The Beijing Personnel Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions　 (hereinafter referred to as Party A) and the ____________________ (hereinafter referred to as Party B), on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, and through friendly consultations, have reached the following agreement on the employment of Chinese citizens:

　

　

Article 1　 Party A shall abide by the following obligations:

　

1. Party A shall provide personnel management services to Party B and its Chinese employees according to law, apply security, health and personnel administration checks to the Chinese employees to be employed by Party B and submit its check results.

2. Upon receipt of necessary materials from the Chinese employees, Party A shall take the responsibility to proceed with corresponding procedures, sign the Labor Contract with them and establish social insurance and housing provident fund for them.

3. Party A shall educate the Chinese employees to strictly abide by the Chinese laws, rules and regulations as well as Party B’s working regulations and disciplines.

4. Party A shall conduct trainings, assessment and evaluation for the Chinese employees and organize them to take part in trainings and examinations on professional titles and technician levels.

5. As entrusted by Party B, Party A shall pay the full monthly remuneration to the Chinese employees and withhold/collect and pay individual income taxes on behalf of the employees according to law.

6. As entrusted by and on behalf of Party B, Party A will help to establish social insurance and housing provident fund for the Chinese employees.

7. Party A shall provide consultations to Party B in terms of labor and employment policies, regulations and laws.

　

Article 2　 Party A has the following rights:

　

1. Party A has the right to collect from Party B the total fees for employment of Chinese employees, the management and service fees and other related fees in accordance with this contract.

2. Party A has the right to request Party B to pay the Chinese employee economic and/or other compensations which he/she is entitled to according to the Labor Law and the Law of Employment Contract.

3. Party A has the right to request Party B to discharge a Chinese employee who is in violation of Chinese laws and regulations as well as rules and regulations stipulated by Party A.

4. Party A shall protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese employees; have the right to lodge a written complaint with Party B and engage in negotiations with Party B in case that Party B violates any article or item of this contract, or infringes upon the legal rights and/or interests of Chinese employees.

　

　

Article 3　 Party B shall abide by the following obligations:

　

1. Party B recognizes that Party A is designated by the Chinese government as the sole institution exclusively responsible for providing personnel services to Party B and the Chinese employees. Party B shall respectively pay Party A the total fees for employment of Chinese employees, the management and service fees and other related fees within the agreed period and in the agreed amount.

2. Party B shall ensure that the Chinese citizens employed have registered, signed the Labor Contract and proceeded with social insurance and other procedures as required with Party A before they formally take up their jobs.

3. Party B shall employ, manage and use its Chinese employees in compliance with the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China; Law of the People’s Republic of China on Employment Contract, and other related laws and regulations as well as this Contract.

a) To implement the labour standards stipulated by the Chinese government (working hours and vacations and holidays) and provide corresponding working conditions and labor protection.

b) To pay the full monthly remuneration, social insurance fees and housing provident fund to its Chinese employees.

c) To pay directly the overtime to the Chinese employee extending his/her working hours and pay directly year-end bonuses and other benefits to the Chinese employee who has accomplished his/her task and proven qualified after work performance evaluation.　　

d) To discharge Chinese employees or terminate the employment contract with its Chinese employees and pay them economic compensation according to relevant laws (See Annex 1).

e) To conduct in-job training necessary to Chinese employees. Party B can entrust Party A to conduct skill training of this kind and pay fees accordingly.

f) To establish a normal remuneration growth mechanism for its Chinese employees in light of the consecutive years of service provided by them.

4. In accordance with the relevant regulations stipulated by the taxation departments and the labor and social security departments of the Chinese government, Party B shall entrust Party A to withhold and pay premiums for social insurance and housing provident fund, and also withhold/collect and pay individual income taxes for the Chinese employees.

　

Article 4　 Party B has the following rights:

　

1. In light of the position requirements, Party B has the right to recruit and hire its employees by selecting from the candidates recommended by Party A and/or selecting its own candidates who shall meet the conditions on security, health and personnel management set by Party A.

