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Enterprises, a Representative Office cannot directly hire
employees - it must use an authorized human resources agency.
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Office to carry out direct business activities. It is limited to
activities such as market research, product promotion, and
liaison. It may not charge fees for its services or engage in
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must be handled by the parent company. This is a tricky and
ambiguous area, and it would be wise to subject your
Representative Office’s billing procedures to the scrutiny of a
competent professional in China to ensure that it is not
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Enterprises, a Representative Office cannot directly hire
employees - it must use an authorized human resources agency.
Although most of these agencies are affiliated with local
governments, a few are private. Many Representative Offices get
around some of the inevitable inconveniences by independently
seeking employment candidates, having the HR agency ‘refer’
these candidates to them, negotiating salary, etc. directly
with these candidates and then having the HR agency make the
official hiring referral to the Representative Office. The HR
agency would then take a percentage of the employee’s salary
each month. Although the above-described flexibility with the
rules is common, it is best not to go any further in treating
the HR agency as a formality because a number of Representative
Offices that have tried to skirt these requirements have been
closed.In my 30 years doing negotiations at all levels, I realise that these three rules are really what matter for achieving great results in any type of negotiations. The wonderful thing about these three golden rules is that even unskilled negotiators can win big time using these rules. They are the ABC of negotiation.1) Aim Big 2) Be P A draft Labor Contract Law is widely expected to be enacted soon. Assuming that the enacted law is identical to the draft that is currently in circulation, Representative Offices will be allowed to contract directly with employees during the employees’ first year of service. Activities Outside the Normal Scope of the Parent Company: Even th
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