BSR Insight | Chinese Labor Disputes on the Rise
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Pei Bin, Former Director, China Partnership Development
Publication Date
February 2, 2010
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Although Chinese workers have benefited from increased labor rights protection in recent years, the number of labor disputes reported in China has nearly doubled since 2007. This trend is a result of clearer and more comprehensive legal frameworks for labor protection, greater worker awareness of labor laws, and a lack of corporate investments in formal grievance mechanisms.
As labor disputes become more complex—a result of China's rapid social transition, urbanization, and industrialization in China—BSR recommends that companies invest in incentive programs that build worker loyalty, establish formal grievance systems, and support employee-assistance programs such as psychological counseling services. But business cannot do it alone; the government and labor unions also need to take a proactive role in communicating labor laws and policies.
Through our Labor Relations Practitioners Development Initiative, BSR has trained more than 1,000 labor-relations professionals on how to build strong labor-relations-management systems, and we have established a peer-education network where practitioners can share knowledge and best practices.
To learn more, contact Pei Bin.
About the Author(s)
Pei Bin, Former Director, China Partnership Development
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