- Q:
- Can foreign employees with Foreign Investment Enterprise process entry-exit visa more than once?
- A:
- Yes. Foreign employees can process employment permit with labor bureau first and apply for conduct to entry and exit administration under public security bureau.
- Q:
- Can foreign employee¡¯s salary income be remitted abroad?
- A:
- Foreign employee's salary income, after Individual Income Tax is paid according to tax law, can be remitted abroad.
- Q:
- Can enterprise recruit employees on its own? How can industrial dispute be settled if it occurs?
- A:
- Enterprise can recruit employees on its own. If industrial dispute occurs, and cannot be settled by negotiation of both sides, the dispute can be submitted to coordination and arbitration by local labor bureau or personnel bureau.
- Q:
- By what means can Foreign Investment Enterprise recruit employees?
- A:
- Major means:
- To entrust human resources agency
- To post recruitment advertisement at media
- To participate in recruitment seminars
- To entrust professionals to recruit on its behalf, Sino Corp can provide this professional service
- Q:
- What are the requirements for employee's standard working hours?
- A:
- Employee's standard working hours are:
- Not more than 8 hours per day
- Not more than 40 hours per week
- Not more than 36 OT hours in aggregate per month
- Q:
- What are statutory holidays for employees every year?
- A:
- Enterprises should comply with the requirements of the Labor Law of the PRC, take leave system and statutory holidays, with pay during statutory holidays and period of leave as usual.
- Statutory holidays include: 3 days for Spring Festival, 3 days for National Day, 1 day for New Year's Day, 3 days for May Day, totaling 10 days
- Wedding leave: Wedding employee can enjoy wedding leave of 3 days. Late wedding employee can enjoy another 10 days (male above 25 years old, and female above 23 years old)
- Maternity leave: Pregnant female employee can enjoy maternity leave of 90 days, late pregnant employee can enjoy another 15 days (giving first birth after 24 years old), and pregnant employee holding Certificate of Preferential Treatment to Only Child can enjoy another 35 days. During maternity leave, husband is given parental leave of 10 days
- Bereavement leave: Employee whose linear relative (parent, spouse, child) is deceased can be given bereavement leave within 3 days
- Q:
- What insurance should enterprise purchase for its employees?
- A:
- Enterprise should purchase for its employees with a total of five kinds of insurances, including: Endowment Insurance, Medical Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Industrial Injury Insurance, and Maternity Insurance. Foreign and Hong Kong or Macau employees need not be insured for that.
- Q:
- What are the requirements and certificates for foreign nationals to work in China?
- A:
- Foreign employees should process employment permit formalities with labor and social security department within 15 days after entry.
In addition, foreign employees shall meet the following requirements for employment:
- 18 years old or above
- Without criminal record
- Holding valid passport or other international travel document
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