By Xu Xiaodan  Zhang Jingjing, King & Wood Mallesons’ Labor Group

xu_xiaodanThe newly amended Safe Production Law has come into effect as of December 1, 2014. In general, the new legislation elaborated management personnel’s administration responsibilities towards safe production. In the meantime, it also increased penalties on violations of the law. This article will introduce management personnel’s obligations and possible liabilities under the new legislation.

1. Management Personnel’s Obligations

The Safe Production Law specifies management personnel’s statutory obligations, including: Continue Reading How can Management Personnel Deal with the Newly Amended Safe Production Law?

作者:徐晓丹 张晶晶 金杜律师事务所劳动

xu_xiaodan修订后的《安全生产法》已于2014年12月1日生效。总体而言,新法细化了企业管理人员对安全生产的管理责任,同时也加重了对违法行为的处罚力度。本文将介绍企业管理人员在新法下的义务以及可能承担的法律责任。

一、企业管理人员的义务

《安全生产法》明确规定了以下几种企业管理人员的法定义务,其中包括: Continue Reading 新《安全生产法》:企业管理人员应如何应对?

By Linda Liang and Wen Qin, King & Wood Mallesons’ Labor Group

untitledMs. Li was first employed by Company A as Chief Financial Officer on November 29, 2012. The two parties had signed a three-year employment contract, the term of which is from November 29, 2012 to November 28, 2015, and the probation period is from November 29, 2012 to January 28, 2013. The Company and Ms. Li agreed in the Offer Letter that, the Company is entitled to extend the probation period based on Ms. Li’s performance during that period. On January 16, 2013, the Company conducted a performance evaluation on Ms. Li, and the result showed that the Company needed to extend Ms. Li’s probation period for another one month. Ms. Li had no objection to this decision and the Company extended her probation period to February 28, 2013. When the extended probation period was about to expire, the Company conducted another performance evaluation on Ms. Li, which showed that Ms. Li’s performance was unsatisfactory. Meanwhile, taking Ms. Li’s fake education credentials, frequent lateness and serious absenteeism into consideration, the Company terminated the employment relationship with Ms. Li on February 23, 2013 in accordance with Article 39 (1) of PRC Employment Contract Law. According to this Article 39 (1), if the employee is proved as having failed to meet the recruitment requirements during the probation period, the employer is entitled to dismiss him/her. Continue Reading Extending the Probation Period?——Don’t Be So Capricious

作者:梁燕玲 秦雯 金杜律师事务所劳动

untitled李女士于2012年11月29日加入A公司担任财务总监,双方签订了一份为期三年的劳动合同,期限自2012年11月29日至2015年11月28日,其中约定试用期自2012年11月29日至2013年1月28日。公司与李女士在《录用通知书》中约定,公司可根据试用期情况考虑延长试用期。2013年1月16日,公司对李女士进行表现考评,考评结果是需要将试用期延长一个月。李女士对此决定无异议,于是公司将其试用期延长了一个月至2013年2月28日。延长的试用期届满前,公司对李女士的试用期考核结果为不合格,同时综合考虑李女士存在虚报学历,上班经常迟到,旷工现象严重的情况。因此,公司依法以《劳动合同法》第三十九条第(一)款“试用期内不符合录用条件”为由,于2013年2月23日解除了与李女士的劳动关系。

李女士对公司的决定不服,于是向劳动争议仲裁委提起仲裁,要求公司支付违法解除的经济补偿。在仲裁阶段,仲裁委裁决公司解除违法。公司不服该裁决诉至一审法院。一审法院判决认为,同一用人单位与同一劳动者只能约定一次试用期,公司延长李女士试用期的行为不合法,因此公司解除李女士时其应视为已经转正,而公司仍以试用期不合格为由与其解除劳动合同,不符合法律规定。公司不服提起上诉,二审法院维持了原判。

本案当中,试用期的约定与延长成为了争议的焦点,其中有以下问题值得我们关注: Continue Reading 延长试用期?——不可任性而为之

By Huang Jianwen, King & Wood Mallesons’ Investment Group

huang_jianwenOn June 17, 2015, the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (“ChAFTA”) was officially signed by Australia’s Trade Minister Andrew Robb and China’s Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng. ChAFTA will benefit more than a dozen fields including goods, services, and investment. With respect to health services, ChAFTA increases foreign investors’ access to medical services and hospitals, enables certain qualified foreign physicians to offer services in China, permits the establishment of wholly foreign owned aged care institutions, and promotes cooperation in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (“TCM”) services.  Continue Reading China-Australia FTA: Implications on the Chinese health industry