2. Party B has the right to organize and manage its Chinese employees, which includes stipulating the probation period and the employment period in compliance with laws and regulations, rewarding, criticizing, admonishing or discharging a Chinese employee based on his/her work performance and so on. Party B shall prepare and send a written notification to Party A on such activities undertaken.

3. Party B has the right to lodge a written complaint with Party A and engage in negotiations with Party A in case that Party A violates any article or item of this contract.

　

　

Article 5　 Party B hereby agrees to settle the payments to Party A in the way of _No.____　　 　as indicated below (See Annex 2):

　

1. Party B shall pay Party A the total fees for employment of the Chinese employees as stipulated in this contract before the date of 25^th of the current month, which includes the remunerations, social insurance fees, housing provident fund and management and service fees of the Chinese employees. Party A will collect and pay individual income taxes according to law while making payment to the Chinese employees, and also withhold and pay social insurance fees and housing provident fund (Party B and the employee shall pay their own amounts respectively in the prescribed proportion).

2. Party B shall pay the Chinese employees directly their remunerations while paying Party A the management and service fees. Under this circumstance, Party B shall pay Party A the management and service fees, social insurance premiums and housing provident fund of the Chinese employees (divided and paid by Party B and its employees in the stipulated proportion), and Party A is responsible for the payment of social insurance premiums and the housing provident fund on behalf of Party B and the Chinese employees.

Party B shall timely notify Party A of the direct payments made to the Chinese employees as their remunerations before the 30^th day of the current month, and Party A will collect and pay individual income taxes on behalf of the Chinese employees according to law.

　

Article 6　 Party B shall ensure to make the full monthly payments to Party A. If the payment is delayed, Party B shall notify Party A in writing of the reason for the delay and obtain Party A’s consent. Otherwise, Party B shall, starting from the 1^st day of the next month, pay an overdue fee at the rate of 0.5% per day of the amount overdue. If the payment has been delayed for more than 30 days, Party A has the right to terminate this contract and demand for all losses hereby incurred.

　

　

Article 7　 Either Party B or Party A, if violating the terms of this contract on the probationary period, duration of employment, payment of remuneration, establishment of social insurance and housing provident fund, discharge and economic compensations and so on, shall undertake its corresponding liability of compensation in accordance with relevant provisions stipulated in the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Employment Contract.

　

Article 8　 Any dispute that arises between the two parties in the implementation of this Contract shall be resolved through friendly consultations. Any labor dispute that arises between Party B and the Chinese employees shall be resolved through mutual consultations or meditation applied by Party A in a manner consistent with Chinese laws and regulations. If the dispute cannot be settled by negotiation or meditation, the Chinese employees can request arbitration or litigation to Party A. If so, Party B shall provide relevant information and evidence. For any loss of lawsuit on the part of Part B as a result of Part A’s faults or mistakes, Party B shall assume relevant liability of economic compensation.

　

　

Article 9　 This contract covers in the meanwhile the Chinese employees who are hired by staff members of Party B as private servants. The staff member may also sign with Party A an additional agreement based on this contract.

　

Article 10　 This contract is subject to the laws of the People’s Republic of China. Issues uncovered herein shall be settled in compliance with the Chinese laws and regulations.

　

Article 11　 If any article of this contract shall conflict with new laws or regulations promulgated by the Chinese government or written judgment by the Chinese judicial department during the term of this contract, the new laws or regulations and the Chinese judicial judgment shall take precedence. In this circumstance, Party B and Party A will engage in consultations regarding the implementation of the new law or regulation or judgment by the Chinese judicial department.

　

Article 12　 Valid from ______________(d/m/200_) to _______________(d/m/200_), this contract shall remain in force for_______years. If Party B or Party A does not propose any objection thirty days before the expiry, this contract shall be automatically renewed. The term of renewal shall be the same as that of this contract.

