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Perhaps there is no right or wrong in the labor contract law. If the government, enterprises, HR and workers are faced with the right attitude, it will inevitably usher in the spring of state, enterprise, HR and workers.

When economists exclaimed, "the labor contract law is likely to bring down the Chinese economy", in December 26th, 300 HR general managers, HR directors, well-known business school professors and top human resources experts from famous enterprises, lived on the "enterprise &HR" to welcome the spring.

The topic of human resources management in the turning point of history is gathered together. It has carried out in-depth ideological collision, and explored the requirements of the state for enterprises, the requirements of human resources for enterprises in the new legal environment of the labor contract law, and some difficult points, key points and hot topics for enterprises to pay attention to in 2008.

The guests attending the forum include professor He Guoyu, vice president of Renmin University of China, Professor Dong Keyong, Professor of the school of public administration, Renmin University of China, Professor Che Hongsheng, Professor of psychology of the school of public administration of the National People's Congress, research fellow of the State Council Development Research Center, Wang Pei, vice president of WAL-MART China, Rao Jun, director of Amway China's CEO, Professor Chang Kai, Renmin University of China's labor and Personnel Institute, CCTV general plan of "annual employer survey", Professor Hui, director of the Institute of organization and human resources of Renmin University, assistant professor of Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, Professor Qu Qing, assistant dean of the school of economics and economics, vice president of human resources in the Asia Pacific region, vice president of human resources in the Asia Pacific region, Professor CCTV, vice president of human resources in the Asia Pacific region, and professor of public administration, Renmin University.

It can be called "all star lineup".

This forum specially invited Wang Pei, vice president of WAL-MART China and Mr. Rao Jun, director of Amway China HR as the host. The two flew from Shenzhen and Guangzhou to Beijing to preside over this forum.

Both of them are not only senior experts in the field of human resources, but also have rich experience in human resource management. They are both cheerful and interesting.

The two people began their "cross talk". Self mockery is the most expensive "announcer" in Chinese history. It immediately won the applause and laughter of the audience, and the professional forum which looked serious seemed to be active.

The theme of the forum is closely related to the upcoming labor contract law. The forum is full of "gunpowder".

Professor Chang Kai said: "the labor contract law" is to protect the interests of workers, and Mr. Han Zhili directly opposed: "after reading the labor contract law, you can be very clear that the labor contract law is to protect who, you see which is to protect workers?"

You can give 30 days' notice in advance, you can use hourly workers, and you can use the labor dispatch reasonably and lawfully.

Professor Liu Xin of the school of public administration, Renmin University of China, also put forward his own view on the legislative process: "the labor contract law" is definitely not only a simple legal issue, but also involves the impact on the labor market, and what kind of influence the public policy can interfere with the labor market. So I am very sorry to see that there are not many management scholars and economists in the legislative process of labor law in our country to have the opportunity to speak in the legislative process.

Survival or death, the implementation of the labor contract law, is known as "the first snow in 2008".

According to the survey of the footwear association of Asia, in the past 3 months, about 500 shoe making enterprises in Guangdong have been closed down, and some weaker shoe companies have chosen to go out of business before the end of December.

The industry pointed out that the average net profit of the footwear industry is 5% to 8%. The implementation of the labor contract law and other factors brought about an increase of over 20% of the cost to the enterprises. The renminbi appreciation factors offset the impact of the price rise of raw materials to a certain extent, and truly shaken the confidence of some enterprises to continue their business, which is the "labor contract law" to be implemented.

After the promulgation of the labor contract law, the "breaking up tide" and "dismissal tide" have also proved the fear and concern of entrepreneurs on the labor contract law from another angle.

Liu Chuanzhi, President of Lenovo Holdings Limited, has publicly expressed his nervousness about the labor contract law. He thinks that too much consideration should be given to protecting practitioners and ignoring the current situation of enterprises, which will harm employees.

Liu Chuanzhi's worries are not groundless. According to analysis by Jenny Lai, an analyst at Lyon bank, because of the reduction in technology consumption in the United States and Europe and the promulgation of the labor contract law of China, the profit of Lenovo is expected to be 2 billion 840 million Hong Kong dollars in the year ending March 2009, which is 31%. less than the original estimate. CLSA said that the staff cost of Lenovo in the next fiscal year will rise from $1 billion 280 million this year to $1 billion 580 million.

As a result, in January 9, 2008, Lenovo stock fell sharply by 10.37% to HK $5.88 / share, the biggest decline since November 10, 2006.

