Foxconn: high-profile response to layoff rumors

Keywords: Foxconn harmonious labour relations labor contract law

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12 December, including the labor contract law drafting team leader changkai, Ministry of labour and social security, Deputy Director-General, labour wages dongping, all-China Federation of trade unions of workers of the Deputy Minister Xie Liang-min, "Deluxe" lineup, is collective please go to the headquarters in Shenzhen Foxconn electronics. Prior to this, the processing and manufacturing areas of the world class "powerhouse", because of labor issues public opinion.

Let the experts and officials and some surprise, Foxconn has organized 1.7 million employees to listen to their lectures, through a video link and group is located in Shanxi, Tianjin, Taipei, a total of 70 000 employees common lecture. President, u.s. dollars and 3000 names executives to listen, not only from December 8, began to focus on learning.

"The law on the development of enterprises of substance, not only is the protection of workers, employers and win-win situation. "That day, in the presence of these domestic labour protection area of officials, experts and nearly a million people face, announced u.s. dollars in high profile companies on the imminent implementation of the employment contracts Act.

Recently, noisy hubbub of Huawei "resignation" event has just come to the door, many Web sites and in discussing the "Shenzhen Foxconn company will be a large number of layoffs". Posted in online said: "Shenzhen Foxconn company to cope with the labor contract law and will be a large number of layoffs or with all employees to check 3 years. "U.s. dollars very sure told reporters," Foxconn does not have a large number of layoffs! "

Early termination, layoff, age spot zero ... This is the number of enterprises in response to the imminent implementation of labor contract law. While in labor issues to reproach Foxconn group has announced a high profile: all employees to sign a long-term contract, full eight years length of service of employees have the opportunity to sign a non-fixed-term contract. New basic human for the first time two-year contract, a second check for three years, for the third time you checked no fixed term labour contracts. New technical and management personnel, first check for three years, the second check-5 years, for the third time you sign a non-fixed-term contract.

"Harmonious labour relations in order to create win-win, not harmony is lose-lose, no employee involvement and contribution, there is no enterprise development, and senior staff is enterprise's most valuable asset. "U.s. dollars, for example, see the" enterprise "Word is the word following a person, no one has ended, the enterprise will terminate, without a harmonious team, nor is it possible to achieve a win-win situation.

Foxconn another senior leaders Li Jinming said, Foxconn, was not able to cheap labor as global competitiveness. New labour legislation implementation, just enterprises are facing a major transformation of historical opportunity, should implement this method to put out, so that the efficiency of the enterprise for greater competitiveness. Of course, he hoped that all enterprises throughout the country are really carry out the law, so that they can in a broader scope to fair competition.

All-China Federation of trade unions of workers of the Deputy Minister Xie Liang-min told reporters that the recent ACFTU are two types of violations investigation of the labour code, a class is a formal workers to labor dispatch workers, a class is a large number of layoffs, such as Wal-Mart retrenchment. This is typical of the law. He said that these events are currently being carried out by the Guangdong provincial Federation.

And Foxconn electronics as labor labor dispatch "large", on the labor contract law in the corresponding provisions concern more. Dongping said that the previous labor contract law on labor dispatch no requirement that the enterprise to reduce costs, heavy use of sending one person can own name to have a labor dispatch companies reap the post. This also resulted in market turmoil, "there is no labour relationship" and "it doesn't matter" of the labour is more prevalent in the phenomenon.