Abstract
This Comment will discuss the labor conditions in China that prompted many provisions in the recently enacted Labor Contract Law, and how the new law responds to deficiencies of China's Labor Law to address various labor problems. Part I of this Comment contains a brief presentation of the historical and economic background of the emergence of migrant workers. Part I also examines the causes of the main problems faced by migrant workers, in particular the insufficiencies of China's Labor Law in protecting migrant workers. Part II looks into the legislation's background and specific provisions of China's new Labor Contract Law that supplement the Labor Law and stress the protection of laborers. Many provisions of the new law specifically address labor abuses faced by migrant workers. Finally, Part III discusses the insufficiencies and likely effects of the new Labor Contract Law.
Recommended Citation
Li Jing,
China's New Labor Contract Law and Protection of Workers,
32 Fordham Int'l L.J. 1083
(2008).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj/vol32/iss3/8