　

Article13　 Done in duplicate in the Chinese and English/French/Spanish languages, both texts being equally authentic and with each party holding one copy, this contract is signed and sealed on the　　 __________(d/m/200_) in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China. 　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

The Beijing Personnel Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions (known as Party A) and the ________________________ (known as Party B), through friendly consultations, have reached the following agreement as an annex to the Labor Service Contract on the Employment of Chinese Citizens signed on ________________(d/m/200__) by Party B and Party A, on the conditions for signing the Employment Agreement, discharge, economic compensation of the Chinese employees, as well as other matters such as sickness, injury, maternity, work-related injury and so on. The details are shown below:

　

1. To clarify the rights and obligations of both sides and regulate their conducts respectively, Party B shall sign with its Chinese employees the 2-year fixed term Employment Agreement, which provides for the probation period and duration of service, job content, labor protection and working conditions, remuneration and insurance and other welfare benefits, labor disciplines and liabilities for breach of this contract of the Chinese employees; A copy of the Employment Agreement shall be sent to Party A for its record-keeping; Party B shall notify Party A in advance in written form of any changes related to the job position and remuneration etc.

　

a) is engaged in operation exposing him/her to hazards of occupational disease and has not undergone a pre-departure occupational health check-up, or being suspected of having contracted an occupational disease and being diagnosed or under medical observation;

b) has been confirmed as having lost or partially lost his/her capacity to work due to an occupational disease or work-related injuries;

c) Receives medical treatment for diseases or non-work related injuries within the prescribed period of medical care;

d) is a female employee during her pregnant, puerperal, or nursing period;

e) has been working for Party B consecutively for no less than 15 years and has less than five years left prior to his/her legal retirement age.

f) is in other circumstances denying discharge as stipulated in laws or administrative regulations.

　

a) The employee is proved during the probation period not to satisfy the conditions for employment (if the duration of service exceeds three months but no more than one year, the probation period may not exceed one month; if the duration of service is more than one year and less than two years, the probation period may not exceed two months; if the duration of service is more than three years, the probation period may not exceed six months; and the probation period is included in the duration of service).

b) The employee materially breaches Party B’s labor rules and regulations. But the labor rules and regulations shall be in compliance with laws and legal provisions, and have already been publicized to and acknowledged by the Chinese employees.

c) The employee commits serious dereliction of duty or engages in malpractices, causing substantial losses to Party B.

d) The employee has his/her criminal liability pursued according to law.

　

　

4. Under any of the following circumstances, Party B may discharge an employee or terminate the employment of an employee, but Party B shall give Party A and the employee a written notice 30 days in advance, or additionally pay one month’s full amount of fees/ remuneration for employment of such employee:

a) After the prescribed period of medical care for an illness or non-work related injury, the employee is still incapable of engaging in his/her original job, nor can he/she engage in the job otherwise arranged by Party B.

b) The employee is incompetent and remains incompetent after training or adjustment of his/her job position.

c) A major change in the objective circumstances relied upon at the time of conclusion of the employment contract/service agreement occurs so as to make it impossible for the contract/agreement to be implemented, and after consultations, Party B and the employee fail to reach agreement on amending the employment contract/ service agreement.

d) Party B declares to close down or is to be withdrawn.

　

a) The employee resigns or terminates his/her service with Party B due to Party B’s activities violating laws or infringing the contract (e.g. failing to pay social insurance fees according to law, failing to pay full amount of remuneration on time, or failing to provide labor protection and/or working conditions as agreed etc).

b) Party B terminates the employment contract after consultations with the Chinese employee.

c) Party B discharges an employee or terminates the employment contract in accordance with Article 4 in this annex.

d) The employment contract is expired, unless the Chinese employee disagrees to renew the contract notwithstanding that Party B would like to renew the employment contract and offer terms which are the same or better than those conditions stipulated in the current contract.

e) Other cases stipulated by laws or administrative decrees.

