Labour Administration Reforms in China

Labour Administration Reforms in China
Author: Giuseppe Casale
Publisher: International Labor Office
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

China has the largest labour market in the world and is ungergoing rapid urbanization and industrialization. To adapt to these challenges, China's labour administration system is being reformed and modernized so that it can effectively carry out its work of ensuring compliance with legislation and protecting the rights and interests of employers and workers - a role that is particularly important during periods of change. This timely volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the evolution of labour administration in China and details the recent reforms of its legislation and institutions. It gives a clear explanation of the principles and practical working of labour administrations in workplace-specific issue such as occupational safety and health, labour relations, and working conditions, as well as in the public employment services, labour inspection and social security services.

Labour Administration

Labour Administration
Author: Asian and Pacific Regional Centre for Labour Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1989
Genre: Industrial relations
ISBN:

Employment and Economic Growth in Urban China 1949-1957

Employment and Economic Growth in Urban China 1949-1957
Author: Christopher Howe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521153089

A study of China's urban employment problems between 1949 and 1957. Its main objectives are to analyse the size and determinants or urban employment change, and to trace the evolution both of Chinese thinking about employment and the institutions of labour control that reflected this thinking in day-to-day administration.

Industrial Relations in China

Industrial Relations in China
Author: Bill Taylor
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781781008324

"This enlightening book provides the first systematic introduction to, and exploration of, the emerging system of industrial relations in China, and draws on the authors' extensive research and direct involvement in the developments taking place. The authors argue that there are both unifying and fragmenting elements to the ongoing development of industrial relations, but overall it is one in which the state continues to maintain a major, and direct, influence. Divisions between workers and managers may be escalating with increased open conflicts, but this book reveals that the picture is far more complex and contradictory than to assume that the solution is convergence with western style industrial relations systems. They conclude that industrial relations institutions and processes still act within a political context and with the guiding hand of the Chinese Communist party."

China's Trade Unions and Management

China's Trade Unions and Management
Author: N. Hong
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 213
Release: 1998-05-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230377661

This book examines the role of trade unions vis-à-vis management in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present day. It deals with the evolution, reform and consolidation of the Chinese labour movement and, particularly, the role of the main arm of Chinese organized labour, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) at both the apex and grass-roots levels. It not only covers the recent history of Chinese trade unions but also assesses their strategy and structure and membership as well as their legal context. After this, it goes on to consider their role vis-à-vis management in both the State-owned as well as the foreign-funded sectors. Last, it compares their activities with organized labour in three Overseas Chinese societies, namely Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.

The Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China

The Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China
Author: Ying Zhu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136965688

During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government’s administration of enterprises with increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy. At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been superceded by market relationships. These reforms have had far-reaching implications for many aspects of everyday life in Chinese society. This book appraises the impact of the economic reforms on the employment relationship and, in turn, examines the effects on individual workers and their families, including salaries, working conditions and satisfaction, job security and disparities based on location, gender, age, skill, position and migrant status. In particular, it focuses on how changes in the employment relationship have affected the livelihood strategies of households. It explores the changing human resource management practices and employment relations in different types of enterprises: including State-Owned Enterprises, Foreign-Owned Enterprises and Domestic Private Enterprises; throughout different industries, focusing especially on textiles, clothing and footwear and the electronics industry; and in different regions and cities within China (Beijing, Haerbin, Lanzhou, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Kunming). Overall, this book provides a detailed account of the everyday implications of economic reform for individuals and families in China.

Paradoxes of Labour Reform

Paradoxes of Labour Reform
Author: Luigi Tomba
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2014-01-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136823123

Labour reform is only one component of the larger process of reforming economy and society experienced by China over the last three decades. This book uses historical analytical tools in order to shed light on how policymaking takes place in contemporary China: an experimental and self-fulfilling process where decisions are taken only long after being introduced into daily practice. It will be valuable to students of contemporary Chinese society and key to the understanding of 25 years of Chinese labour reform.

Social Policy in China

Social Policy in China
Author: Chak Kwan Chan
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-02-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1861348800

This much-needed new textbook introduces readers to the development of China's welfare polices since its conception of an open-door policy in 1978. Setting out basic concepts and issues, including key terms and the process of policy making, it overcomes a major barrier to understanding Chinese social policy. The book explores in detail the five key policy areas of employment, social security, health, education and housing. Each is examined using a human well-being framework comprising both qualitative and quantitative data and eight dimensions: physical and psychological well-being, social integration, fulfilment of caring duties, human learning and development, self-determination, equal value and just polity. This enables the authors to provide not only factual information on policies but also an in-depth understanding of the impact of welfare changes on the quality of life of Chinese people over the past three decades. A major strength of the book lies in its use of primary Chinese language sources, including relevant White Papers, central and local government policy documents, academic research studies and newspapers for each policy area. There are very few books in English on social policy in China, and this book will be welcomed both by academics and students of China and East Asian studies and comparative social policy and by those who want to know more about China's social development.

Labour and the Failure of Reform in China

Labour and the Failure of Reform in China
Author: Michael Korzec
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1992-06-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349118044

Examines the policies of labour reform in China, with particular reference to occupational inheritance, flexible labour efficiency wage and enterprise behaviour.

Social Policy Reform in China

Social Policy Reform in China
Author: Catherine Jones Finer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351761420

This title was first published in 2003.The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a timely example of social policy reform in a socialist market economy. This important and topical edited collection brings together leading Chinese and Western experts to introduce and integrate policy issues of the PRC into the mainstream of cross-national social policy debate. Drawing upon comparativist expertise in relevant aspects of social policy, the book explores the ways in which the PRC has or has not taken lessons from abroad in key social policy respects and illustrates policy-relevant relations between Chinese and Western perspectives. The contributors identify those aspects of China’s recent social policy reforms that seem the most and least likely to appeal to Western societies. The collection therefore represents a substantial advance in two-way, East-West lesson learning in social and public policy.