{
  "version": "1.0",
  "jurisdiction": "china",
  "name": "People's Republic of China",
  "name_zh": "中华人民共和国",
  "description": "Chinese employment and contract law",

  "employment_law": {
    "labor_contract_law": {
      "written_contract": {
        "required": true,
        "deadline": "Within 30 days of employment start",
        "penalty": "Double wages for each month without contract (up to 11 months)"
      },
      "contract_types": [
        {
          "type": "fixed_term",
          "name_zh": "固定期限合同",
          "description": "Contract with specific end date"
        },
        {
          "type": "open_ended",
          "name_zh": "无固定期限合同",
          "description": "No specified end date",
          "automatic_conversion": "After 2 consecutive fixed-term contracts or 10 years continuous service"
        },
        {
          "type": "task_based",
          "name_zh": "以完成一定工作任务为期限的合同",
          "description": "Ends upon task completion"
        }
      ]
    },
    "probation_period": {
      "max_duration": {
        "contract_3mo_to_1yr": "1 month",
        "contract_1yr_to_3yr": "2 months",
        "contract_3yr_plus": "6 months"
      },
      "salary": "Not less than 80% of agreed salary or local minimum wage",
      "note": "Only one probation period per employer"
    },
    "working_hours": {
      "standard": "8 hours/day, 40 hours/week",
      "overtime_limit": "1 hour/day normally, 3 hours/day in special circumstances",
      "monthly_limit": "36 hours/month"
    },
    "overtime_pay": {
      "weekday": "150% of normal wage",
      "weekend": "200% of normal wage (or compensatory time off)",
      "holiday": "300% of normal wage"
    }
  },

  "termination_rules": {
    "employer_termination": {
      "immediate_dismissal": [
        "During probation - fails to meet hiring conditions",
        "Serious violation of company rules",
        "Serious dereliction of duty causing significant damage",
        "Conflict of interest with another employer",
        "Contract invalidated due to fraud/coercion",
        "Criminal liability"
      ],
      "with_30_days_notice": [
        "Employee unable to perform after medical treatment",
        "Employee incompetent after training/reassignment",
        "Material change in circumstances making contract unperformable"
      ],
      "mass_layoff": {
        "threshold": "20+ employees or 10%+ of workforce",
        "requirements": [
          "30 days notice to union/employees",
          "Report to labor authority",
          "Priority re-hire within 6 months"
        ]
      }
    },
    "employee_termination": {
      "with_30_days_notice": "At any time",
      "during_probation": "3 days notice",
      "immediate_resignation": [
        "Employer fails to provide working conditions or pay",
        "Employer fails to pay social insurance",
        "Rules violate laws/regulations harming employee",
        "Employer uses force/threats",
        "Employer forces dangerous work"
      ]
    }
  },

  "severance_pay": {
    "calculation": "1 month salary per year of service (pro-rated)",
    "cap": "3x local average salary × 12 years",
    "when_required": [
      "Mutual termination",
      "Employer termination with notice",
      "Contract expiration (if employer chooses not to renew)",
      "Mass layoff"
    ]
  },

  "non_compete": {
    "max_duration": "2 years after termination",
    "compensation_required": true,
    "compensation_amount": "Monthly payment during restriction period",
    "minimum_compensation": "30-50% of pre-termination salary (varies by region)",
    "scope_limits": "Must be related to employer's business and position held"
  },

  "social_insurance": {
    "mandatory_contributions": [
      {
        "type": "pension",
        "name_zh": "养老保险",
        "employer_rate": "~16%",
        "employee_rate": "8%"
      },
      {
        "type": "medical",
        "name_zh": "医疗保险",
        "employer_rate": "~8%",
        "employee_rate": "2%"
      },
      {
        "type": "unemployment",
        "name_zh": "失业保险",
        "employer_rate": "~0.5%",
        "employee_rate": "0.5%"
      },
      {
        "type": "work_injury",
        "name_zh": "工伤保险",
        "employer_rate": "~0.2-1.9%",
        "employee_rate": "0%"
      },
      {
        "type": "maternity",
        "name_zh": "生育保险",
        "employer_rate": "~0.5%",
        "employee_rate": "0%"
      }
    ],
    "housing_fund": {
      "name_zh": "住房公积金",
      "rate": "5-12% (employer and employee each)"
    }
  },

  "key_laws": [
    {
      "code": "劳动合同法",
      "name": "Labor Contract Law",
      "description": "Primary employment law"
    },
    {
      "code": "劳动法",
      "name": "Labor Law",
      "description": "General labor standards"
    },
    {
      "code": "社会保险法",
      "name": "Social Insurance Law",
      "description": "Mandatory social insurance"
    },
    {
      "code": "合同法/民法典",
      "name": "Civil Code (Contract Section)",
      "description": "General contract law"
    }
  ]
}