China Employment Contracts: How to Set the Employment Term
When drafting a China employment contract, one of the critical issues is always going to be the term of employment, points out Grace Yang, writing for Harris Bricken McVay Sliwoski’s China Law Blog.
She said the length of the employment term, especially the initial employment term, depends on the situation. But for new employees, her firm’s China employment lawyers usually recommend a three-year initial term, which usually works best when the employer wants that new employee to have a probation period.
“Because Chinese law requires that the probation period be proportional to the initial employment term, a three-year initial term means you can set the probation period for the maximum six months permitted by law,” she explains