作者:黄建雯  金杜律师事务所投资

huang_jianwen2015年6月17日,中国商务部部长高虎城与澳大利亚贸易与投资部部长安德鲁·罗布在澳大利亚堪培拉分别代表两国政府正式签署《中华人民共和国政府和澳大利亚政府自由贸易协定》(“《中澳自贸协定》”)。《中澳自贸协定》涉及货物、服务、投资等十几个领域。在医疗养老等健康类服务贸易领域,《中澳自贸协定》放宽医疗以及医院服务准入、允许外国医师在中国提供服务、允许设立外资独资养老机构并且促进中医药产业合作。

医疗及医院服务 

国家卫计委、商务部2014年发布《关于开展设立外资独资医院试点工作的通知》,允许在北京市、天津市、上海市、江苏省、福建省、广东省、海南省设立外资独资医院。然而2015年修订的《外商投资产业指导目录》(“2015目录”)将医疗机构归属于限制外商投资的产业,只允许外国服务提供者设立中外合资、合作医疗机构。  Continue Reading 《中澳自贸协定》对外商投资医疗养老产业的促进

作者:金杜律师事务所 投资仲裁团队

2014年,中国境内投资者共对全球156个国家和地区的6128家境外企业进行了直接投资,双向投资首次接近平衡。在“走出去”的过程中,中国投资者难免面临东道国政策变动导致投资利益受损,这时,中国投资者可以选择把东道国政府告上国际仲裁庭,充分利用中国和东道国签署的双边投资协定(Bilateral Investment Treaty, 简称“BIT”)提供的投资保护,以求在相对平等的环境下获得相对中立的裁判结果。

平安集团面对经济危机期间由比利时政府市场干预政策导致的巨额亏损,选择了在国际投资争端解决中心(International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes,简称“ICSID”)状告比利时政府,要求赔偿平安集团投资损失。虽然平安集团目前尚未获得理想结果,但是作为中国大陆第一个状告东道国政府的投资者,其经验和维权意识都值得我国“走出去”的投资者借鉴学习。 Continue Reading 中国投资者状告东道国政府 —— 平安集团诉比利时政府投资仲裁案之启示

By Huang Jianwen  King & Wood Mallesons’ Investment Group

huang_jianwenBackground

Since 2010, the State Council has issued a series of policy documents promoting development of the healthcare industry by encouraging the inflow of social capital. As a result, non-public medical institutions have grown rapidly and their level of service has gradually improved. In general, however, the scale of non-public medical institutions is still small and the services they provide are still relatively low. Many difficulties and problems still exist: the potential of non-public medical institutions is limited; the threshold for entry into the industry is high; non-public medical institutions experience brain drain; and the regulatory mechanisms that regulate such institutions needs to be refined.

In order to solve these issues, the General Office of the State Council issued the Measures on Promoting the Growth of Non-public Medical Institutions (Guo Ban Fa [2015] No. 45)(hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”) on June 15, 2015. The intent of the Measures is to eliminate systematic obstacles and political constraints hindering the development of non-public medical institutions.

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作者:黄建雯  金杜律师事务所投资

huang_jianwen出台背景

2010年以来,国务院先后出台一系列政策文件,鼓励社会资本进入医疗健康领域,促进行业发展。此后,社会办医规模快速增长,服务水平逐步提升,但总体而言,社会办医规模和服务量占比仍然较低。社会办医发展空间小、准入门槛高、人才瓶颈突出、监管机制不健全、社会氛围不理想等困难和问题仍然存在。

为了应对和解决上述问题,2015年6月15日,国务院办公厅发布了《关于促进社会办医加快发展若干政策措施》(国办发〔2015〕45号文件)(以下简称《措施》),意图消除社会资本办医发展的体制机制障碍和政策束缚。

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作者:熊进 曾嘉 金杜律师事务所并购

xiong_jin国家发展改革委员会(“发改委”)日前发布了《政府核准和备案投资项目管理条例》(征求意见稿)(下称“意见稿”),就各类企业在中国的固定资产投资项目以及中国企业(含通过境外企业)实施的境外投资项目管理规定征求意见(2015年6月22日截止)。

本文从境外投资的角度对意见稿相关条款所设计的“新境外投资核准备案机制”(“新机制”)进行重点解读。

新机制下的境外投资备案、核准

就境外投资而言,此次意见稿最大的亮点是明确提出了事后备案制。 Continue Reading 境外投资监管将改为事后备案