　

Party B shall pay economic compensation on the basis of the Chinese employee’s years of service with Party B at the rate of his/her monthly salary for every full year of service. Any service length of more than six months but less than one year shall be counted as one year; for any service length of less than six months, the economic compensation payable to the Chinese employee shall be half of his/her monthly salary (the salary of the Chinese employee refers to the average salary of the twelve months prior to the dismissal or termination of the employment).

　

For the Chinese employee whose salary is three times higher than the average monthly salary of employees in Beijing in the previous year, the economic compensation payable to the employee shall be at the rate of three times the average monthly salary of employees’ and the countable length of service for economic compensation shall not exceed twelve years.

　

For a sick or non work-related injured Chinese employee, in addition to the above-mentioned lump-sum compensation, Party B shall pay him/her medical care subsidies no less than the amount of salaries of six months. Moreover, Party B shall pay an additional amount of 50% of his/her medical treatment subsidies to seriously ill employee, and pay an additional amount of 100% of his/her medical care subsidies in case he/she has fatal disease.

　

7. The Chinese employee shall provide medical certificates by the doctor or expert in case of leave for his/her sickness, injury, maternity or work-related injury.

The Chinese employee is entitled to a medical care period from three to 24 months in the light of his/her actual years of work and length of service for Party B if he/she has to terminate work for medical treatment due to illness or non work-related injury:

a) If the actual years of work are less than 10 years while the length of service for Party B is less than five years, he/she is entitled to leaves of three months; if the length of service for Party B is more than five years, he/she is entitled to six months.

b) If the actual years of work are more than 10 years while the length of service for Party B is less than five years, he/she is entitled to leaves of six months; if the length of service for Party B is more than five years and less than 10 years, he/she is entitled to 12 months; if the length of service is more than 15 years and less than 20 years, he/she is entitled to 18 months; and if the length of service is more than 20 years, he/she is entitled to 24 months.

During the period of medical care, Party B shall pay remuneration to the Chinese employee in proportion to his/her salary for his/her sick leave (detailed amounts shall be determined by Party B and Party A in accordance with relevant laws and regulations).

　

The treatment for a female employee during her maternity leave shall be in compliance with the Provisions of Beijing Municipality on the Childbirth Insurance for Enterprise Employees.

　

If a Chinese employee has to stop work temporarily for medical treatment due to work-related injury or occupational disease, he/she is entitled to sick leave with full payment (no more than 12 months in general; it can be extended to no more than 24 months if he/she is seriously injured at work or it takes longer for him/her to recover from the occupational disease); benefits such as the medical treatment expenses caused by work-related injury, disability medical subsidies, one-time work-related subsidies for employees suffering from loss or partial loss of ability to work and disability employment subsidies, subsidies & consolation money for work-related death, shall be provided according to the Regulations of the Work-Related Injury Insurance stipulated by the Beijing Municipal Government.

　

When the Chinese employees need to receive medical treatment, give birth, or suffer from work-related injury etc, Party B shall provide Party A relevant supporting documents.　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

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Remuneration, social insurance fees, housing provident fund and management and service fees of Chinese employees (RMB/month):

　　

　

　　

　

- 　The total employment cost refers to the total expenditure incurred by Party B to engage the Chinese employees.

- 　Remuneration includes basic salaries, allowances, subsidies, bonuses and other benefits of the Chinese employees. Party A is responsible for collecting and paying individual income taxes.

-　 Party B and its Chinese employees pay social insurance fees and housing provident fund in proportions as agreed.

-　 The benchmarks of social insurance fees shall be re-adjusted every April 1^st.

-　 The benchmarks of housing provident fund shall be re-adjusted every July 1^st.

-　 Party B pays directly the Chinese employees remunerations and pays Party A the management and service fees. Under this circumstance, Party A, as entrusted by Party B, is responsible for collecting and paying social insurance fees and housing provident funds, and withholding and paying individual income taxes on behalf of Party B and the Chinese employees.