Employment decisions have a direct and profound impact on organizational stability, business transformation, and corporate reputation. Everbright’s Labor and Human Resources team has long served state-owned enterprises (SOEs), multinational corporations, private enterprises, public institutions, and public sector entities. Our comprehensive services cover the entire employment lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to in-service management, organizational restructuring, and offboarding.

Our team possesses robust capabilities spanning day-to-day advisory, major special projects, and dispute resolution. We have extensive experience in handling labor and personnel arbitration and litigation, mass labor disputes, and significant workforce restructuring, as well as administrative matters and controversies relating to labor inspections, work-related injury recognition, and social insurance. Leveraging our synergistic capabilities across corporate governance and compliance, data compliance and privacy protection, intellectual property, and liquidation and restructuring, we deliver tailored solutions that carefully balance regulatory compliance, implementation costs, business continuity, and positive employee relations.

Main service contents：

● Day-to-Day Employment and Policy Development
Designing and optimizing employment models; drafting and reviewing offer letters, employment contracts, engagement and service agreements, training and service-period agreements, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, and labor dispatch and outsourcing agreements; formulating employee handbooks, codes of conduct, disciplinary policies, and supporting procedures; conducting employment compliance audits and specialized training

● Human Resources Management and Compensation Incentives
Providing advisory on recruitment and background checks, probationary period management, position and salary adjustments, performance management, working hours and leave, compensation and benefits, social insurance, work-related injuries and occupational health, protection of special employee categories, disciplinary actions, and the rescission and termination of employment contracts; designing or reviewing arrangements for bonuses, commissions, equity incentives, and the appointment and exit of senior management.

● Organizational Restructuring and Employee Placement
Conducting labor due diligence during M&A, restructuring, business transfers, relocations, downsizing, suspension of operations, dissolutions, and bankruptcy liquidations; designing and assisting in the implementation of employee transfer, placement, and severance plans; handling matters involving labor unions, employee representative congresses, collective bargaining, and major employee relations issues.

● Workplace Compliance and Key Talent Protection
Managing internal investigations into employee misconduct, conflicts of interest, fraud, discrimination and harassment, and whistleblower complaints; assisting with fact-finding, interviews, evidence preservation, disciplinary actions, and structural remediation; advising on the processing of employee personal information and workplace data compliance. We also handle matters related to confidentiality, non-compete obligations, non-solicitation, trade secrets, and the ownership of service inventions, assisting clients in establishing mechanisms for key position identification, agreement management, exit reviews, and breach of contract enforcement.

● Cross-Border Employment and Global Mobility
Providing legal support for the employment practices of foreign-invested enterprises in China, cross-border secondments, and personnel adjustments; handling labor due diligence, alignment of HR policies, and post-closing workforce integration in cross-border transactions.

● Labor Dispute Resolution
Formulating strategies for negotiation, mediation, labor and personnel arbitration, litigation, and enforcement; representing clients in individual and mass labor disputes, including matters involving the confirmation of employment relationships, contract performance, rescission and termination, compensation and benefits, non-compete obligations, work-related injuries, and social insurance.

● Administrative Matters and Disputes in Labor Protection
Providing procedural and substantive legal opinions on labor protection inspections, work-related injury recognition, and social insurance matters; representing clients in related administrative reconsiderations and administrative litigation; and providing law enforcement and litigation defense support to administrative organs and public institutions.