Zhang Weiying, President of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University believes that some provisions of the new labor contract law may have fatal damage to China's future economic development.

"This point of departure may be right. In order to help the lower income class, to help workers and groups, but the final result may be contrary, the greatest harm of this Law happens to be low income groups, including migrant workers, including some ordinary workers in the city."

Zhang Weiying said, this requires "our economists to give full play to our advantages" and really study a policy and what its ultimate effect will be.

At this forum, Chang Kai, director of the labor contract law research group and director of the Institute of labor relations, Renmin University of China, said that the labor contract law did not raise the cost of employment to the point where enterprises could not afford it.

He said that raising costs is indeed an aggravating burden for enterprises, but it can also enhance the competitiveness of enterprises.

Because the cost is not lower, the better, but moderately good.

Chang Kai said: "the labor contract law does not substantially raise the wage standard of labor force, but only requires the minimum labor standards stipulated in the labor law.

The reality is that some small businesses and some non-public enterprises can not even reach the minimum standard of labor. Therefore, the improvement of this standard is only a legal responsibility, which must be strictly implemented at this point. There is nothing to dispute about.

Of course, some enterprises may run difficulties after the promulgation and implementation of the labor contract law, but they can not operate illegally because of business difficulties.

It is a normal phenomenon for a number of enterprises to be eliminated. Enterprises can not be alive. Healthy, standardized enterprises let them stay, and there is no need for non-standard illegal enterprises to exist. "

In the first dialogue of the forum, Yang duo, a professor of business school in Renmin University of China, called this law a "beyond the age law": "I went abroad to Japan in 1984, when I first felt poor, and made haste to make money. I was so poor that I never thought of signing a contract at the time. As long as there was a capitalist who gave me some kind of heart, let me have a meal to eat. At that time, I learned two times about capital, and then I finally felt in capitalist countries after going out, and found that it was more painful to be exploited and painless."

Professor Yang Du believes that the labor contract law protects employees who are on the job, but those who do not have jobs are not protected, and even the opportunity to work will be lost. "Money is not a problem, but money is not a problem; labor is not a problem; the problem is no labor; contracts are not problems, but problems are contracts."

Therefore, Professor Yang Du believes that there may be three wars in 2008, one is the game between labor and capital, the other is the game between powerful enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, and the three is the game between in-service personnel and job seekers. Two.

Professor Chang Kai believes that the problem of labor conflict and mutual trust between enterprises and employers has already permeated the whole society, and the contradiction between employers and employees has been recognized.

Professor Chang Kai introduced the experience of the United States: "in the United States, workers and enterprises are independent subjects. Workers form a collective force - trade unions, representing workers to raise their demands and improve their treatment."

According to Professor Chang Kai, from the international perspective, the competition between enterprises and trade unions under the rule of law is beneficial to the development of enterprises, the perfection of human resources management and the role of trade unions.

For enterprises, the labor contract law will change the competitive situation between enterprises.

According to the analysis of Ceng Xuliang Steven Tseng, a ABN Amro analyst in Holland, after the implementation of the labor contract law, in the long run, it will eliminate those small businesses trying to win at a low price, so it is substantial for large manufacturers. "Amro"

The reason is that in order to stabilize the huge labor force, large enterprises have basically provided more than the prescribed wage. According to Zeng Xu Liang, the labor contract law will only increase the labor cost of the technology companies he traced by 3% to 5%.

Compared with the rise of labor costs in many labor-intensive enterprises, it will undoubtedly prevail in competition.

For laborers, the situation seems to be more awkward.

The more cautious and prudence of employers has increased the difficulty of employment, and the more stringent standards of employing enterprises have turned out many workers with low qualifications and low skill levels.

The threshold of employment may rise further, which is the reality that the vast number of workers will face.

Faced with the strengthening of the legalization of labor relations, human resources management is facing an important pformation, that is, human resource management must be based on the labor law system, and gradually change from the form and technology management methods to the management of substance content and macro system, and implement labor relations management in the whole process of human resource management.

Since the beginning of the "labor contract law", the controversy surrounding this law has never ceased. Therefore, some people say that the labor contract law is right and wrong, and remains to be verified by history.

However, there may be no right or wrong in the labor contract law. The key lies in the attitude and manner of the government, enterprises, HR and workers.

If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

History is created by us. If we face it with a correct attitude, we can achieve a win-win situation and usher in the spring that belongs to the state, enterprises, HR and workers.