Mainland China & Hong Kong Employment Law
As global leaders in employment law, Seyfarth supports clients’ needs ranging from day-to-day matters on a single-country basis to large and complex multijurisdictional employment law projects, employment compliance, investigations, and employment litigation. Our employment lawyers in mainland China and Hong Kong are part of the firm’s International Employment Law practice, one of the largest practices of its kind in the world.
HOW WE HELP
The group plays a key role in many of the most complex strategic, compliance, and transactional employment matters for the world’s largest companies. Our team in mainland China and Hong Kong—and, of course Seyfarth’s International Employment team more broadly—assist domestic and multinational employers with a full range of employment-related matters:
Compliance Issues. Employment law requirements such as working hours/overtime, leave requirements, data protection, and anti-discrimination and harassment issues; as well as corporate compliance measures such as codes of conduct, whistleblowing, and anti-bribery programs.
International Transactional Assistance. Mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and joint ventures, including HR due diligence, international employment structures, advice regarding union and/or works council consultation, business transfer laws and post-transaction workforce integration issues.
Strategic and Commercial HR Initiatives. Remote working arrangements, performance management programs, international assignment/transfer structures, and retention and remuneration arrangements including compensation, commission and bonus arrangements, non-compete/non-solicitation arrangements, and IP protection arrangements.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Seyfarth is home to a large international employment practice with experience covering more than 170 countries, acting for some of the world’s biggest companies. Seyfarth is well positioned to assist companies with their employment needs in mainland China, Hong Kong, throughout the Asia Pacific region, and across the globe.
Representative examples of our recent work include:
- Advised a leading multinational financial services client on its bring your own device (BYOD) policy across the Asia Pacific region, including in mainland China and Hong Kong.
- Successfully defended a multinational technology client in mainland China in 10 arbitration/litigation cases where the employees claimed reinstatement of employment or damages for illegal termination after being terminated for misconduct or other reasons.
- Advised a Mexican wholesale distributor on various employment and corporate matters in relation to the company's set up of a Hong Kong office and entity, management of its existing mainland China business, and a termination case in its Xiamen rep office.
- Advised a major energy client on several employment concerns, including compliance issues related to a mainland China employee’s social contribution; an investigation of the mainland China legal representative’s potential misconduct; and a potential employee/contractor misclassification issue.
- Advised an international technology company on a nationwide restructuring in mainland China involving Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and Wuxi. The project involved both the restructuring of entities and transfer of employees.
- Advised several multinational corporations on sexual harassment and discrimination investigations involving senior management in mainland China and Hong Kong.
- Advised a global corporation on a fraudulent phishing scheme and the investigation of employee actions.
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As global leaders in employment law, Seyfarth supports clients’ needs ranging from day-to-day matters on a single-country basis to large and complex multijurisdictional employment law projects, employment compliance, investigations, and employment litigation. Our employment lawyers in mainland China and Hong Kong are part of the firm’s International Employment Law practice, one of the largest practices of its kind in the world.
HOW WE HELP
The group plays a key role in many of the most complex strategic, compliance, and transactional employment matters for the world’s largest companies. Our team in mainland China and Hong Kong—and, of course Seyfarth’s International Employment team more broadly—assist domestic and multinational employers with a full range of employment-related matters:
Compliance Issues. Employment law requirements such as working hours/overtime, leave requirements, data protection, and anti-discrimination and harassment issues; as well as corporate compliance measures such as codes of conduct, whistleblowing, and anti-bribery programs.
International Transactional Assistance. Mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and joint ventures, including HR due diligence, international employment structures, advice regarding union and/or works council consultation, business transfer laws and post-transaction workforce integration issues.
Strategic and Commercial HR Initiatives. Remote working arrangements, performance management programs, international assignment/transfer structures, and retention and remuneration arrangements including compensation, commission and bonus arrangements, non-compete/non-solicitation arrangements, and IP protection arrangements.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Seyfarth is home to a large international employment practice with experience covering more than 170 countries, acting for some of the world’s biggest companies. Seyfarth is well positioned to assist companies with their employment needs in mainland China, Hong Kong, throughout the Asia Pacific region, and across the globe.
Representative examples of our recent work include:
- Advised a leading multinational financial services client on its bring your own device (BYOD) policy across the Asia Pacific region, including in mainland China and Hong Kong.
- Successfully defended a multinational technology client in mainland China in 10 arbitration/litigation cases where the employees claimed reinstatement of employment or damages for illegal termination after being terminated for misconduct or other reasons.
- Advised a Mexican wholesale distributor on various employment and corporate matters in relation to the company's set up of a Hong Kong office and entity, management of its existing mainland China business, and a termination case in its Xiamen rep office.
- Advised a major energy client on several employment concerns, including compliance issues related to a mainland China employee’s social contribution; an investigation of the mainland China legal representative’s potential misconduct; and a potential employee/contractor misclassification issue.
- Advised an international technology company on a nationwide restructuring in mainland China involving Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and Wuxi. The project involved both the restructuring of entities and transfer of employees.
- Advised several multinational corporations on sexual harassment and discrimination investigations involving senior management in mainland China and Hong Kong.
- Advised a global corporation on a fraudulent phishing scheme and the investigation of employee actions.
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