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China: The Regulations of Hebei Province on Trade Union’s Supervision on Labor Laws Have Come into Effect by December 2018

The Regulations of Hebei Province on Trade Union’s Supervision on Labor Laws (the “Regulations”) passed by the Standing Committee of Hebei Provincial People’s Congress has come into effect by December 2018. The Regulations have clarified that trade union’s supervision on enforcement of labor laws and regulations refers to the organized mass supervision by trade union at all levels over employers on compliance with labor laws and regulations. The Regulations stipulate that trade unions at all levels shall establish labor law supervision committees to conduct specific labor law and regulation supervision; the specific methods and procedures for trade union’s supervision on enforcement of labor laws and regulations include: (1) making oral inquiry to employers, (2) sending the Letter of Inquiry to employers, (3) conducting independent investigations, (4) sending the Letter of Opinion to employers, (5) providing the Letter of Proposal on the illegal acts of employers to the competent human resources and social security department.