National Guidelines in China - Redundancy

Ministry of Labour and Social Security

Circular of the Ministry of Labour on Provisions on Personnel Reduction Due to Economic Reasons in Enterprises (LMI No. 447) of 14 November 1994

This Circular aims at directing employing units to correctly exercise the power to reduce their personnel in accordance with the law (article 1).

Article 5 prohibits an employing unit that is reducing its personnel, from retrenching a female staff member or worker during pregnancy and the puerperal or breastfeeding period.