Employment and Social Security

Overview
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Practice Overview

The W&H employment and social security legal service team comprises 120 practicing lawyers and three consultants, all graduates of prestigious Chinese universities or law schools. A significant number hold master’s degrees or higher, combining a strong grounding in legal theory with extensive practical experience in handling cases. They have represented numerous well-known Chinese enterprises, multinational corporations, and individual employees in handling and resolving a wide range of litigation and non-litigation legal matters.

W&H pays close attention to and always stands at the forefront of Chinese labor laws and keeps close communication and cooperation relations with the government authorities, law research institutions, universities and human resources administrations. We are capable of helping our clients establish an efficient employment and human resources management system, and provide comprehensive, timely, efficient and professional legal services to clients.

Business Range

HR Compliance Process Management
Establish various employment and personnel rules, regulations, and workflows
Protect corporate trade secrets, establish standardized operating procedures, and maximize the protection of corporate trade secrets and non-compete restriction
Prepare employee transfer and resettlement plans during corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, bankruptcy, etc.
Design legal solutions for specific labor issues, such as job and salary adjustments, work injury handling, social insurance, sick leave management, and disciplinary actions for misconduct
Mediate and represent clients in labor disputes and litigation
Daily HR Legal Consultation
HR Legal Training

Major Achievements

As of October 2023, W&H has handled over 1,000 cases in the field of labor law and human resources, including various labor disputes, work injury compensation, and other matters. Notable cases include:

01

Administrative litigation regarding work-related death recognition between a Chinese asset management company and Sun
02

Labor dispute case between a Beijing education technology company and Jia
03

Labor dispute between a Chinese property management company and Wang
04

Dispute over expulsion from the Communist Party and termination of labor relations between a Chinese company and Li
05

Labor dispute case between a film investment management company and Li
06

Dispute over retirement pension benefits between a Chinese newspaper and He
07

Labor dispute over medical leave issues between a Chinese group company and Tang
08

Non-litigation project for employee optimization and placement at an automobile company
09

Non-litigation employee optimization project for a group company
10

Non-litigation employee optimization project for a Beijing company
11

Evidence preservation and resolution of workplace sexual harassment at a Beijing real estate design company
12

Employee relocation project for production line move at a company
13

Employee relocation project for off-site move at a company
14

Labor dispute case between a Chinese times newspaper and Liu
15

Employee relocation project due to land reclamation at a Chinese company
16

Non-litigation project for handling employee medical leave at a Chinese company
17

Special legal services for regulatory system construction at a Chinese research institute

Publications

"Lawyer Is Here—Legal Advice on Marriage and Family Disputes"
- 2018
- Law Press China
"Lawyer Is Here—Legal Advice on Private Lending Disputes"
- 2018
- Law Press China
"Lawyer Is Here—Legal Advice on Property Disputes"
- 2018
- Law Press China
"Lawyer Is Here—Legal Advice on Contract Disputes"
- 2018
- Law Press China
"Lawyer Is Here—Legal Advice on Corporate Legal Issues"
- 2018
- Law Press China
"Company Law: From Beginner to Expert"
- 2018
- China Legal Publishing House
"Essential Systems and Practical Operations for Enterprise Legal Management"
- 2020
- China Legal Publishing House
"Complete Collection of Quick Reference and Application of Labor Contract Law"
- 2019
- China Legal Publishing House
"Legal Application Handbook for Lawyers Handling Labor Disputes"
- 2022
- China Legal Publishing House
"Practical Operation Guide for Enterprise Human Resource Employment Management"
- 2020
- China Legal Publishing House

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