On December 28, 2012, the Decision regarding the Modification of Employment Contract Law (the “Decision”) was passed by the 30th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress, which will be implemented from July 1, 2013. This modification is relating to the labor dispatch part in the Employment Contract Law, which clearly expresses the qualification of the dispatch service providers, the administrative license for dispatch service, the “equal pay for equal […]

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (“ENDA”) was introduced on April 25 as S-815.  A companion bill HR 1755 was introduced in the House.  The legislation prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.  Notwithstanding 39 Senate sponsors or co-sponsors, passage will be difficult.  Similar measures have been introduced in almost every Congress since 1994.  The legislation essentially covers the same universe of employers as does Title VII and defines discrimination in similar terms.  The […]