No layoffs without permission
By Tan Yingzi | China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-18 07:48
Workers check spectacles on Friday at the Sunhing Glasses Co Ltd in Dongguan, Guangdong province. Authorities in the city recently established two 1-billion-yuan funds to help small and medium enterprises weather the current financial crisis. Xinhua |
Firms in Shandong and Hubei provinces that want to lay off 40 or more workers have been told they must first apply for approval from their local human resources and social security authorities, the Legal Daily reported on Sunday.
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