during the Prevention and Control Period of the Novel Coronavirus-infected Pneumonia Epidemic (Ren She Ting Ming Dian [2020] No.5), and on February 7, 2020，Ministry Of Human Resources And Social Security of PRC and other departments jointly issued Opinions on Stabilizing Labor Relations and Supporting Enterprises to Resume Work during the Prevention and Control Period of NCP (Ren She Bu Fa (2020) No.8) . The two documents both mentioned the concept “one salary payment cycle”, however, as for how to calculate “one salary payment cycle”, no specific provisions are found in relevant laws and regulations, including the Interim Provisions on Salary Payment, and there are also different calculation methods in practice....

Notice of SIP Administrative Committee on Supporting the Work Resumption and Production Resumption of Enterprises during the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period

2020-03-03

Relevant units: In order to support enterprises to effectively respond to the impact of COVID-19 and assist in the work resumption and production resumption, upon the research and approval of the SIP Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, relev...