Managing Labor Disputes And Termination Of Employment
E-Learning | Certificate Course
Over the course of four weeks, this program provides a comprehensive understanding of China’s Labor Contract Law, with a focus on managing, mitigating, and resolving labor disputes, as well as handling the termination of employment relationships. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the rights and obligations of both employers and employees in these contexts.
Labor disputes in China can be addressed through several channels, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and court proceedings. This course explores each stage of the dispute resolution process, examining the key characteristics, regulations, and procedural requirements that govern the responsibilities of all parties involved.
Participants will also study the legal grounds for terminating employment relationships, learning when employers and employees are permitted to unilaterally end a contract, when termination is prohibited, and how mutual agreements can offer favorable outcomes for both sides. In addition, the course covers the legal framework for financial compensation, offering practical insights into how severance payments are calculated under various circumstances, ensuring participants are equipped to make informed decisions within China’s evolving labor law environment.
Target audience
Human Resources professionals, corporate recruiters and executives from all industries who have an interest in understanding how to manage situations from which labor disputes might arise and how to manage termination of employment relationships.
100% Online delivery
The course is designed to be completed fully online enabling students to continue working during the course.
Literature
The course covers all literature and reading materials essential to managing labor disputes and termination of employment.
Duration
The standard duration of the course is 5 weeks based on an average time commitment of 4 hours per week.
Objectives
- In this course you will learn different ways how to manage and mitigate labor disputes and the different ways to terminate employment relationships.
- You will develop an understanding of the different steps part of the dispute escalation trajectory in China, and how follow up on each of these steps is legally structured.
- You will gain in-depth insights in how to manage labor disputes with employees who hold individual employment contracts, collective employment contracts and with employees who hold placement contracts.
- You will get insight into the legal grounds for terminating employment relationships, executed unilaterally by the employee, by the employer as well as termination following mutual agreement.
- You will learn when it is compulsory for the employer to pay financial compensation to the employee upon termination of the labor contract, as well as how compensation is calculated.
Unit 1: Introduction
The first unit provides an orientation to the course and the online learning environment. The unit does not carry credits. You are encouraged to go through the materials at their own pace to get accustomed to the online medium.
Unit 2: Managing labor disputes – Individual employment contracts
in this unit you will gain insight in the various ways labor disputes can be dealt with, varying from consultation between the parties, to mediation, arbitration and proceeding at court. In this course you will learn about the characteristics, regulations, and obligations towards the parties of each of the steps involved in the dispute escalation trajectory.
Unit 3: Managing labor disputes – Collective employment contracts
In this unit focus goes out to the management of labor disputes with employees that hold collective employment contracts.
Unit 4: Managing labor disputes – Work placement contracts
In this unit focus goes out to the management of labor disputes with dispatched employees that hold work placement contracts.
Unit 5: Termination of employment
In this unit you will learn about the legal grounds for the termination of employment relationships and develop an in-depth understanding in which instances the employee, and the employer are both allowed to unilaterally terminate the employment contact, when termination is not allowed and in which situations it is beneficiary for both parties to reach a mutual agreement.
Unit 6: Financial compensation
In this unit the legal grounds for financial compensation are discussed, and you will develop insight in the calculation for severance payment under different circumstances that might apply to a case.
No specific prior education or knowledge about human resources management, labor disputes and termination of employment contracts in China is required to be admitted to the course.
Assessment
Assessment is carried out through a number of written assignments to be completed at the end of each unit.
Certificate of Completion
A course certificate is issued upon the successful completion of the course.
Next: Progress to the Diploma Program
If you want to expand your knowledge even further, upon completion of this course you can continue your studies towards the “Employment Strategies in China” Diploma program. When you are admitted, you can submit an exemption request for the course that you have already obtained, and you will go through the entire program even faster.
Tuition fee
Tuition fee for the entire course is EUR 499 to be paid in advance.
The tuition fee includes all necessary literature and study materials, guidance and support during your studies, free extension of the study duration (if required), and 1:1 contact with your course professor.
Start date
Open enrollment applies to this course. You can start this course at a timing of your own convenience.
How we deliver value
Program Completion Benefits
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the course, you will earn a digital certificate of completion from the Institute of China Studies.
Note: After successful completion of the online program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of the Institute of China Studies.
Contact us
Would you like more information about the course and the admission requirements? Then request a free study consultation. Of course, free of charge and without obligation. This way you will learn more about the content of the course, the teaching materials, and the online learning environment.
Enroll today
Enroll today and develop essential skills and insights about managing labor disputes and termination of employment in China, which can be directly applied in your professional work environment.